This was the
first match at the new VCA Stadium in Jamtha. India made just one change to
their playing eleven – Virat Kohli made way for Yuvraj Singh. Australia made a
couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – James Hopes and
Brett Lee made way for Shaun Marsh and Ben Hilfenhaus.
On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, Australia's skipper, inserted the hosts, whose openers put on 21. Tendulkar, who faced eight balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Twenty-one ballS(ach)into the match, he was caught by Cameron White off the bowling of Peter Siddle.
India scored 50 off 8.1 overs (54 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. Virender Sehwag, whose 31-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 40. Forty balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Hilfenhaus. Mitchell Johnson broke the 46-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India's innings was between the 12th and the 16th over. Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had conceded 97 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Both Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj were batting on 23 apiece.
Yuvraj, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Hilfenhaus, who broke the 30-run stand.
India scored a run-a-ball 100 off 15.3 overs. Australia had conceded nine extras at that point. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 52 balls. While Gambhir's contribution to the partnership was 19, the contribution of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's skipper and the player of the match, to it was 28. Extras' contribution to the partnership was three.
India scored 150 off 24 overs (152 balls). Australia had conceded 10 extras at that point. Gambhir’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 55 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 100 off (Dho)ninety-four balls. While Gambhir's contribution to the partnership was 45, the contribution of the man from Ranchi to it was 46. Extras' contribution to the partnership was nine.
India scored 200 off 30.3 overs (193 balls). Australia had conceded 16 extras at that point. Thirty-two overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had conceded 206 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Gambhir was batting on 73, Dhoni was batting on 49. The latter’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 55 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 119. Gambhir, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 76. A hundred and thirteen balls after Yuvraj's dismissal, Nathan Hauritz ran him out.
The third Powerplay of India's innings was between the 40th and the 44th over. India scored 250 off 41 overs (259 balls). Australia had conceded 21 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 56 balls. While Dhoni's contribution to the partnership was 23, Suresh Raina's contribution to it was 25. Extras' contribution to the partnership was three.
India scored 300 off 45.2 overs (286 balls). Australia had conceded 22 extras at that point. Mahi’s ton – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off (Dho) ninety-four balls.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 77 balls. While Dhoni's contribution to the partnership was 56, Raina's contribution to it was 45. Extras' contribution to the partnership was four. The latter’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 42 balls.
India scored 350 off 49 overs (309 balls). Australia had conceded 23 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Mahi, whose 107-ball innings includeD(ho)nine boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 124. Ninety-three balls after Gambhir's dismissal, he was caught by Tim Paine. Johnson broke the 136-run partnership.
Raina, whose 50-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, eventually conceded 62. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Paine. Johnson broke the one-run stand. Harbhajan Singh, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.
The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Praveen Kumar, who faced a ball, scored a run. A ball after Raina's dismissal, Siddle and Paine ran him out.
India scored 354 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Shane Watson and Adam Voges bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 33. Hauritz,who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 54.
Hilfenhaus and Siddle bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 83, the latter conceded 55. Johnson, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 75. He picked up three scalps.
Paine, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored just eight. Five overs into the chase, Kumar broke the 20-run stand. Watson, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Ishant Sharma broke the 21-run stand.
The second Powerplay of Australia's innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Ponting, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Half-a-dozen balls after Watson’s dismissal, he was trapped leg be'four' wicket by Kumar.
Australia scored 50 off 13 overs (80 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had conceded 77 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While White's contribution to the partnership was 16, Michael Hussey's contribution to it was 19.
White, whose 42-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 23. Sixty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Raina. Harbhajan broke the 48-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 21.4 overs (133 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point. Hussey’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 54 balls. He faced 60 balls, eventually scoring 53. Fifty-seven balls after White’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja broke the 47-run stand.
Australia scored 150 off 32.1 overs (198 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Thirty-four overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had conceded 156 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Voges' contribution to the partnership was 26, Marsh's contribution to it was nine.
The third Powerplay of Australia's innings was between the 35th and the 39th over. Marsh, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21. Thirty-eight balls after Hussey's D(hon)ismissal, he was stumped off the bowling of Jadeja, who broke the 40-run stand.
Voges, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 36. Ten balls later, Jadeja broke the 14-run stand.
Australia scored 200 off 40 overs (246 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point. Johnson, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. Ashish Nehra broke the 29-run stand. Hauritz, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 30. He was unbeaten.
Siddle, who faced five balls, scored three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Sharma broke the run-a-ball stand.
Australia scored 250 off 47.4 overs (294 balls). India had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded. The last-wicket pair put on 25. Hilfenhaus, whose 12-ball innings included two boundaries, scored 16. Twenty-three balls later, Yuvraj and Dhoni ran him out.
Australia, who were dismissed for 255 off 48.3 overs, lost by 99 runs. Raina bowled an over, conceding three. He was wicketless, as Yuvraj, who bowled eight overs, conceded 39. Nehra bowled seven overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 62.
Kumar and Sharma bowled eight overs each, picking up two wickets apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 37, the latter conceded 34. Jadeja bowled 6.3 overs, conceding 35. He picked up three scalps.
India levelled the seven-match series 1-1.
On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, Australia's skipper, inserted the hosts, whose openers put on 21. Tendulkar, who faced eight balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Twenty-one ballS(ach)into the match, he was caught by Cameron White off the bowling of Peter Siddle.
India scored 50 off 8.1 overs (54 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. Virender Sehwag, whose 31-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 40. Forty balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Hilfenhaus. Mitchell Johnson broke the 46-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India's innings was between the 12th and the 16th over. Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had conceded 97 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Both Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj were batting on 23 apiece.
Yuvraj, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Hilfenhaus, who broke the 30-run stand.
India scored a run-a-ball 100 off 15.3 overs. Australia had conceded nine extras at that point. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 52 balls. While Gambhir's contribution to the partnership was 19, the contribution of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's skipper and the player of the match, to it was 28. Extras' contribution to the partnership was three.
India scored 150 off 24 overs (152 balls). Australia had conceded 10 extras at that point. Gambhir’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 55 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 100 off (Dho)ninety-four balls. While Gambhir's contribution to the partnership was 45, the contribution of the man from Ranchi to it was 46. Extras' contribution to the partnership was nine.
India scored 200 off 30.3 overs (193 balls). Australia had conceded 16 extras at that point. Thirty-two overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had conceded 206 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Gambhir was batting on 73, Dhoni was batting on 49. The latter’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 55 balls.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 119. Gambhir, whose 80-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 76. A hundred and thirteen balls after Yuvraj's dismissal, Nathan Hauritz ran him out.
The third Powerplay of India's innings was between the 40th and the 44th over. India scored 250 off 41 overs (259 balls). Australia had conceded 21 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 56 balls. While Dhoni's contribution to the partnership was 23, Suresh Raina's contribution to it was 25. Extras' contribution to the partnership was three.
India scored 300 off 45.2 overs (286 balls). Australia had conceded 22 extras at that point. Mahi’s ton – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off (Dho) ninety-four balls.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 77 balls. While Dhoni's contribution to the partnership was 56, Raina's contribution to it was 45. Extras' contribution to the partnership was four. The latter’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 42 balls.
India scored 350 off 49 overs (309 balls). Australia had conceded 23 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Mahi, whose 107-ball innings includeD(ho)nine boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 124. Ninety-three balls after Gambhir's dismissal, he was caught by Tim Paine. Johnson broke the 136-run partnership.
Raina, whose 50-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, eventually conceded 62. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Paine. Johnson broke the one-run stand. Harbhajan Singh, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.
The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Praveen Kumar, who faced a ball, scored a run. A ball after Raina's dismissal, Siddle and Paine ran him out.
India scored 354 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Shane Watson and Adam Voges bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 33. Hauritz,who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 54.
Hilfenhaus and Siddle bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 83, the latter conceded 55. Johnson, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 75. He picked up three scalps.
Paine, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored just eight. Five overs into the chase, Kumar broke the 20-run stand. Watson, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Ishant Sharma broke the 21-run stand.
The second Powerplay of Australia's innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Ponting, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Half-a-dozen balls after Watson’s dismissal, he was trapped leg be'four' wicket by Kumar.
Australia scored 50 off 13 overs (80 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had conceded 77 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While White's contribution to the partnership was 16, Michael Hussey's contribution to it was 19.
White, whose 42-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 23. Sixty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Raina. Harbhajan broke the 48-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 21.4 overs (133 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point. Hussey’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 54 balls. He faced 60 balls, eventually scoring 53. Fifty-seven balls after White’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja broke the 47-run stand.
Australia scored 150 off 32.1 overs (198 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Thirty-four overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had conceded 156 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Voges' contribution to the partnership was 26, Marsh's contribution to it was nine.
The third Powerplay of Australia's innings was between the 35th and the 39th over. Marsh, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21. Thirty-eight balls after Hussey's D(hon)ismissal, he was stumped off the bowling of Jadeja, who broke the 40-run stand.
Voges, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 36. Ten balls later, Jadeja broke the 14-run stand.
Australia scored 200 off 40 overs (246 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point. Johnson, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. Ashish Nehra broke the 29-run stand. Hauritz, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 30. He was unbeaten.
Siddle, who faced five balls, scored three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Sharma broke the run-a-ball stand.
Australia scored 250 off 47.4 overs (294 balls). India had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded. The last-wicket pair put on 25. Hilfenhaus, whose 12-ball innings included two boundaries, scored 16. Twenty-three balls later, Yuvraj and Dhoni ran him out.
Australia, who were dismissed for 255 off 48.3 overs, lost by 99 runs. Raina bowled an over, conceding three. He was wicketless, as Yuvraj, who bowled eight overs, conceded 39. Nehra bowled seven overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 62.
Kumar and Sharma bowled eight overs each, picking up two wickets apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 37, the latter conceded 34. Jadeja bowled 6.3 overs, conceding 35. He picked up three scalps.
India levelled the seven-match series 1-1.
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