Ponting's innings highest for Aus against India

Ponting's 242 is the highest individual innings by an Australian against India in all matches – home or away. He surpassed fellow teammate Justin Langer's 223 at Sydney in the 1999-00 series. Ponting also bettered his previous highest Test score of 206 against West Indies at Port-of-Spain early this year.

Ponting's innings is also the seventh joint highest played against India and 14th joint highest innings played by an Australian in all Tests.

 

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Highest Individual Innings for Australia vs India

Score		Batsman	For	Vs	Inn	Test	Venue	Season
242		RT Ponting	Aus	Ind	1st	1st	Adelaide	2003-04
223		JL Langer	Aus	Ind	1st	3rd	Sydney	1999-00
213		KJ Hughes	Aus	Ind	1st	2nd	Adelaide	1980-81
210		DM Jones	Aus	Ind	1st	1st	Madras MAC	1986-87
204		GS Chappell	Aus	Ind	1st	1st	Sydney	1980-81
203		ML Hayden	Aus	Ind	1st	3rd	Madras MAC	2000-01
201		DG Bradman	Aus	Ind	1st	4th	Adelaide	1947-48

Highest Individual Innings for Australia

Score		Batsman	For	Vs	Inn	Test	Venue	Season
380		ML Hayden	Aus	Zim	1st	1st	Perth	2003-04
334	*	MA Taylor	Aus	Pak	1st	2nd	Peshawar (AN)	1998-99
334		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	3rd	Headingley	1930
311		RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	1st	4th	Old Trafford	1964
307		RM Cowper	Aus	Eng	1st	5th	Melbourne	1965-66
304		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	4th	Headingley	1934
299	*	DG Bradman	Aus	SAf	1st	4th	Adelaide	1931-32
270		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	2nd	3rd	Melbourne	1936-37
268		GN Yallop	Aus	Pak	1st	4th	Melbourne	1983-84
266		WH Ponsford	Aus	Eng	1st	5th	The Oval	1934
254		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	2nd	Lord's	1930
250		JL Langer	Aus	Eng	1st	4th	Melbourne	2002-03
250		KD Walters	Aus	NZ	1st	1st	Christchurch	1976-77
247	*	GS Chappell	Aus	NZ	1st	1st	Wellington	1973-74
244		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	5th	The Oval	1934
242		KD Walters	Aus	WI	1st	5th	Sydney	1968-69
242		RT Ponting	Aus	Ind	1st	1st	Adelaide	2003-04
235		GS Chappell	Aus	Pak	1st	2nd	Faisalabad	1979-80
234		SG Barnes	Aus	Eng	1st	2nd	Sydney	1946-47
234		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	2nd	Sydney	1946-47
232		SJ McCabe	Aus	Eng	1st	1st	Trent Bridge	1938
232		DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	1st	5th	The Oval	1930
226		DG Bradman	Aus	SAf	1st	1st	Brisbane	1931-32
225		RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	1st	4th	Adelaide	1965-66

Highest individual innings vs India

Score		Batsman	For	Vs	Inn	Test	Venue	Season
340		ST Jayasuriya	SL	Ind	1st	1st	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
333		GA Gooch	Eng	Ind	1st	1st	Lord's	1990
280	*	Javed Miandad	Pak	Ind	1st	4th	Hyderabad (Niaz)	1982-83
256		RB Kanhai	WI	Ind	1st	3rd	Calcutta	1958-59
250		SFAF Bacchus	WI	Ind	1st	6th	Kanpur	1978-79
246	*	G Boycott	Eng	Ind	1st	1st	Headingley	1967
242	*	CH Lloyd	WI	Ind	1st	5th	Bombay WS	1974-75
242		DPM Jayawardene	SL	Ind	1st	1st	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
242		RT Ponting	Aus	Ind	1st	1st	Adelaide	2003-04
239		GT Dowling	NZ	Ind	1st	2nd	Christchurch	1967-68
237		FMM Worrell	WI	Ind	1st	5th	Kingston	1952-53
235	*	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	Ind	1st	2nd	Lahore	1978-79
233		CL Hooper	WI	Ind	1st	1st	Georgetown	2001-02
232	*	A Flower	Zim	Ind	2nd	2nd	Nagpur	2000-01
231		Mudassar Nazar	Pak	Ind	1st	4th	Hyderabad (Niaz)	1982-83
230	*	B Sutcliffe	NZ	Ind	1st	3rd	Delhi	1955-56
225		RS Mahanama	SL	Ind	1st	1st	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98