| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c †Haddin b Johnson | 67 | 192 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 47.85 | |
| V Sehwag | c †Haddin b Johnson | 35 | 70 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 97.22 | |
| R Dravid | b Lee | 39 | 118 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 55.71 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Hayden b Siddle | 88 | 186 | 111 | 10 | 0 | 79.27 | |
| VVS Laxman | c †Haddin b Johnson | 12 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| SC Ganguly | c Lee b White | 102 | 332 | 225 | 8 | 0 | 45.33 | |
| I Sharma | c Katich b Siddle | 9 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | lbw b Siddle | 92 | 176 | 124 | 8 | 4 | 74.19 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | b White | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| Z Khan | run out (Lee/†Haddin) | 2 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| A Mishra | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 10, w 5, nb 3) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 129 overs; 594 mins) | 469 | (3.63 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 24 | 5 | 86 | 1 | 3.58 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| PM Siddle | 28 | 5 | 114 | 3 | 4.07 | (1nb) | ||
| MG Johnson | 27 | 4 | 85 | 3 | 3.14 | |||
| SR Watson | 24 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 2.95 | |||
| MJ Clarke | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| CL White | 19 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 3.73 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ML Hayden | b Khan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SM Katich | b Mishra | 33 | 102 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 50.76 | |
| RT Ponting* | lbw b Sharma | 5 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 21.73 | |
| MEK Hussey | c †Dhoni b Sharma | 54 | 181 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 45.37 | |
| MJ Clarke | lbw b Mishra | 23 | 77 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 38.33 | |
| SR Watson | lbw b Mishra | 78 | 264 | 156 | 10 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| BJ Haddin† | b Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| CL White | b Mishra | 5 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 | |
| B Lee | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 124 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 36.45 | |
| MG Johnson | not out | 9 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 28.12 | |
| PM Siddle | st †Dhoni b Mishra | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 13, nb 4) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 101.4 overs; 454 mins) | 268 | (2.63 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 25 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 2.24 | (1nb) | ||
| I Sharma | 21 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 3.23 | (1nb) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 29 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 2.06 | (1nb) | ||
| A Mishra | 26.4 | 8 | 71 | 5 | 2.66 | (1nb) |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c Hussey b White | 104 | 219 | 138 | 7 | 1 | 75.36 | |
| V Sehwag | c †Haddin b Siddle | 90 | 183 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 73.77 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | not out | 68 | 107 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 80.95 | |
| SC Ganguly | c Clarke b Lee | 27 | 54 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 72.97 | |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 10 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4, w 5, nb 3) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets dec; 65 overs; 291 mins) | 314 | (4.83 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat R Dravid, VVS Laxman, A Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, I Sharma |
| Fall of wickets1-182 (Sehwag, 39.1 ov), 2-224 (Gambhir, 47.5 ov), 3-290 (Ganguly, 61.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 14 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 4.35 | (1nb) | ||
| PM Siddle | 15 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 4.13 | (1nb) | ||
| MG Johnson | 14 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 5.14 | |||
| CL White | 8 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 6.00 | (1w) | ||
| SR Watson | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| MEK Hussey | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.75 | (1nb) | ||
| MJ Clarke | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 516 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ML Hayden | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 29 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 145.00 | |
| SM Katich | c Tendulkar b Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| RT Ponting* | b Sharma | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| MEK Hussey | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| MJ Clarke | c Sehwag b Mishra | 69 | 236 | 152 | 9 | 0 | 45.39 | |
| SR Watson | lbw b Sharma | 2 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| BJ Haddin† | b Khan | 37 | 118 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 35.23 | |
| CL White | c †Dhoni b Khan | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| B Lee | b Khan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MG Johnson | c & b Mishra | 26 | 69 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 59.09 | |
| PM Siddle | not out | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, nb 4) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 64.4 overs; 287 mins) | 195 | (3.01 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 15 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 4.73 | (1nb) | ||
| I Sharma | 13 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 3.23 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1.80 | (1nb) | ||
| A Mishra | 11.4 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3.00 | (2nb) | ||
| V Sehwag | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India led the 4-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
PM Siddle
(Australia);
A Mishra
(India) Player of the match MS Dhoni (India) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire AM Saheba Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire AY Dandekar |
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Close of play 17 Oct day 1 - India 1st innings 311/5 (SC Ganguly 54*, I Sharma 2*, 85 ov) 18 Oct day 2 - Australia 1st innings 102/4 (MEK Hussey 37*, 40.5 ov) 19 Oct day 3 - India 2nd innings 100/0 (G Gambhir 46*, V Sehwag 53*, 23 ov) 20 Oct day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 141/5 (MJ Clarke 42*, BJ Haddin 37*, 46 ov) 21 Oct day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 195 (64.4 ov) - end of match |
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Oct 21, 2008 Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly watch the post-match presentations © Getty Images |
Oct 21, 2008 Mahendra Singh Dhoni is all smiles after winning the second Test © AFP |
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