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| Venue | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 29th, 30th, 31st October, 1st, 2nd November 2008 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pakistan), BF Bowden (New Zealand) |
| TV umpire | SL Shastri |
| Referee | BC Broad (England) |
| Reserve Umpire | SN Bandekar |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 296/3 (Gambhir 149*, Laxman 54*; 89 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 50/0 (Hayden 16*, Katich 29*; 15 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 338/4 (Clarke 21*, Watson 4*; 105 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 43/2 (Gambhir 21*, Dravid 5*; 13 overs) |
| Player of the Match | VVS Laxman |
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| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | b Watson | 206 | 380 | 550 | 26 | 1 | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Lee | 1 | 2 | 10 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Hayden b Johnson | 11 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Haddin b Johnson | 68 | 126 | 188 | 11 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 200 | 301 | 465 | 21 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Ponting b Katich | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| +MS Dhoni | c Haddin b Watson | 27 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 1 | |
| *A Kumble | lbw b Johnson | 45 | 73 | 84 | 7 | - | |
| Z Khan | not out | 28 | 21 | 23 | 5 | - | |
| I Sharma | did not bat | ||||||
| A Mishra | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 703 minutes, 161 overs) | 613 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Dravid, 10.4 ov), 3-157 (Tendulkar, 51.5 ov), 4-435 (Gambhir, 123.6 ov), 5-444 (Ganguly, 126.2 ov), 6-481 (Dhoni, 133.4 ov), 7-579 (Kumble, 155.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 30 | 2 | 119 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Clark | 33 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnson | 32 | 4 | 142 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Watson | 20 | 4 | 66 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| White | 15 | 1 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 14 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Katich | 15 | 3 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ponting | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | lbw b Sehwag | 83 | 154 | 247 | 13 | 1 | |
| SM Katich | b Mishra | 64 | 116 | 152 | 10 | - | |
| *RT Ponting | b Sehwag | 87 | 165 | 224 | 14 | - | |
| MEK Hussey | b Sehwag | 53 | 146 | 187 | 7 | - | |
| MJ Clarke | c Khan b Mishra | 112 | 253 | 357 | 6 | 1 | |
| SR Watson | b Sehwag | 36 | 62 | 84 | 8 | - | |
| +BJ Haddin | st Dhoni b Kumble | 17 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |
| CL White | b Sehwag | 44 | 95 | 120 | 5 | 1 | |
| B Lee | lbw b Kumble | 8 | 47 | 47 | - | - | |
| MG Johnson | c and b Kumble | 15 | 12 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| SR Clark | not out | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (28 b, 17 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) | 57 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 745 minutes, 179.3 overs) | 577 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-123 (Katich, 34.1 ov), 2-202 (Hayden, 57.2 ov), 3-284 (Ponting, 85.4 ov), 4-326 (Hussey, 101.6 ov), 5-399 (Watson, 122.1 ov), 6-426 (Haddin, 131.5 ov), 7-532 (White, 162.5 ov), 8-555 (Lee, 175.4 ov), 9-567 (Clarke, 178.1 ov), 10-577 (Johnson, 179.3 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 23 | 5 | 86 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Sharma | 25 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kumble | 43.3 | 9 | 112 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Mishra | 47 | 12 | 144 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Sehwag | 40 | 9 | 104 | 5 | - | - | |
| Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | lbw b Johnson | 36 | 107 | 170 | 5 | - | |
| V Sehwag | b Lee | 16 | 17 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| I Sharma | c Ponting b Clark | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | b Lee | 11 | 37 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Hayden b White | 47 | 120 | 159 | 4 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 59 | 130 | 167 | 7 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 32 | 53 | 81 | 3 | 1 | |
| +MS Dhoni | did not bat | ||||||
| *A Kumble | did not bat | ||||||
| Z Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| A Mishra | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 338 minutes, 77.3 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Sehwag, 8.2 ov), 2-34 (Sharma, 9.1 ov), 3-53 (Dravid, 20.4 ov), 4-93 (Gambhir, 36.5 ov), 5-145 (Tendulkar, 57.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 17 | 3 | 48 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Clark | 12 | 6 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 20.3 | 7 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Katich | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| White | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watson | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | not out | 16 | 29 | 27 | 4 | - | |
| SM Katich | not out | 14 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| *RT Ponting | did not bat | ||||||
| MEK Hussey | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Haddin | did not bat | ||||||
| CL White | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 27 minutes, 8 overs) | 31 | |||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mishra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: India (1) 67/2 (G Gambhir 25*, SR Tendulkar 26*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: India (1) 158/3 (G Gambhir 67*, VVS Laxman 1*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: India (1) 393/3 (G Gambhir 191*, VVS Laxman 104*; 115 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 515/6 (VVS Laxman 160*, A Kumble 16*; 142 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 151/1 (ML Hayden 59*, RT Ponting 14*; 41 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 237/2 (RT Ponting 61*, MEK Hussey 13*; 70 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 436/6 (MJ Clarke 57*, CL White 4*; 136 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (1) 539/7 (MJ Clarke 101*, B Lee 3*; 165 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: India (2) 99/4 (SR Tendulkar 24*, VVS Laxman 6*; 40 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: India (2) 193/5 (VVS Laxman 55*, SC Ganguly 22*; 69 overs)
--> India first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 47.4 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 59.6 overs
--> India first innings: 250 in 69.5 overs
--> India first innings: 300 in 92.2 overs
--> India first innings: 350 in 102.4 overs
--> India first innings: 400 in 116.2 overs
--> India first innings: 450 in 127.4 overs
--> India first innings: 500 in 138.5 overs
--> India first innings: 550 in 149.2 overs
--> India first innings: 600 in 159.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 28.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 38.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 57.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 76.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 93.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 108.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 123.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 450 in 140.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 500 in 154.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 550 in 171.2 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 40.4 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 58.5 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 71.2 overs
--> A Kumble made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Kumble made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Gambhir (1) 50 in 121 balls, 189 minutes with 6 fours
--> G Gambhir (1) 100 in 190 balls, 279 minutes with 15 fours and 1 six
--> G Gambhir (1) passed his previous highest score of 139 in Test matches
--> G Gambhir (1) 150 in 289 balls, 394 minutes with 20 fours and 1 six
--> G Gambhir (1) 200 in 375 balls, 536 minutes with 25 fours and 1 six
--> SR Tendulkar (1) 50 in 79 balls, 117 minutes with 8 fours
--> VVS Laxman (1) 50 in 70 balls, 113 minutes with 3 fours
--> VVS Laxman (1) 100 in 171 balls, 266 minutes with 10 fours
--> VVS Laxman (1) 150 in 241 balls, 373 minutes with 16 fours
--> VVS Laxman (1) 200 in 301 balls, 470 minutes with 21 fours
--> A Kumble (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 39
--> ML Hayden (1) 50 in 96 balls, 168 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> SM Katich (1) 50 in 91 balls, 104 minutes with 8 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 101 balls, 125 minutes with 8 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> MEK Hussey (1) 50 in 134 balls, 180 minutes with 7 fours
--> MJ Clarke (1) 50 in 102 balls, 148 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Clarke (1) 100 in 219 balls, 310 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> CL White (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> VVS Laxman (2) 50 in 93 balls, 129 minutes with 7 fours
--> V Sehwag achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed SR Watson in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-12)
--> V Sehwag achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> V Sehwag achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CL White in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-32)
--> V Sehwag achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Australia first innings
--> G Gambhir (11) and SR Tendulkar (35) added 50 in 105 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (39) and SR Tendulkar (56) added 100 in 201 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (32) and VVS Laxman (17) added 50 in 51 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (63) and VVS Laxman (36) added 100 in 117 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (88) and VVS Laxman (61) added 150 in 250 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (99) and VVS Laxman (94) added 200 in 322 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> G Gambhir (126) and VVS Laxman (118) added 250 in 399 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> VVS Laxman (21) and A Kumble (27) added 50 in 78 balls for the India 7th wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (16) and SM Katich (29) added 50 in 89 balls for the Australia 1st wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (40) and SM Katich (55) added 100 in 175 balls for the Australia 1st wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden (18) and RT Ponting (29) added 50 in 81 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RT Ponting (31) and MEK Hussey (16) added 50 in 126 balls for the Australia 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Clarke (16) and SR Watson (27) added 50 in 73 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Clarke (22) and CL White (18) added 50 in 79 balls for the Australia 7th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Clarke (38) and CL White (42) added 100 in 162 balls for the Australia 7th wicket in the first innings
--> SR Tendulkar (23) and VVS Laxman (27) added 50 in 114 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> VVS Laxman (26) and SC Ganguly (26) added 50 in 74 balls for the India 6th wicket in the second innings
New Ball Taken: India 289/3 after 85.2 overs (G Gambhir 144, VVS Laxman 53)
India 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (158th over, MG Johnson, called by Umpire BF Bowden)
New Ball Taken: Australia 313/3 after 98.1 overs (MEK Hussey 48, MJ Clarke 10)
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