India is on a strong position with good scores from Mayank Agarwal 77 and Cheteshwar Pujara 130* and Hanuma Vihari 39* at the crease
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Cheteshwar Pujara brings up his century with a four down the fine-leg off Mitchell Starc
Third hundred for Cheteshwar Pujara in this series. Just continued in the same vein as Adelaide(Frst Test) and Melbourne(Third Test)
Cheteshwar Pujara's centuries in this series,
Adelaide - off 231 balls -scored 123(246 Balls4x and 6x2) and 71(293 Balls 4x9)
Melbourne - off 280 balls -scored 106(319 Balls 4x10)
Sydney - off 199 balls
Pujara is the fifth India batsman to slam a hundred in Boxing Day Test @ MCG after Sachin Tendulkar (1996), Virender Sehwag (2003), Virat Kohli(2014) and Ajinkya Rahane (2014).
Asian batsmen with most centuries in a Test series in Australia:
4 - Virat Kohli, 2014/15
3 - Sunil Gavaskar, 1977/78
3 - Cheteshwar Pujara, 2018/19*
Most centuries by Indians in Tests in Australia:
6 - Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Sunil Gavaskar
4 - VVS Laxman
3 - Cheteshwar Pujara*
This is Cheteshwar Pujara's 18th Test century. He now goes past Dilip Vengsarkar (17) and VVS Laxman (17) in the list of Indians with most centuries in Test cricket.
Fastest Indian to 18 Test tons: (By innings)
82 - Sunil Gavaskar
99 - Sachin Tendulkar
103 - Virat Kohli
114 - Cheteshwar Pujara*
121 - Mohammad Azharuddin
126 - Virender Sehwag
146 - Rahul Dravid
Most runs on Day 1 of a Test by an Indian in Australia:
195 V Sehwag, MCG, 2003
144 M Vijay, Gabba, 2014
132 S Gavaskar, SCG, 1986
130 C Pujara, SCG, 2019 *
124 S Tendulkar, Adelaide, 2008
123 C Pujara, Adelaide, 2018
Third hundred for Cheteshwar Pujara in this series. Just continued in the same vein as Adelaide(Frst Test) and Melbourne(Third Test)
Cheteshwar Pujara's centuries in this series,
Adelaide - off 231 balls -scored 123(246 Balls4x and 6x2) and 71(293 Balls 4x9)
Melbourne - off 280 balls -scored 106(319 Balls 4x10)
Sydney - off 199 balls
Pujara is the fifth India batsman to slam a hundred in Boxing Day Test @ MCG after Sachin Tendulkar (1996), Virender Sehwag (2003), Virat Kohli(2014) and Ajinkya Rahane (2014).
Asian batsmen with most centuries in a Test series in Australia:
4 - Virat Kohli, 2014/15
3 - Sunil Gavaskar, 1977/78
3 - Cheteshwar Pujara, 2018/19*
Most centuries by Indians in Tests in Australia:
6 - Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Sunil Gavaskar
4 - VVS Laxman
3 - Cheteshwar Pujara*
This is Cheteshwar Pujara's 18th Test century. He now goes past Dilip Vengsarkar (17) and VVS Laxman (17) in the list of Indians with most centuries in Test cricket.
Fastest Indian to 18 Test tons: (By innings)
82 - Sunil Gavaskar
99 - Sachin Tendulkar
103 - Virat Kohli
114 - Cheteshwar Pujara*
121 - Mohammad Azharuddin
126 - Virender Sehwag
146 - Rahul Dravid
Most runs on Day 1 of a Test by an Indian in Australia:
195 V Sehwag, MCG, 2003
144 M Vijay, Gabba, 2014
132 S Gavaskar, SCG, 1986
130 C Pujara, SCG, 2019 *
124 S Tendulkar, Adelaide, 2008
123 C Pujara, Adelaide, 2018
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