TestNo. 1891Men

India v Australia

Match drawn

Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Match 329 October 2008 to 2 November 2008Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Indiabatted first

613/7d & 208/5d77.3 ov

Australia

577 & 31/08 ov

India won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match VVS Laxman

India innings

613/7d160.5 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b SR Watson	206	380	26	1	54.2
V Sehwag	lbw b B Lee	1	2	0	0	50.0
R Dravid	c ML Hayden b MG Johnson	11	31	1	0	35.5
SR Tendulkar	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	68	126	11	0	54.0
VVS Laxman	not out	200*	301	21	0	66.4
SC Ganguly	c RT Ponting b SM Katich	5	8	1	0	62.5
MS Dhoni	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	27	29	4	1	93.1
A Kumble	lbw b MG Johnson	45	73	7	0	61.6
Z Khan	not out	28*	21	5	0	133.3
Extras	b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 6	22
Total	7 wickets, 160.5 overs, run rate 3.81	613

Did not batI Sharma, A Mishra

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 620

1-5 V Sehwag2-27 R Dravid3-157 SR Tendulkar4-435 G Gambhir5-444 SC Ganguly6-481 MS Dhoni7-579 A Kumble

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	30	2	119	1	3.97	118	16	0	0	2
SR Clark	33	9	69	0	2.09	161	8	0	1	1
MG Johnson	31.5	4	142	3	4.46	122	21	0	1	0
SR Watson	20	4	66	2	3.30	95	11	1	0	3
CL White	15	1	73	0	4.87	48	9	0	0	0
MJ Clarke	14	0	59	0	4.21	43	4	0	0	0
SM Katich	15	3	60	1	4.00	55	6	1	0	0
RT Ponting	2	0	11	0	5.50	4	1	0	0	0

Australia innings

577179.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	lbw b V Sehwag	83	154	13	1	53.9
SM Katich	b A Mishra	64	116	10	0	55.2
RT Ponting	b V Sehwag	87	165	14	0	52.7
MEK Hussey	b V Sehwag	53	146	7	0	36.3
MJ Clarke	c Z Khan b A Mishra	112	253	6	1	44.3
SR Watson	b V Sehwag	36	62	8	0	58.1
BJ Haddin	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	17	35	1	1	48.6
CL White	b V Sehwag	44	95	5	1	46.3
B Lee	lbw b A Kumble	8	47	0	0	17.0
MG Johnson	c & b A Kumble	15	12	2	0	125.0
SR Clark	not out	1*	2	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 28, lb 17, w 2, nb 10	57
Total	all out, 179.3 overs, run rate 3.21	577

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 620

1-123 SM Katich2-202 ML Hayden3-284 RT Ponting4-326 MEK Hussey5-399 SR Watson6-426 BJ Haddin7-532 CL White8-555 B Lee9-567 MJ Clarke10-577 MG Johnson

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	23	5	86	0	3.74	107	17	0	0	2
I Sharma	25	5	84	0	3.36	115	13	0	2	2
A Kumble	43.3	9	112	3	2.57	198	12	1	0	2
A Mishra	47	12	144	2	3.06	215	15	2	0	4
V Sehwag	40	9	104	5	2.60	175	9	1	0	0
SR Tendulkar	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

India innings

208/5d77.3 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b MG Johnson	36	107	5	0	33.6
V Sehwag	b B Lee	16	17	2	0	94.1
I Sharma	c RT Ponting b SR Clark	1	2	0	0	50.0
R Dravid	b B Lee	11	37	2	0	29.7
SR Tendulkar	c ML Hayden b CL White	47	120	4	0	39.2
VVS Laxman	not out	59*	130	7	0	45.4
SC Ganguly	not out	32*	53	3	1	60.4
Extras	lb 4, w 1, nb 1	6
Total	5 wickets, 77.3 overs, run rate 2.68	208

Did not batMS Dhoni, A Kumble, Z Khan, A Mishra

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 620

1-29 V Sehwag2-34 I Sharma3-53 R Dravid4-93 G Gambhir5-145 SR Tendulkar

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Lee	17	3	48	2	2.82	79	6	0	0	1
SR Clark	12	6	22	1	1.83	61	3	0	0	0
MJ Clarke	20.3	7	56	0	2.73	94	6	1	0	0
SM Katich	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0
MG Johnson	12	0	23	1	1.92	56	1	0	1	0
CL White	8	0	23	1	2.88	31	1	0	0	0
SR Watson	7	0	27	0	3.86	32	5	0	0	0

Australia innings

31/08 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	not out	16*	29	4	0	55.2
SM Katich	not out	14*	19	2	0	73.7
Extras	lb 1	1
Total	0 wickets, 8 overs, run rate 3.88	31

Did not batRT Ponting, MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, SR Watson, BJ Haddin, CL White, B Lee, MG Johnson, SR Clark

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 620

No wickets fell

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	R	Econ	Dots	4s
A Kumble	4	14	3.50	19	3
V Sehwag	2	14	7.00	6	3
A Mishra	2	2	1.00	10	0

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Player of the match

VVS LaxmanIndia

200*off 301 balls, 21 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 66.4

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1891
Competition: Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Toss: India, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BF Bowden
TV umpire: SL Shastri
Match referee: BC Broad
Season: 2008/09

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 32 / 15°C, dry
Day 2: 31 / 17°C, dry
Day 3: 32 / 16°C, dry
Day 4: 32 / 15°C, dry
Day 5: 32 / 15°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2008-10-29-india-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "result": "Match drawn",
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    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 577, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "India", "runs": 208, "wickets": 5 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 31, "wickets": 0 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 29 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 24 rows ... ]
}

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