Most hundreds scored by captains in a Test series

Seven hundreds were scored by captains as bat dominated ball in the 2014-15 Test series between Australia and India. Michael Clarke (Australia; 128) and Virat Kohli (India; 115 and 141) led from the front during the First Test in Adelaide, Steve Smith (Australia; 133 and 192, respectively) weighed in with tons during the Second Test in Brisbane and the Third Test in Melbourne, and Smith (117) and Kohli (147) both hit centuries in the Fourth Test in Sydney. The four-Test Australia-India series, which ran from 9 December 2014 to 10 January 2015, was also the first to witness two batsmen - Kohli and Smith - making four hundreds in the same Test series. Both scored a century in the series when they weren't captain, Smith (162 not out) under Clarke's leadership in the First Test and Kohli (169) in the Third Test, MS Dhoni's final Test match as captain of India.

Steve Smith was the leading run-scorer in the series with 769 runs - the most runs scored by an Australian in a series against India (Don Bradman scored 715 in 1947-48). This represented the 13th highest number of runs by an individual in a series in Test history (Bradman's 974 runs - in 7 innings - vs. England in 1930 still leads the way), the third best total for a four-match series (behind Viv Richards' 829 runs - in 7 innings - vs. England in 1976) and the fourth best return for a player in eight innings in a Test series (Gary Sobers plundered 824 runs vs. Pakistan in 1957-58).

Kohli scored 692 runs in the series. The only Indian cricketer to score more runs in a Test series is Sunil Gavaskar. He did it twice in the 1970s, scoring 774 and 732 runs.

Smith's four hundreds came in consecutive matches (one each in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Tests), the last three as captain, and all in Australia's first innings.

Number fact: 5,870 - aggregate runs scored by Australia and India in the 2014-15 series, the most ever in a Test series of four or fewer Tests.