While India
made no changes to their playing eleven, Australia made just one change to the
eleven that last played the Indians – Ben Hilfenhaus made way for Mitchell
Johnson.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's skipper, chose to bat. Virender Sehwag, who faced four balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Four balls into the match, Johnson had a reason to be in seventh heaven.
The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gautam Gambhir, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Johnson.
Tendulkar, whose 17-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Doug Bollinger, the player of the match, who broke the 16-run stand.
Yuvraj Singh, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Seventeen balls later, Bollinger broke the one-run stand. Suresh Raina, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. (Nath)An over later, he was caught by Hauritz. Johnson broke the three-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 36 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Dhoni was batting on a couple, Ravindra Jadeja was in seventh heaven.
India scored 50 off 19.3 overs (121 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point. Dhoni, whose 77-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 24. A hundred and thirty-three balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bollinger, who broke the 48-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Harbhajan Singh, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was bowled by Bollinger.
Thirty-two overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 81 for the loss of seven wickets at that point. While Jadeja was batting on 25, Praveen Kumar was batting on four.
India scored 100 off 36.5 overs (226 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 41st and the 45th over. Jadeja’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 96 balls.
The eighth-wicket pair put on 50 off 67 balls. While Jadeja's contribution to the partnership was 27, Kumar’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Jadeja, whose 103-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 57. Eighty-two balls after Harbhajan’s dismissal, he was caught by Cameron White. Bollinger broke the 74-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 44.3 overs (273 balls). The number of extras Australia had conceded at that point gave them no reason to be in seventh heaven. Kumar’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 48 balls. He faced 51 balls, eventually scoring 54. He was unbeaten.
Ashish Nehra, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. Twenty-one balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, Shane Watson broke the run-a-ball stand. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Munaf Patel, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Watson.
Australia eventually conceded nine extras. India were dismissed for 170 off 48 overs. Adam Voges, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded four. Hauritz bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19. Clint McKay bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44.
Watson, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Johnson bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up three wickets. Bollinger bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 35, picking up four scalps.
Shaun Marsh, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Patel, who broke the 24-run stand.
The second Powerplay of Australia’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. They scored 50 off 11.3 overs (70 balls). Australia had conceded an extra at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 74 balls. While Watson’s contribution to the partnership was 26, the contribution of Ricky Ponting, Australia’s skipper, to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Watson, whose run-a-ball innings included 10 boundaries, scored 49. Eighty-seven balls after Marsh’s dismissal, he was caught by Sehwag. Harbhajan broke the 61-run partnership.
Nineteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 85 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Ponting was batting on 23. He eventually scored 25 off 57 balls, which included three boundaries. Ten balls later, he was caught by Raina. Harbhajan broke the five-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 23.2 overs (141 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 91 balls. While White’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Michael Hussey’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
White, who faced 48 balls, eventually scored 25. Ninety-five balls after Ponting’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Raina, who broke the 53-run partnership.
Australia scored 150 off 38.3 overs (232 balls). Hussey, whose 62-ball innings included two boundaries, eventually scored 35. He was unbeaten, as was Voges, who scored 23. His 21-ball innings included four boundaries.
Australia, who scored 172 for the loss of four wickets off 41.5 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 49 balls to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled five wicketless balls, conceded 11. Kumar and Sehwag bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 10, the latter conceded eight.
Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 21. Yuvraj bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29. Jadeja bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.
Raina, who bowled three overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket, as was Patel, who bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of scalps.
Australia led the seven-match series 4-2.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's skipper, chose to bat. Virender Sehwag, who faced four balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Four balls into the match, Johnson had a reason to be in seventh heaven.
The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gautam Gambhir, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Johnson.
Tendulkar, whose 17-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Doug Bollinger, the player of the match, who broke the 16-run stand.
Yuvraj Singh, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Seventeen balls later, Bollinger broke the one-run stand. Suresh Raina, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. (Nath)An over later, he was caught by Hauritz. Johnson broke the three-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 36 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Dhoni was batting on a couple, Ravindra Jadeja was in seventh heaven.
India scored 50 off 19.3 overs (121 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point. Dhoni, whose 77-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 24. A hundred and thirty-three balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bollinger, who broke the 48-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Harbhajan Singh, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was bowled by Bollinger.
Thirty-two overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 81 for the loss of seven wickets at that point. While Jadeja was batting on 25, Praveen Kumar was batting on four.
India scored 100 off 36.5 overs (226 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 41st and the 45th over. Jadeja’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 96 balls.
The eighth-wicket pair put on 50 off 67 balls. While Jadeja's contribution to the partnership was 27, Kumar’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Jadeja, whose 103-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 57. Eighty-two balls after Harbhajan’s dismissal, he was caught by Cameron White. Bollinger broke the 74-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 44.3 overs (273 balls). The number of extras Australia had conceded at that point gave them no reason to be in seventh heaven. Kumar’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 48 balls. He faced 51 balls, eventually scoring 54. He was unbeaten.
Ashish Nehra, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. Twenty-one balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, Shane Watson broke the run-a-ball stand. The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Munaf Patel, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Watson.
Australia eventually conceded nine extras. India were dismissed for 170 off 48 overs. Adam Voges, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded four. Hauritz bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19. Clint McKay bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44.
Watson, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Johnson bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up three wickets. Bollinger bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 35, picking up four scalps.
Shaun Marsh, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Patel, who broke the 24-run stand.
The second Powerplay of Australia’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. They scored 50 off 11.3 overs (70 balls). Australia had conceded an extra at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 74 balls. While Watson’s contribution to the partnership was 26, the contribution of Ricky Ponting, Australia’s skipper, to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Watson, whose run-a-ball innings included 10 boundaries, scored 49. Eighty-seven balls after Marsh’s dismissal, he was caught by Sehwag. Harbhajan broke the 61-run partnership.
Nineteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 85 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Ponting was batting on 23. He eventually scored 25 off 57 balls, which included three boundaries. Ten balls later, he was caught by Raina. Harbhajan broke the five-run stand.
Australia scored 100 off 23.2 overs (141 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 91 balls. While White’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Michael Hussey’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
White, who faced 48 balls, eventually scored 25. Ninety-five balls after Ponting’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Raina, who broke the 53-run partnership.
Australia scored 150 off 38.3 overs (232 balls). Hussey, whose 62-ball innings included two boundaries, eventually scored 35. He was unbeaten, as was Voges, who scored 23. His 21-ball innings included four boundaries.
Australia, who scored 172 for the loss of four wickets off 41.5 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 49 balls to spare. Tendulkar, who bowled five wicketless balls, conceded 11. Kumar and Sehwag bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 10, the latter conceded eight.
Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 21. Yuvraj bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29. Jadeja bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.
Raina, who bowled three overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket, as was Patel, who bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a couple of scalps.
Australia led the seven-match series 4-2.
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