| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| V Sehwag | c Hayden b Lee | 63 | 152 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| IK Pathan | c †Gilchrist b Johnson | 9 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| R Dravid | c Ponting b Johnson | 18 | 73 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 32.72 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Hogg b Lee | 153 | 342 | 205 | 13 | 3 | 74.63 | |
| SC Ganguly | lbw b Hogg | 7 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| VVS Laxman | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 51 | 134 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| MS Dhoni† | c Symonds b Johnson | 16 | 75 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| A Kumble* | c †Gilchrist b Johnson | 87 | 249 | 205 | 9 | 0 | 42.43 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c †Gilchrist b Symonds | 63 | 135 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 61.16 | |
| RP Singh | c Johnson b Clarke | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| I Sharma | not out | 14 | 80 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 29.16 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 21, w 3, nb 13) | 45 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 152.5 overs; 664 mins) | 526 | (3.44 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 36 | 4 | 101 | 3 | 2.80 | (6nb) | ||
| MG Johnson | 37.5 | 6 | 126 | 4 | 3.33 | (3nb, 3w) | ||
| SR Clark | 31 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 2.96 | |||
| GB Hogg | 31 | 2 | 119 | 1 | 3.83 | |||
| MJ Clarke | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | |||
| A Symonds | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2.85 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| PA Jaques | b Kumble | 60 | 219 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 37.73 | |
| ML Hayden | b Sharma | 103 | 271 | 200 | 10 | 1 | 51.50 | |
| RT Ponting* | b Sehwag | 140 | 396 | 266 | 10 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| MEK Hussey | b Pathan | 22 | 81 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MJ Clarke | c Laxman b Sharma | 118 | 315 | 243 | 8 | 0 | 48.55 | |
| A Symonds | b Sharma | 30 | 110 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 47.61 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Sehwag b Pathan | 14 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| GB Hogg | not out | 16 | 86 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| B Lee | c †Dhoni b Pathan | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| MG Johnson | c Sharma b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 46.42 | |
| SR Clark | b Sehwag | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 12, w 10, nb 11) | 43 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 181 overs; 783 mins) | 563 | (3.11 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| IK Pathan | 36 | 2 | 112 | 3 | 3.11 | (3w) | ||
| I Sharma | 40 | 6 | 115 | 3 | 2.87 | (8nb, 4w) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 48 | 5 | 128 | 1 | 2.66 | |||
| A Kumble | 30 | 4 | 109 | 1 | 3.63 | (2nb) | ||
| V Sehwag | 19 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 2.68 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| SC Ganguly | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | (1nb) |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| V Sehwag | c †Gilchrist b Symonds | 151 | 354 | 236 | 11 | 2 | 63.98 | |
| IK Pathan | lbw b Johnson | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| R Dravid | retired hurt | 11 | 98 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 17.18 | |
| SR Tendulkar | run out (Johnson) | 13 | 67 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 36.11 | |
| SC Ganguly | c Hussey b Johnson | 18 | 51 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 47.36 | |
| VVS Laxman | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 12 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| MS Dhoni† | c Hayden b Lee | 20 | 58 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| A Kumble* | not out | 9 | 63 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17.30 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Ponting b Hogg | 7 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | |
| I Sharma | not out | 2 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 9, w 3, nb 5) | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 90 overs; 396 mins) | 269 | (2.98 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RP Singh |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 27 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 2.74 | (3nb) | ||
| MG Johnson | 16 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 2.06 | (2nb, 3w) | ||
| A Symonds | 22 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 2.36 | |||
| SR Clark | 12 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 3.08 | |||
| GB Hogg | 12 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 4.41 | |||
| MJ Clarke | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 4-match series 2-1 |
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Player of the match
SR Tendulkar (India) Player of the series B Lee (Australia) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire SJ Davis Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire AD Willoughby |
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Close of play 24 Jan day 1 - India 1st innings 309/5 (SR Tendulkar 124*, MS Dhoni 6*, 86 ov) 25 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 62/0 (PA Jaques 21*, ML Hayden 36*, 21 ov) 26 Jan day 3 - Australia 1st innings 322/3 (RT Ponting 79*, MJ Clarke 37*, 111 ov) 27 Jan day 4 - India 2nd innings 45/1 (V Sehwag 31*, R Dravid 11*, 17 ov) 28 Jan day 5 - India 2nd innings 269/7d (90 ov) - end of match |
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Jan 28, 2008 Adam Gilchrist poses with family members after playing his last Test © Getty Images |
Jan 28, 2008 Brett Lee was adjudged Player of the Series for his 24 wickets © Getty Images |
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