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Test No. 1889

Australia tour of India, 2008
2008-09 season
India vs Australia - 2nd Test
17-21 October, 2008 (5-day match)
Venue : Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : India won by 320 runs


India 1st Inn
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir c Haddin b Johnson
67 
140 
9 
0
47.86 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Haddin b Johnson
35 
36 
6 
0
97.22 
»
 Rahul Dravid b Lee
39 
70 
7 
0
55.71 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c Hayden b Siddle
88 
111 
10 
0
79.28 
»
 VVS Laxman c Haddin b Johnson
12 
19 
2 
0
63.16 
»
 Sourav Ganguly c Lee b White
102 
225 
8 
0
45.33 
»
 Ishant Sharma c Katich b Siddle
9 
33 
1 
0
27.27 
»
 MS Dhoni lbw b Siddle
92 
124 
8 
4
74.19 
»
 Harbhajan Singh b White
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Zaheer Khan run out
2 
10 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Amit Mishra Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 10, W 5, N 3
22
Total : (all out in 129.0 overs)
469
 RR : 3.64

Fall of wickets : 1-70 (Sehwag, 14.2 ov), 2-146 (Dravid, 40.4 ov), 3-146 (Gambhir, 41.1 ov), 4-163 (Laxman, 45.1 ov), 5-305 (Tendulkar, 81.5 ov), 6-326 (Sharma, 89.6 ov), 7-435 (Ganguly, 119.1 ov), 8-442 (Singh, 123.1 ov), 9-469 (Khan, 127.6 ov), 10-469 (Dhoni, 128.6

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
24
5 
86 
1
3.58
2
1
»
 Peter Siddle
28
5 
114 
3
4.07
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
27
4 
85 
3
3.15
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
24
3 
71 
0
2.96
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
7
0 
22 
0
3.14
0
0
»
 Cameron White
19
0 
71 
2
3.74
0
0

Aus 1st Inning
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden b Khan
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Simon Katich b Mishra
33 
65 
6 
0
50.77 
»
 Ricky Ponting lbw b Sharma
5 
23 
1 
0
21.74 
»
 Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Sharma
54 
119 
7 
0
45.38 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Mishra
23 
60 
3 
0
38.33 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Mishra
78 
156 
10 
1
50.00 
»
 Brad Haddin b Harbhajan Singh
9 
29 
1 
0
31.03 
»
 Cameron White b Mishra
5 
23 
0 
0
21.74 
»
 Brett Lee c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh
35 
96 
6 
0
36.46 
»
 Mitchell Johnson Not Out
9 
32 
0 
1
28.13 
»
 Peter Siddle st Dhoni b Mishra
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 13, N 4
17
Total : (all out in 101.4 overs)
268
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Hayden, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Ponting, 7.5 ov), 3-62 (Katich, 21.6 ov), 4-102 (Clarke, 40.5 ov), 5-130 (Hussey, 47.5 ov), 6-146 (Haddin, 54.3 ov), 7-167 (White, 62.2 ov), 8-240 (Lee, 90.1 ov), 9-262 (Watson, 99.2 ov), 10-268 (Siddle, 101.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
25
7 
56 
1
2.24
1
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
21
4 
68 
2
3.24
1
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
29
9 
60 
2
2.07
1
0
»
 Amit Mishra
26
 .4
8 
71 
5
2.66
1
0

India 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir c MEK Hussey b White
104 
138 
7 
1
75.36 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Haddin b Siddle
90 
122 
8 
0
73.77 
»
 MS Dhoni Not Out
68 
84 
3 
1
80.95 
»
 Sourav Ganguly c Clarke b Lee
27 
37 
2 
0
72.97 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar Not Out
10 
12 
1 
0
83.33 
Extras LB 7, W 5, N 3
15
Total : (3 wickets dec in 65.0 overs)
314
 RR : 4.83

did not bat: Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan

Fall of wickets : 1-182 (Sehwag, 39.1 ov), 2-224 (Gambhir, 47.5 ov), 3-290 (Ganguly, 61.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
14
0 
61 
1
4.36
1
0
»
 Peter Siddle
15
1 
62 
1
4.13
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
14
0 
72 
0
5.14
0
0
»
 Cameron White
8
0 
48 
1
6.00
0
1
»
 Shane Watson
5
0 
20 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Michael Hussey
8
0 
38 
0
4.75
1
0
»
 Michael Clarke
1
0 
6 
0
6.00
0
0

Aus 2nd Innings
(Target: 516 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden lbw b Harbhajan Singh
29 
20 
4 
0
145.00 
»
 Simon Katich c Tendulkar b Harbhajan Singh
20 
26 
4 
0
76.92 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Sharma
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Michael Hussey lbw b Harbhajan Singh
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Michael Clarke c Sehwag b Mishra
69 
152 
9 
0
45.39 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Sharma
2 
22 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Brad Haddin b Khan
37 
105 
6 
0
35.24 
»
 Cameron White c Dhoni b Khan
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Brett Lee b Khan
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c & b Mishra
26 
44 
4 
0
59.09 
»
 Peter Siddle Not Out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, N 4
8
Total : (all out in 64.4 overs)
195
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-49 (Hayden, 7.2 ov), 2-50 (Katich, 7.6 ov), 3-52 (Hussey, 9.6 ov), 4-52 (Ponting, 10.2 ov), 5-58 (Watson, 16.3 ov), 6-142 (Haddin, 46.6 ov), 7-144 (White, 48.2 ov), 8-144 (Lee, 48.3 ov), 9-194 (Johnson, 62.6 ov), 10-195 (Clarke, 64.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
15
3 
71 
3
4.73
1
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
13
4 
42 
2
3.23
0
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
20
3 
36 
3
1.80
1
0
»
 Amit Mishra
11
 .4
2 
35 
2
3.00
2
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
5
2 
7 
0
1.40
0
0

Match details
Debuts: A Mishra (India); PM Siddle (Australia)
Man of the Match: MS Dhoni (India)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan), RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Third Umpire: AM Saheba (India)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: AY Dandekar (India)
Close of Play
Day 1 : India 1st innings 311/5 (SC Ganguly 54*, I Sharma 2*, 85.0 ov)
Day 2 : Australia 1st innings 102/4 (MEK Hussey 37*, 40.5 ov)
Day 3 : India 2nd innings 100/0 (V Sehwag 53*, G Gambhir 46*, 23.0 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd Innings 141/5 (MJ Clarke 42*, BJ Haddin 37*, 46.0 Ov)
Day 5 : Australia 2nd Innings 195/10 (P Siddle 0*, 64.4 Ov) - end of match

Teams:
India Amit Mishra, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan
Australia Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Cameron White, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Shane Watson, Simon Katich
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