Anant Gaundalkar
Rankings: India – 2, Australia – 1.
Head to head: India - 34, Australia – 60
1 - Match won and lost by Australia while playing at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. They lost by 8 wickets to South Africa in 1996 and then beat New Zealand by 44 runs in 2003. On the other hand, India has won five out of the eight matches they have played at this venue.
5 - More runs and Mahendra Singh Dhoni will become the first Indian and fourth player in the world to aggregate 1000 or more runs in the current calendar year. In 25 matches so far, he has scored 995 runs with a hundred and eight fifties at a fabulous average of 71.07. He will emulate Ricky Ponting (1173 runs), Michael Hussey (1131) and Hamilton Masakadza (1076).
Full Coverage: Australia in India 2009
31 - More runs and Yuvraj Singh will become the highest run-getter at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. In two games, he has scored 133 runs. He will surpass Michael Bevan's record of 163 runs, which the latter made in two matches.