India’s
first One-day International after the 1999 World Cup was a 38-overs-a-side
match. They (Moham)made three changes to their playing eleven – Azharuddin,
Nayan Mongia and Debasis Mohanty made way for Amay Khurasiya, Mannava Prasad
and Nikhil Chopra.
Australia, the world champions, made a couple of changes to the (Reiff)eleven that last played the Indians – Paul and Glenn McGrath made way for Andrew Symonds and Jason Gillespie.
On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, reinstated as India’s skipper, chose to bat. Sourav Ganguly, who faced 29 balls, scored 10. Nine overs into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gillespie, who broke the 25-run stand.
Tendulkar, who faced 33 balls, scored 14. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Darren Lehmann. Needless to say, Tom Moody was in seventh heaven. Rahul Dravid, who faced 11 balls, scored five. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Adam Gilchrist. Symonds, the player of the match, broke the six-run stand.
Khurasiya – the fifth Indian (after Parthasarathy Sharma in 1975, Bharath Reddy and Yajurvindra Singh in 1979 and Sunil Valson in 1983) to make it to the World Cup squad but not play a match – scored 17. His 23-ball innings included three boundaries. Forty-one balls later, he was caught by Moody, who broke the 28-run stand.
Ajay Jadeja, whose 54-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. Forty-two balls later, he was caught by Damien Fleming. Shane Warne broke the 26-run stand. Mannava had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just four. Seventeen balls later, Warne broke the 11-run stand.
Singh, whose 52-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 38. Thirty-two balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gillespie, who broke the 36-run stand. Chopra, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Anil Kumble, who faced five balls, scoring three.
Australia conceded a dozen extras. India scored 151 for the loss of seven wickets off 38 overs. Fleming, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 31. Symonds, who bowled seven overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket.
Warne, who bowled seven overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of wickets. Gillespie and Moody bowled eight overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 25.
Using the Duckworth-Lewis method, Australia's target was revised to 159 off 38 overs. Mark Waugh, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by the wicketkeeper, whose naMeSAKe, Venkatesh Prasad, broke the run-a-ball stand.
Gilchrist, whose 92-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 68. A hundred and forty-seven balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Ganguly broke the 132-run partnership. He brought up his half-century off the 64th ball of his innings. At that point, he had scored five boundaries.
Symonds, whose run-a-ball innings included seven boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 68. He was unbeaten. His 50 came off 47 balls, and included five boundaries and the six. At that point, he had batted for 54 minutes. Ricky Ponting, who faced five balls, scoring a run. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 10 extras. Australia, who scored 159 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 29.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 53 balls to spare. Singh bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18. Javagal Srinath bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 26.
Kumble bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 35. Chopra bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 33. Ganguly, who bowled an over, conceded four. He picked up a wicket, as did Venkatesh, who bowled 5.1 overs, conceding 37. His fourth over – the 26th over of the Australian innings – was a five-ball over.
Australia, the world champions, made a couple of changes to the (Reiff)eleven that last played the Indians – Paul and Glenn McGrath made way for Andrew Symonds and Jason Gillespie.
On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, reinstated as India’s skipper, chose to bat. Sourav Ganguly, who faced 29 balls, scored 10. Nine overs into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gillespie, who broke the 25-run stand.
Tendulkar, who faced 33 balls, scored 14. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Darren Lehmann. Needless to say, Tom Moody was in seventh heaven. Rahul Dravid, who faced 11 balls, scored five. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Adam Gilchrist. Symonds, the player of the match, broke the six-run stand.
Khurasiya – the fifth Indian (after Parthasarathy Sharma in 1975, Bharath Reddy and Yajurvindra Singh in 1979 and Sunil Valson in 1983) to make it to the World Cup squad but not play a match – scored 17. His 23-ball innings included three boundaries. Forty-one balls later, he was caught by Moody, who broke the 28-run stand.
Ajay Jadeja, whose 54-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. Forty-two balls later, he was caught by Damien Fleming. Shane Warne broke the 26-run stand. Mannava had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just four. Seventeen balls later, Warne broke the 11-run stand.
Singh, whose 52-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 38. Thirty-two balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gillespie, who broke the 36-run stand. Chopra, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Anil Kumble, who faced five balls, scoring three.
Australia conceded a dozen extras. India scored 151 for the loss of seven wickets off 38 overs. Fleming, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 31. Symonds, who bowled seven overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket.
Warne, who bowled seven overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of wickets. Gillespie and Moody bowled eight overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 25.
Using the Duckworth-Lewis method, Australia's target was revised to 159 off 38 overs. Mark Waugh, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by the wicketkeeper, whose naMeSAKe, Venkatesh Prasad, broke the run-a-ball stand.
Gilchrist, whose 92-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 68. A hundred and forty-seven balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Ganguly broke the 132-run partnership. He brought up his half-century off the 64th ball of his innings. At that point, he had scored five boundaries.
Symonds, whose run-a-ball innings included seven boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 68. He was unbeaten. His 50 came off 47 balls, and included five boundaries and the six. At that point, he had batted for 54 minutes. Ricky Ponting, who faced five balls, scoring a run. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 10 extras. Australia, who scored 159 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 29.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 53 balls to spare. Singh bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18. Javagal Srinath bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 26.
Kumble bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 35. Chopra bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 33. Ganguly, who bowled an over, conceded four. He picked up a wicket, as did Venkatesh, who bowled 5.1 overs, conceding 37. His fourth over – the 26th over of the Australian innings – was a five-ball over.
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