Key numbers from the fifth Test between Australia and India

Deep Gadhia05-Jan-20251141– Balls the fifth Test between Australia and India lasted. It is the third-shortest result Test – the shortest since 1888 – in Sydney.673 – Balls faced by India in the Test, the fewest for them in an SCG Test. In 1981, they had lasted 692 balls.6.00 – Australia’s run rate while chasing their target of 162, the fastest chase of a target of 150 or more on Australian soil.16.00 – Scott Boland’s bowling average against India in Test cricket, the best for any bowler against them in this century (minimum 15 wickets). Boland also became the first fast bowler to take a ten-wicket haul in Sydney since 2003.9999 – Steven Smith’s run tally in Test cricket. It’s only the second instance of a batter being dismissed one short of 10,000 Test runs. Mahela Jayawardene is the other; he got out against South Africa in Centurion in 2011.6 – Innings where India failed to exceed 200 in this series. Only once has since 2000 has a team been bowled out for under 200 more often in a series – West Indies suffered that fate seven times in the 2000-01 series in Australia.21.76 The difference between the bowling averages of Jasprit Bumrah(13.06) and other India seamers (34.82) in this series.