| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c Cook b Swann | 179 | 466 | 348 | 25 | 1 | 51.43 | |
| V Sehwag | c †Prior b Broad | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| R Dravid | c Panesar b Swann | 136 | 471 | 328 | 19 | 0 | 41.46 | |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b Swann | 11 | 45 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 42.30 | |
| VVS Laxman | lbw b Flintoff | 0 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c †Prior b Panesar | 27 | 82 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 40.90 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c sub (OA Shah) b Anderson | 29 | 101 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 39.72 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Swann b Panesar | 24 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 114.28 | |
| Z Khan | b Flintoff | 7 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| A Mishra | b Flintoff | 23 | 47 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 74.19 | |
| I Sharma | not out | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 5, nb 6) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 158.2 overs; 680 mins) | 453 | (2.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 32 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 2.62 | (2nb) | ||
| SCJ Broad | 26 | 9 | 84 | 1 | 3.23 | |||
| A Flintoff | 30.2 | 10 | 54 | 3 | 1.78 | (4nb) | ||
| MS Panesar | 23 | 2 | 89 | 2 | 3.86 | |||
| GP Swann | 45 | 11 | 122 | 3 | 2.71 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | lbw b Khan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AN Cook | lbw b Khan | 50 | 99 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 74.62 | |
| IR Bell | b Sharma | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| KP Pietersen* | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 144 | 309 | 201 | 17 | 1 | 71.64 | |
| PD Collingwood | c †Dhoni b Mishra | 11 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 36.66 | |
| A Flintoff | c Gambhir b Mishra | 62 | 183 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 46.96 | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 8 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | |
| MJ Prior† | c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| SCJ Broad | b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| GP Swann | b Khan | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MS Panesar | c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 83.5 overs; 368 mins) | 302 | (3.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 21 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 3.61 | (1w) | ||
| I Sharma | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 4.58 | (4nb) | ||
| Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 20.5 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 3.26 | |||
| A Mishra | 24 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 3.12 | (1nb) |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c Bell b Swann | 97 | 330 | 229 | 6 | 0 | 42.35 | |
| V Sehwag | run out (Bell) | 17 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| R Dravid | b Broad | 0 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Swann b Anderson | 5 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| VVS Laxman | run out (Flintoff/†Prior) | 15 | 79 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 30.61 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | run out (Bell) | 86 | 134 | 93 | 6 | 4 | 92.47 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c & b Panesar | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 8, w 5, nb 3) | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 73 overs; 330 mins) | 251 | (3.43 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma |
| Fall of wickets1-30 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-36 (Dravid, 11.6 ov), 3-44 (Tendulkar, 19.4 ov), 4-80 (Laxman, 38.1 ov), 5-233 (Yuvraj Singh, 67.5 ov), 6-241 (Dhoni, 69.1 ov), 7-251 (Gambhir, 72.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 19 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 2.68 | |||
| SCJ Broad | 14 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3.57 | (3w) | ||
| A Flintoff | 13 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 3.00 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| GP Swann | 17 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 2.88 | |||
| MS Panesar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 403 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | not out | 21 | 103 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 25.30 | |
| AN Cook | c Laxman b Sharma | 10 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| IR Bell | not out | 24 | 73 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 34.28 | |
| Extras | (b 4, w 1, nb 4) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket; 28 overs; 103 mins) | 64 | (2.28 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KP Pietersen*, A Flintoff, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior†, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, MS Panesar |
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Cook, 7.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| I Sharma | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.40 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2.27 | (1nb) | ||
| A Mishra | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | (2nb) | ||
| MS Dhoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India won the 2-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
G Gambhir (India) Player of the series Z Khan (India) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire SL Shastri Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire VD Nerurkar |
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Close of play 19 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 179/1 (G Gambhir 106*, R Dravid 65*, 72 ov) 20 Dec day 2 - India 1st innings 453 21 Dec day 3 - England 1st innings 282/6 (JM Anderson 1*, 73 ov) 22 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 134/4 (G Gambhir 44*, Yuvraj Singh 39*, 50 ov) 23 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 64/1 (28 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 23, 2008 India's post-match celebrations in Mohali © AFP |
Dec 23, 2008 Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his trophies © AFP |
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