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Here’s a look at India’s top performers and record-holders in the seven Tests played so far at The Gabba in Brisbane.
The third Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and Australia will be played from December 14 to 18 at The Gabba in Brisbane. (Picture Credit: AFP)
The third Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and Australia is set to start on Saturday, December 14. The match is scheduled to take place at The Gabba in Brisbane. The series is currently level at 1-1 after both teams won one match each. After losing the second Test by 10 wickets inside three days at Adelaide Oval last week, the Indian men’s cricket team would like to come up with a big show in the third match and take a lead once again in the series.
India hammered Australia in the last Test match played between the two teams at The Gabba in 2021. In that match, India chased down the target of 328 runs in the fourth innings to seal a famous win by three wickets. Indian players will be eager to repeat the same show and win a Test match in Brisbane once again.
Ahead of the start of the 3rd India-Australia Test match, here’s a look at India’s top performers and record-holders in seven red-ball matches played so far at The Gabba.
- Result summary: 1 win, 5 defeats, and 1 draw in 7 Tests.
- Highest total: 409 runs in 120.1 overs, December 2003.
- Lowest total: 58 all out in 21.3 overs (8 balls/over), November 1947.
- Biggest win: India beat Australia by 3 wickets, January 2021.
- Most runs: 175 runs in one Test by Motganhalli Jaisimha.
- Highest score: 144 runs from 196 balls by Sourav Ganguly, December 2003.
- Highest average (min 2 innings): 112.00 by Rishabh Pant (112 runs in one Test).
- Most 100s: 1 century each by Motganhalli Jaisimha, Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, and Murali Vijay.
- Most 50s: 2 half-centuries in one Test by Rusi Surti.
- Most ducks: 2 zeros in one Test by Bhagwath Chandrasekhar.
- Most sixes: 2 maximums each by Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, and Umesh Yadav.
- Most wickets: 8 wickets in two Tests by Erapalli Prasanna.
- Best bowling figures (innings): 6 wickets for 104 runs in 33.4 overs by Erapalli Prasanna, January 1968.
- Best bowling figures (match): 8 wickets for 218 runs in 71.4 overs (8 balls/over) by Erapalli Prasanna, January 1968.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 1 fifer each by Madan Lal, Mohammed Siraj, Zaheer Khan, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Erapalli Prasanna.
- Most dismissals: 5 (5 catches, 0 stumpings) by MS Dhoni.
- Most catches: 6 catches in two Tests by Rohit Sharma.
- Highest partnership: 146 runs for the 5th wicket between Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman in December 2003.
- Most matches: 2 Tests each by Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, and Dilip Vengsarkar.
- Most wins as captain: 1 win in one Test by Ajinkya Rahane.
Australia has played 66 Tests at The Gabba in the last 93 years and managed to win 42 matches. However, in the last Test played at the iconic venue from January 25 to 28 in 2024, the Baggy Greens went down by 8 runs against the West Indies.
