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8226; Anil Kumble has now become the 10th-highest Test wicket-taker after claiming 8-141 on Monday. He is now on 378 from 81 Tests. Among current players, only Shane Warne 491, Muttiah Muralitharan 485 and Glenn McGrath 430 are ahead of him.
8226; Kumble also became the third Indian bowler to take eight wickets in an innings in an away Test. Erapalli Prasanna 8-76 v New Zealand, Auckland, 1975-76 and Kapil Dev 8-85 v Pakistan, Lahore, 1982-83 and 8-106 v Australia, Adelaide, 1985-86 have done it before.
8226; Simon Katich and Jason Gillespie set a new record for the eighth wicket for Australia against India by putting on 117. They beat Thomas Veivers and Graham McKenzie8217;s 73 at Madras in 1964-65.
8226; Sachin Tendulkar became the fourth Indian batsman to score more than 300 runs in a Test match.
8226; This was the first time India didn8217;t enforce the follow-on against Australia. The last time India did not enforce the follow-on was against New Zealand at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000. New Zealand were all out for 308 runs in reply to India8217;s 583 for seven declared.
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