Virat Kohli-led Team India has taken a lead of 2-1 in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia after they thrashed the Oz team by 137 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

With the win, India have also retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The fourth and last match of the Test series will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney starting Thursday, January 3, 2019.

It is also worth mentioning that with the win over Australia, Indian skipper Virat Kohli has equalled the record of former India captain Sourav Ganguly for the most number of wins in Tests overseas.

Here is the list of records shattered in the Melbourne Test:

Indian speedster Ishant Sharma surpassed Bishan Singh Bedi to become the sixth Indian bowler with most wickets in the longest format of the game.

Most wickets for India in Tests:

1. 619 Anil Kumble
2. 434 Kapil Dev
3. 417 Harbhajan Singh
4. 342 Ravichandran Ashwin
5. 311 Zaheer Khan
6. 267 Ishant Sharma
7. 266 Bishan Bedi

Most wins in overseas Tests as captain:

11* Virat Kohli (24)**

11 Sourav Ganguly (28)

06 MS Dhoni (30)

05 Rahul Dravid (17)

* Matches won as captain ** – Matches as captain

In the ongoing calendar year, Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara is the only batsman to score 50+ in all of India’s four away wins:

50 off 179, 1st innings, Joburg, against South Africa

72 off 208, 2nd innings, Trent Bridge, against England

123 & 71, Adelaide, against Australia

106 off 319, MCG, against Australia

In the ongoing calendar year, least number of Tests drawn in percentage:

10.42* in 2018 (5**/48***)

14.81 in 2002 (8/46)

14.89 in 2016 (7/40)

14.89 in 2017 (7/40)

19.51 in 2014 (8/41)

* – Drawn percentage, ** – Tests drawn, *** – Total tests played

India’s rookie wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has equalled the record of Brad Haddin for most dismissals by a WK in his debut calendar year:

42 Brad Haddin (2008) and Rishabh Pant (2018)

36 Peter Nevill (2015)

35 Kevin Wright (1979)

Jasprit Bumrah went past Kapil Dev to become the best Indian pacer in Australia.

Best figures by an Indian pacer in Australia:

9/086 J Bumrah, MCG, 2018

8/109 Kapil Dev, Adelaide, 1985

8/160 A Agarkar, Adelaide, 2003

Bumrah also became the third cricketer with the maximum number of wickets in the debut calendar year.

Most Test wickets in a debut calendar year:

54 Terry Alderman – Australia (1981)

49 Curtly Ambrose – West Indies (1988)

48 Jasprit Bumrah – India (2018)

46 Steven Finn – England (2010)

44 Roy Tattersall – England (1951)

43 Ted McDonald (1921)