Opener piles on the runs as India set the tempo in Brisbane
Vijay numbers too much for Australia
1 Number of 50-plus opening stands by an overseas pair in the first innings of a Gabba Test (22 innings). Today’s 56-run opening partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay was the second best in Brisbane.
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35 Number of innings since India's openers posted a 50-plus stand in a Test away from home (Lord's 2011). Dhawan and Vijay added 56 for the first wicket on day one.
144 Vijay’s 144 was the highest score by a visiting opener in a first innings at the Gabba.
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The innings was also the second highest for a visiting opener at the Gabba in all innings.
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4 Of Vijay’s five Test-match centuries, four of them have come against Australia.
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2002 With his 144 on day one, Vijay moved past 2000 runs (2002) in Test matches.
311 Day one marked only the second time a side has gone past 300 on the opening day of the Brisbane Test. The only previous occasion of a visiting team reaching the milestone on the opening day of a Gabba Test match was the West Indies’ 7-359 in 1960.
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14 Nathan Lyon is now third on the all-time list of leading Australian Test off-spinners. Lyon is four wickets away from equalling Ashley Mallett and 14 away from Hugh Trumble.
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8 Day one at the Gabba marked the first time Australia have used eight bowlers against any team in an innings in Gabba Test history.
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Both Pakistan and South Africa have used eight bowlers in the past.
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46 It’s been 46 years since a Gabba Test match started later than December 12. The last time was in 1968 when it began on New Year’s Day.
16 Lyon is currently third on the list of spinners with the highest number of wickets at the Gabba. The off-spinner is seven wickets away from equalling Richie Benaud in second position.
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