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Test No. 1892

Australia tour of India, 2008
2008-09 season
India vs Australia - 4th Test
06-10 November, 2008 (5-day match)

India won the 4-match series 2-0

Venue : Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : India won by 172 runs


India 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Virender Sehwag b Krejza
66 
69 
9 
1
95.65 
»
 Murali Vijay c Haddin b Watson
33 
53 
2 
0
62.26 
»
 Rahul Dravid c Katich b Krejza
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Johnson
109 
188 
12 
0
57.98 
»
 VVS Laxman c Haddin b Krejza
64 
141 
5 
0
45.39 
»
 Sourav Ganguly c Clarke b Krejza
85 
153 
8 
1
55.56 
»
 MS Dhoni b Krejza
56 
97 
4 
0
57.73 
»
 Harbhajan Singh Not Out
18 
24 
4 
0
75.00 
»
 Zaheer Khan b Krejza
1 
16 
0 
0
6.25 
»
 Amit Mishra b Krejza
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ishant Sharma c Katich b Krejza
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 2, W 1, N 2
9
Total : (0 wickets in 124.5 overs)
441
 RR : 3.53

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Singh, ov), 1-98 (Vijay, 17.5 ov), 2-99 (Dravid, 18.4 ov), 3-116 (Sehwag, 22.3 ov), 4-262 (Laxman, 68.4 ov), 5-303 (Tendulkar, 82.5 ov), 6-422 (Dhoni, 116.4 ov), 7-423 (Ganguly, 116.6 ov), 8-437 (Khan, 122.3 ov), 9-437 (Mishra, 122.4 ov), 10-44

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
16
2 
62 
0
3.88
2
1
»
 Mitchell Johnson
32
11 
84 
1
2.63
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
20
5 
42 
1
2.10
0
0
»
 Jason Krejza
43
 .5
1 
215 
8
4.90
0
0
»
 Cameron White
10
1 
24 
0
2.40
0
0
»
 Simon Katich
3
0 
8 
0
2.67
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden run out
16 
26 
3 
0
61.54 
»
 Simon Katich lbw b Khan
102 
189 
9 
0
53.97 
»
 Ricky Ponting b
24 
41 
3 
0
58.54 
»
 Michael Hussey run out
90 
229 
8 
0
39.30 
»
 Michael Clarke c Dhoni b Sharma
8 
44 
1 
0
18.18 
»
 Shane Watson b Harbhajan Singh
2 
22 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Brad Haddin c Dravid b Mishra
28 
90 
3 
0
31.11 
»
 Cameron White c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh
46 
133 
4 
0
34.59 
»
 Jason Krejza lbw b Sharma
5 
21 
0 
0
23.81 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Khan b Mishra
5 
25 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Brett Lee Not Out
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
Extras B 17, LB 3, W 2, N 6
28
Total : (all out in 134.4 overs)
355
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-32 (Hayden, 6.5 ov), 2-74 (Ponting, 17.1 ov), 3-229 (Katich, 70.6 ov), 4-255 (Clarke, 84.4 ov), 5-265 (Hussey, 89.5 ov), 6-266 (Watson, 91.4 ov), 7-318 (Haddin, 115.5 ov), 8-333 (Krejza, 126.1 ov), 9-352 (White, 133.2 ov), 10-355 (Johnson, 134.4 ov

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
28
8 
68 
1
2.43
0
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
37
7 
94 
3
2.54
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
26
8 
64 
2
2.46
4
2
»
 Amit Mishra
23
 .4
5 
58 
2
2.45
2
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
18
2 
38 
0
2.11
0
0
»
 Sachin Tendulkar
2
0 
13 
0
6.50
0
0

India 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Haddin b Lee
92 
107 
10 
1
85.98 
»
 Murali Vijay lbw b Watson
41 
81 
5 
0
50.62 
»
 Rahul Dravid c Haddin b Watson
3 
17 
0 
0
17.65 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar run out
12 
55 
1 
0
21.82 
»
 VVS Laxman b Krejza
4 
34 
0 
0
11.76 
»
 Sourav Ganguly c & b Krejza
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 MS Dhoni c MEK Hussey b Krejza
55 
81 
4 
0
67.90 
»
 Harbhajan Singh b Watson
52 
94 
5 
0
55.32 
»
 Zaheer Khan c Haddin b Krejza
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
»
 Amit Mishra b Watson
7 
8 
1 
0
87.50 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
Extras B 12, LB 2, W 6, N 2
22
Total : (all out in 82.4 overs)
295
 RR : 3.57

Fall of wickets : 1-116 (Vijay, 28.2 ov), 2-132 (Dravid, 32.5 ov), 3-142 (Sehwag, 35.1 ov), 4-163 (Laxman, 47.1 ov), 5-163 (Ganguly, 47.2 ov), 6-166 (Tendulkar, 49.5 ov), 7-274 (Dhoni, 77.1 ov), 8-286 (Khan, 79.2 ov), 9-288 (Singh, 80.1 ov), 10-295 (Mishra, 82.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
14
4 
22 
0
1.57
0
0
»
 Brett Lee
10
3 
27 
1
2.70
2
0
»
 Jason Krejza
31
3 
143 
4
4.61
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
15
 .4
2 
42 
4
2.68
0
1
»
 Cameron White
2
0 
15 
0
7.50
0
1
»
 Michael Hussey
4
2 
3 
0
0.75
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
6
1 
29 
0
4.83
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 382 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden lbw b Harbhajan Singh
77 
93 
8 
1
82.80 
»
 Simon Katich c Dhoni b Sharma
16 
16 
3 
0
100.00 
»
 Ricky Ponting run out
8 
6 
2 
0
133.33 
»
 Michael Clarke c Dhoni b Sharma
22 
30 
3 
0
73.33 
»
 Michael Hussey c Dravid b Mishra
19 
30 
2 
0
63.33 
»
 Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh
9 
34 
0 
0
26.47 
»
 Brad Haddin c Tendulkar b Mishra
4 
10 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Cameron White Not Out
26 
49 
3 
0
53.06 
»
 Jason Krejza st Dhoni b Mishra
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Brett Lee c Vijay b Harbhajan Singh
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson lbw b Harbhajan Singh
11 
16 
1 
0
68.75 
Extras B 6, LB 1, W 4, N 2
13
Total : (all out in 50.2 overs)
209
 RR : 4.15

Fall of wickets : 1-29 (Katich, 5.4 ov), 2-37 (Ponting, 6.6 ov), 3-82 (Clarke, 15.5 ov), 4-150 (Hussey, 28.4 ov), 5-150 (Hayden, 29.2 ov), 6-161 (Haddin, 32.4 ov), 7-178 (Watson, 38.4 ov), 8-190 (Krejza, 43.5 ov), 9-191 (Lee, 44.4 ov), 10-209 (Johnson, 50.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
8
0 
57 
0
7.13
0
2
»
 Ishant Sharma
9
0 
31 
2
3.44
1
1
»
 Harbhajan Singh
18
 .2
2 
64 
4
3.49
0
1
»
 Virender Sehwag
4
0 
23 
0
5.75
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
11
2 
27 
3
2.45
1
0

Match details
Debuts: JJ Krejza (Australia); M Vijay (India)
Man of the Match: Jason Krejza (Australia)
Man of the Series : Ishant Sharma (India)
Umpires : Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: SL Shastri (India)
Referee : Chris Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: S Asnani (India)
Close of Play
Day 1 : India 1st Innings 311 for 5 (SC Ganguly 27*, MS Dhoni 4*, 87 Ov)
Day 2 : Australia 1st Innings 189 for 2 (SM Katich 92*, MEK Hussey 45*, 48 Ov)
Day 3 : India 2nd Innings 0 for no loss (V Sehwag 0*, M Vijay 0*, 1 Ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd Innings 13 for 0 (SM Katich 8*, ML Hayden 5*, 1.3 Ov)
Day 5 : Australia 2nd Innings 210 (CL White 26*, 50.2 Ov) - end of match

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