- Damien Martyn needs 28 runs to complete 1,000 runs in calendar year 2004
- Anil Kumble needs 2 wickets to complete 50 wickets in calendar year 2004
- Rahul Dravid needs one catch to become leading fieldsman for India beating Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 108 catches
- Gilchrist needs four dismissals to complete his half-century of dismissals against India. He will also become the first Australian and fourth keeper after Jeff Dujon (60) of West Indies, Wasim Bari (55) of Pakistan and Alan Knott (54) of England to do so
- Dravid needs 36 runs to complete 7,000 runs in Test cricket
- Matthew Hayden needs 33 runs to become leading run-scorer for Australia on Indian soil
- Glenn McGrath needs 5 wickets to become the highest wicket-taker for Australia in all matches vs India surpassing Richie Benaud's tally of 52 wickets
- Shane Warne needs 3 catches to complete his century of catches
- One more century and Sachin Tendulkar will......
- equal Sunil Gavaskar's world record tally of 34 centuries
- equal Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 16 centuries at home
- equal Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record of 8 centuries v Australia
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