Ravindra Jadeja overtaking Kapil Dev and Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon going past Lance Gibbs, and other stats highlights from day three of the Dharamsala Test
Bharath Seervi27-Mar-20176 Number of 50-plus scores for Ravindra Jadeja this season, same as by Virat Kohli, M Vijay and KL Rahul. Only Cheteshwar Pujara (12) has made more such scores in the season. Jadeja is also the second-highest wicket-taker in the season.3 Players to score 500-plus runs and take 50-plus wickets in a season – Kapil Dev in 1979-80, Mitchell Johnson in 2008-09 and Jadeja in this 2016-17 season. Jadeja has made 556 runs and picked up 71 wickets in 13 matches, both being higher than those of Kapil and Johnson’s numbers. Jadeja averages 42.76 with bat and 22.83 with ball.64 Wickets for Nathan Lyon against India – the second-most by a spinner. He edged past Lance Gibbs (63) and Derek Underwood (62). Only Muttiah Muralitharan (105) has more than Lyon against India. Lyon’s strike rate of 56.7 is better than Muralitharan’s 66.8.5 Five-wicket hauls for Lyon against India, in 14 Tests. Against all other teams he has registered only four such hauls in 53 Tests. Out of his nine five-fors, this was his seventh in the first innings of Tests. Against India, four of his five five-fors have come in the first innings. In the Bengaluru Test, he went wicketless in the second innings after taking 8 for 50 in the first innings.64.93 Average seventh-wicket partnership for India in this season – the second-highest for any wicket. Only fourth-wicket stands with a 68.75 average have been more productive. There have been four century partnerships and four fifty stands for the seventh wicket in 17 innings of 2016-17. Incidentally, prior to this season India did not have a century stand for the seventh wicket for 34 consecutive innings since England tour of 2014. Wriddhiman Saha had added 199 runs for this wicket with Pujara in the last Test and 96 with Jadeja this time.2 Instances of three India bowlers picking up three or more wickets in the same innings at home since 2000. Incidentally, both have come in this season – against New Zealand at Eden Gardens and in the second innings of this Test. The instance prior to this season was against Australia at Eden Gardens in 1997-98. India had eight such instances in away Tests between 1998 and 2016.4 Instances of Australia playing less than 150 overs in a Test against India losing all 20 wickets. This match is one of them as they played 142.2 overs and were dismissed twice. The other three were: Perth 2007-08, Mumbai 2004-05 and Melbourne 1977-78.5 Wickets taken by Pat Cummins off short-pitched deliveries in this series, out of his seven wickets. All other bowlers combined have managed only four wickets from such deliveries. Cummins has already bowled the most short balls in this series (112) despite not playing the first two Tests. His partner Josh Hazlewood has bowled only 86 short balls, which is 12.68% of his deliveries compared to Cummins’ 27.05%.17 Wickets for Umesh Yadav in this series – the most by him in any series. His previous most was 14 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2011-12. He is also the top-wicket taker among fast bowlers in this series followed by Hazlewood with nine scalps.120 The lowest target India have failed to chase down, in Bridgetown in 1997. The lowest Australia have defended versus India is 231 in Kolkata in 1956-57. At the end of third day, India need 87 more with all wickets remaining.
