•Mitchell Johnson’s 5/26 was his best ODI performance. Previous best was 4/11 vs India in Kuala Lumpur,2006.•Australia equalled their biggest win over India in terms of wickets. The other nine-wkt wins were: •Sydney, December 1980; January 1981 & January 1992•Centurion, February 2003.•Adam Gilchrist again equalled the world record of most dismissals in an innings with six catches. This was his fifth six-catch outing. Other six-catch ‘keepers have been West Indian Ridley Jacobs, England’s Alec Stewart, South African Mark Boucher and India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni.•Sachin Tendulkar became the second man after Sanath Jayasuriya to play 400 ODIs.•Sourav Ganguly got his 15th duck in 294 innings of 305 ODIs. Rahul Dravid was out without scoring for 13th time in 307 innings of 332 ODIs. •Ganguly was run out for the 22nd time in ODIs.