India vs Australia: The numbers you must know

How do India and Australia's teams stack up?
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers.

Virat Kohli exults after scoring a century in the third Test at the MCG, his third in the 2014 series. Kohli hit a brilliant 169 off 272 balls. He had scored 115 and 141 in the first Test at Adelaide. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

IMAGE: Virat Kohli exults after scoring a century in the third Test at the MCG, his third in the 2014 series. Kohli hit a brilliant 169 off 272 balls. He had scored 115 and 141 in the first Test at Adelaide. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

India

Player	Batting style	Bowling style	Role	Age	Tests
Virat Kohli	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Batsman	30	73
Ajinkya Rahane	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Batsman	30	52
Ravichandran Ashwin	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Bowling allrounder	32	64
Jasprit Bumrah	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	24	6
Ravindra Jadeja	Left-hand	Left-arm orthodox spin	Allrounder	29	39
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Right-hand	Right-arm medium-fast	Bowler	28	21
Rishabh Pant	Left-hand		Wicketkeeper-batsman	21	5
Parthiv Patel	Left-hand		Wicketkeeper-batsman	33	25
Cheteshwar Pujara	Right-hand	Right-arm leg-spin	Batsman	30	64
Lokesh Rahul	Right-hand		Batsman	26	31
Mohammed Shami	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	28	36
Ishant Sharma	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	30	87
Rohit Sharma	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Batsman	31	25
Prithvi Shaw	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Batsman	19	2
Hanuma Vihari	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Batsman	25	1
Murali Vijay	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Batsman	34	59
Kuldeep Yadav	Left-hand	Left-arm chinaman	Bowler	23	5
Umesh Yadav	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	31	40

Tim Paine looks on during the Australian nets session

IMAGE: Australian Captain Tim Paine at an Australian nets session. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Australia

Player	Batting style	Bowling style	Role	Age	Tests
Tim Paine	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Wicketkeeper-batsman	33	15
Pat Cummins	Right-hand	Right-arm fast	Bowler	25	14
Aaron Finch	Right-hand	Left-arm slow orthodox	Batsman	32	2
Pater Handscomb	Right-hand		Batsman	27	13
Marcus Harris	Left-hand		Batsman	26	0
Josh Hazlewood	Left-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	27	40
Travis Head	Left-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Batsman	24	2
Usman Khawaja	Left-hand	Right-arm medium	Batsman	31	35
Nathan Lyon	Right-hand	Right-arm off-spin	Bowler	31	80
Mitchell Marsh	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Allrounder	27	30
Shaun Marsh	Left-hand	Left-arm slow orthodox	Batsman	35	34
Peter Siddle	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	34	64
Mitchell Starc	Left-hand	Left-arm fast	Bowler	28	45
Chris Tremain	Right-hand	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	27	0

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Murali Vijay on his way to a hundred in the second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, December 18, 2014. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

IMAGE: Murali Vijay on his way to a hundred in the second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, December 18, 2014. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Test career figures: Batting & fielding: INDIA

	Tests	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50	Catches	Stumpings
Virat Kohli	73	124	8	6,331	243	54.57	24	19	67	0
Ajinkya Rahane	52	88	9	3,271	188	41.40	9	15	67	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	64	91	12	2,331	124	29.50	4	11	23	0
Jasprit Bumrah	6	11	4	10	6	1.42	0	0	3	0
Ravindra Jadeja	39	57	14	1,395	100*	32.44	1	9	31	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	21	29	4	552	63*	22.08	0	3	8	0
Rishabh Pant	5	8	0	346	114	43.25	1	2	20	2
Parthiv Patel	25	38	8	934	71	31.13	0	6	62	10
Cheteshwar Pujara	64	107	8	4,905	206*	49.54	15	19	42	0
K L Rahul	31	51	2	1,848	199	37.71	5	11	42	0
Mohammed Shami	36	51	15	427	51*	11.86	0	1	8	0
Ishant Sharma	87	120	43	623	31*	8.09	0	0	17	0
Rohit Sharma	25	43	6	1,479	177	39.97	3	9	24	0
Prithvi Shaw	2	3	1	237	134	118.50	1	1	2	0
Hanuma Vihari	1	2	0	56	56	28.00	0	1	0	0
Murali Vijay	59	101	1	3,933	167	39.33	12	15	48	0
Kuldeep Yadav	5	6	0	51	26	8.50	0	0	2	0
Umesh Yadav	40	45	20	277	30	11.08	0	0	14	0

Test career figures – Bowling: INDIA

	Tests	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Best	5I	10M
Virat Kohli	73	163	76	0			-	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	52
Ravichandran Ashwin	64	17,851	8,551	336	25.44	53.13	7/59	26	7
Jasprit Bumrah	6	1,473	716	28	25.57	52.61	5/54	2	0
Ravindra Jadeja	39	10,946	4,348	185	23.50	59.17	7/48	9	1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	21	3,348	1,644	63	26.09	53.14	6/82	4	0
Rishabh Pant	5
Parthiv Patel	25
Cheteshwar Pujara	64	6	2	0			-	0	0
K L Rahul	31
Mohammed Shami	36	6,742	3,835	128	29.96	52.67	5/28	3	0
Ishant Sharma	87	16,578	8,893	256	34.73	64.76	7/74	8	1
Rohit Sharma	25	334	202	2	101.00	167.00	1/26	0	0
Prithvi Shaw	2
Hanuma Vihari	1	63	38	3	12.66	21.00	3/37	0	0
Murali Vijay	59	330	167	1	167.00	330.00	1/12	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav	5	798	480	19	25.26	42.00	5/57	1	0
Umesh Yadav	40	6,437	3,844	117	32.85	55.02	6/88	2	1

Umesh Yadav looks on as Shaun Marsh is run out in the third Test at the MCG, December 30, 2014. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

IMAGE: Umesh Yadav looks on as Shaun Marsh is run out in the third Test at the MCG, December 30, 2014. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Test career figures – Batting & fielding: INDIA in Australia

	Tests	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50	Catches	Stumpings
Virat Kohli	8	16	0	992	169	62.00	5	2	5	0
Ajinkya Rahane	4	8	1	399	147	57.00	1	2	2	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	6	12	2	276	62	27.60	0	2	5	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	1	2	1	50	30	50.00	0	0	0	0
Parthiv Patel	4	6	1	160	62	32.00	0	1	8	3
Cheteshwar Pujara	3	6	0	201	73	33.50	0	1	2	0
K L Rahul	2	4	0	130	110	32.50	1	0	1	0
Mohammed Shami	3	4	1	67	34	22.33	0	0	0	0
Ishant Sharma	10	19	8	95	23	8.63	0	0	2	0
Rohit Sharma	3	6	0	173	53	28.83	0	1	2	0
Murali Vijay	4	8	0	482	144	60.25	1	4	4	0
Umesh Yadav	7	12	5	71	30	10.14	0	0	2	0

Test career figures – Bowling: INDIA in Australia

	Tests	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Best	5I	10M
Virat Kohli	8	54	26	0			-	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	4
Ravichandran Ashwin	6	2,038	1,149	21	54.71	97.05	4/105	0	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	1	252	168	1	168.00	252.00	1/46	0	0
Parthiv Patel	4
Cheteshwar Pujara	3
K L Rahul	2
Mohammed Shami	3	759	537	15	35.80	50.60	5/112	1	0
Ishant Sharma	10	2,109	1,243	20	62.15	105.45	3/38	0	0
Rohit Sharma	3	84	45	1	45.00	84.00	1/35	0	0
Murali Vijay	4	144	70	0			-	0	0
Umesh Yadav	7	1,419	1,099	25	43.96	56.76	5/93	1	0

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Shaun Marsh on day four of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

IMAGE: Shaun Marsh on day four of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 29, 2014. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Test career figures – Batting & fielding: AUSTRALIA

	Tests	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50	Catches	Stumpings
Tim Paine	15	26	6	765	92	38.25	0	5	61	4
Pat Cummins	14	22	4	365	50	20.27	0	1	7	0
Aaron Finch	2	4	0	181	62	45.25	0	1	0	0
Peter Handscomb	13	24	5	829	110	43.63	2	4	22	0
Josh Hazlewood	40	48	22	337	39	12.96	0	0	15	0
Travis Head	2	4	0	122	72	30.50	0	1	4	0
Usman Khawaja	35	60	4	2,455	174	43.83	7	13	25	0
Nathan Lyon	80	103	31	839	47	11.65	0	0	39	0
Mitchell Marsh	30	51	5	1,200	181	26.08	2	3	15	0
Shaun Marsh	34	61	2	2,082	182	35.28	6	9	21	0
Peter Siddle	64	90	14	1,080	51	14.21	0	2	17	0
Mitchell Starc	45	70	12	1,234	99	21.27	0	9	20	0

Josh Hazelwood celebrates a wicket with teammates on the final day of the Melbourne Test, December 30, 2014. Photograph: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images

IMAGE: Josh Hazelwood celebrates an Indian wicket with teammates on the final day of the Melbourne Test, December 30, 2014. Photograph: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images

Test career figures – Bowling: AUSTRALIA

	Tests	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Best	5I	10M
Tim Paine	15
Pat Cummins	14	3,221	1,572	66	23.81	48.80	6/79	2	0
Aaron Finch	2
Peter Handscomb	13
Josh Hazlewood	40	8,662	4,054	151	26.84	57.36	6/67	6	0
Travis Head	2	18	10	0			-	0	0
Usman Khawaja	35	6	1	0			-	0	0
Nathan Lyon	80	20,081	10,244	318	32.21	63.15	8/50	12	2
Mitchell Marsh	30	2,521	1,486	35	42.45	72.03	4/61	0	0
Shaun Marsh	34
Peter Siddle	64	13,325	6,482	214	30.28	62.27	6/54	8	0
Mitchell Starc	45	9,354	5,305	186	28.52	50.29	6/50	9	1

Test career figures – Batting & fielding: AUSTRALIA in Australia

	Tests	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50	Catches	Stumpings
Tim Paine	5	6	2	192	57	48.00	0	1	25	1
Pat Cummins	5	6	2	166	44	41.50	0	0	1	0
Peter Handscomb	6	10	3	461	110	65.85	2	2	8	0
Josh Hazlewood	20	15	8	122	32	17.42	0	0	9	0
Usman Khawaja	18	29	3	1,544	174	59.38	5	8	11	0
Nathan Lyon	37	35	11	323	34	13.45	0	0	23	0
Mitchell Marsh	12	18	4	553	181	39.50	2	0	5	0
Shaun Marsh	15	24	1	1,027	182	44.65	3	5	11	0
Peter Siddle	34	41	7	543	43	15.97	0	0	9	0
Mitchell Starc	21	26	7	454	84	23.89	0	4	8	0

Test career figures – Bowling: AUSTRALIA in Australia

	Tests	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Best	5I	10M
Tim Paine	5
Pat Cummins	5	1,183	567	23	24.65	51.43	4/39	0	0
Peter Handscomb	6
Josh Hazlewood	20	4,782	2,192	86	25.48	55.60	6/70	4	0
Usman Khawaja	18
Nathan Lyon	37	9,253	4,691	139	33.74	66.57	7/152	3	1
Mitchell Marsh	12	1053	637	15	42.46	70.20	4/61	0	0
Shaun Marsh	15
Peter Siddle	34	6,991	3,375	122	27.66	57.30	6/54	5	0
Mitchell Starc	21	4,813	2,737	96	28.51	50.14	6/154	3	0

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