Australia avenge loss to InD(hon)ia

India made just one change to their playing (Pat)eleven – Virender Sehwag made way for Munaf. Australia made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Brad Haddin and Brett Lee made way for James Hopes and Brad Hogg.

On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat. Adam, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Thirty-three balls into the (Shar)match, Ishant broke the 25-run (Gilchri)stand.

The second Powerplay of Australia’s innings was between the 10^th and the 15^th over. Ponting, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-eight balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Patel broke the 16-run stand.

Matthew Hayden, whose 34-ball innings included a six, scored 13. Eight balls later, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper. Irfan Pathan broke the two-run stand.

Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 48 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Michael Clarke, the player of the match, was batting on four, Andrew Symonds was batting on three.

The third Powerplay of Australia’s innings was between the 16^th and the 20^th over. They scored 50 off 15.1 overs (95 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Symonds, who faced a dozen balls, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Twenty-five balls after Hayden’s dismissal, he was caught by Robin Uthappa. Needless to say, Ishant was in seventh heaven. Michael Hussey, who faced 21 balls, scored five. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Pathan broke the 23-run stand.

Australia scored 100 off 28 overs (174 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point. Thirty overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 112 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Clarke was batting on 38, Hopes was batting on 19.

Hopes, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, D(hon)idn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty balls after Hussey’s dismissal, he was stumped. Harbhajan Singh broke the 39-run stand.

Clarke’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 79 balls. Australia scored 150 off 37.5 overs (235 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 66 balls. While Clarke’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Hogg’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

The seventh-wicket pair eventually put on 72. Hogg, whose 52-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 32. Eighty-nine balls later, Dhoni and Harbhajan ran him out. Clarke, whose 108-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually 79. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Ishant. Pathan broke the three-run stand.

Mitchell Johnson, batting at number nine, faced 13 balls, scoring nine. He was unbeaten. The ninth-wicket D(hon)idn’t get off the mark. Nathan Bracken, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Four balls after Clarke’s dismissal, he was caught behind off the bowling of Pathan.

Stuart Clark, who faced nine balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten. Australia scored 200 off 49.1 overs (303 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded. Australia scored 203 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.

Yuvraj Singh, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Sreesanth, who bowled eight overs, conceding 35. Patel bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket.

Ishant bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a couple of wickets. Pathan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up four scalps.

Tendulkar, whose 15-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored five. Twenty-eight balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bracken, who broke the 20-run stand.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 10^th and the 15^th over. India scored 50 off 13 overs (81 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point. Pathan, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Fifty-five balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Hayden. Hopes broke the 35-run stand.

Gautam Gambhir, whose 42-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 34. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Ponting. Johnson broke the four-run stand. Eighty-nine balls into the chase, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 59 for the loss of three wickets at that point. Rohit was batting on a run.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 16^th and the 20^th over. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rohit, who faced three balls, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. A couple of dot balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Gilchrist off the bowling of Hopes.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 65 balls. While Yuvraj’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run. India scored 100 off 24.2 overs (150 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Yuvraj, whose 44-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, eventually scored 26. Seventy-seven balls later, he was caught by Clark. Hogg broke the 56-run partnership.

Thirty-one overs into the chase, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 121 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Dhoni was batting on 33, Uthappa was batting on a couple. The sixth-wicket pair put on (Dho)nineteen. The man from Ranchi, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. Thirty-nine balls later, Hayden ran him out.

Harbhajan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Nine balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Needless to say, Johnson was in seventh heaven.

India scored 150 off 37.4 overs (233 balls). Australia had conceded 11 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Uthappa, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Eleven balls after Harbhajan’s dismissal, he was caught by Gilchrist. Johnson broke the nine-run stand.

Sreesanth, who faced four balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was (Gilchri)stumped. Hogg broke the two-run stand. Ishant, who scored just a couple, was unbea‘ten’. Patel, who faced nine balls, didn’t get off the mark. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Bracken broke the one-run stand.

India, who were dismissed for 153 off 41.2 overs, lost by 50 runs. Symonds, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine. He was wicketless, as was Clark, who bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33.

Hopes bowled half-a-dozen overs, including three maidens. He conceded 16, picking up two wickets. Bracken bowled 7.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up two of wickets.

Hogg bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up two wickets. Johnson bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up three scalps.