India v Australia 2nd Test

Australia tour of India [Sep-Oct 2010] - 2010 (2010/11) · M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru · 9 October 2010

India won by 7 wickets

India won by 7 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 214 for India. Harbhajan Singh took 4/148.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of India [Sep-Oct 2010] - 2010 (2010/11)
Ground: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Dates: 9 October 2010 to 13 October 2010
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: India won by 7 wickets
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
Captains: Ricky Ponting (Australia), MS Dhoni (India)
Debuts: Peter George (Australia), Cheteshwar Pujara (India)
Umpires: BF Bowden and IJ Gould
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Peter George and Cheteshwar Pujara played their first Tests.

Australia batted first and made 478 all out. Marcus North top-scored with 128 off 240 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 77. Harbhajan Singh took 4 for 148 for India. The innings was built on a 149-run stand for the sixth wicket between Marcus North and Tim Paine. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 344 across 5 Tests.

India replied with 495 all out. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 214 off 363 balls, and Murali Vijay made 139. Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 105 for Australia. The innings was built on a 308-run stand for the third wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Murali Vijay, 62% of the total. India led by 17 on first innings.

Australia made 223 all out in their second innings. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 72 off 117 balls. Zaheer Khan took 3 for 41 for India.

Set 207 to win, India made 207 for 3. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 72 off 89 balls, and Sachin Tendulkar made 53.

India won by 7 wickets.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 478 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	c MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha	57	88
Simon Katich	c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	43	95
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Suresh Raina	77	147
Michael Clarke	c Suresh Raina b Harbhajan Singh	14	26
Michael Hussey	c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan	34	45
Marcus North	c Sreesanth b Harbhajan Singh	128	240
Tim Paine	st MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha	59	133
Mitchell Johnson	lbw b Pragyan Ojha	0	7
Nathan Hauritz	run out (Cheteshwar Pujara)	17	51
Ben Hilfenhaus	not out	16	17
Peter George	st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	2	6

Extras 31 · Total 478 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	23	5	84	1
Sreesanth	21	1	79	0
Pragyan Ojha	42	7	120	3
Harbhajan Singh	43	3	148	4
Virender Sehwag	4	1	7	0
Suresh Raina	8	1	19	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-99 (Simon Katich, 27.5 ov), 2-113 (Shane Watson, 34.2 ov), 3-132 (Michael Clarke, 41.4 ov), 4-198 (Michael Hussey, 58.2 ov), 5-256 (Ricky Ponting, 75.2 ov), 6-405 (Tim Paine, 116.6 ov), 7-415 (Mitchell Johnson, 118.4 ov), 8-458 (Marcus North, 136.3 ov), 9-459 (Nathan Hauritz, 137.5 ov), 10-478 (Peter George, 140.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (43) and Shane Watson (54)	99	168
second	Ricky Ponting (11) and Shane Watson (3)	14	39
third	Ricky Ponting (5) and Michael Clarke (14)	19	44
fourth	Ricky Ponting (31) and Michael Hussey (34)	66	101
fifth	Ricky Ponting (30) and Marcus North (22)	58	104
sixth	Marcus North (73) and Tim Paine (59)	149	255
seventh	Marcus North (6) and Mitchell Johnson (0)	10	10
eighth	Marcus North (27) and Nathan Hauritz (16)	43	107
ninth	Nathan Hauritz (1) and Ben Hilfenhaus (0)	1	8
tenth	Ben Hilfenhaus (16) and Peter George (2)	19	19

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 495 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Murali Vijay	c Tim Paine b Mitchell Johnson	139	310
Virender Sehwag	c Mitchell Johnson b Ben Hilfenhaus	30	28
Rahul Dravid	c Marcus North b Mitchell Johnson	1	7
Sachin Tendulkar	b Peter George	214	363
Cheteshwar Pujara	lbw b Mitchell Johnson	4	3
Suresh Raina	c Ben Hilfenhaus b Michael Clarke	32	43
MS Dhoni	c Michael Clarke b Nathan Hauritz	30	87
Harbhajan Singh	c Ricky Ponting b Shane Watson	4	4
Zaheer Khan	c Michael Clarke b Peter George	1	9
Pragyan Ojha	not out	0	12
Sreesanth	lbw b Nathan Hauritz	0	3

Extras 40 · Total 495 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Ben Hilfenhaus	31	6	77	1
Mitchell Johnson	28	2	105	3
Peter George	21	3	48	2
Nathan Hauritz	39.5	4	153	2
Michael Clarke	8	0	27	1
Shane Watson	12	2	35	1
Simon Katich	5	0	18	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-37 (Virender Sehwag, 8.2 ov), 2-38 (Rahul Dravid, 9.6 ov), 3-346 (Murali Vijay, 100.3 ov), 4-350 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 100.6 ov), 5-411 (Suresh Raina, 115.3 ov), 6-486 (Sachin Tendulkar, 136.5 ov), 7-491 (Harbhajan Singh, 137.4 ov), 8-494 (Zaheer Khan, 140.1 ov), 9-495 (MS Dhoni, 144.2 ov), 10-495 (Sreesanth, 144.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Virender Sehwag (30) and Murali Vijay (7)	37	50
second	Rahul Dravid (1) and Murali Vijay (0)	1	10
third	Sachin Tendulkar (153) and Murali Vijay (132)	308	543
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Cheteshwar Pujara (4)	4	3
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (25) and Suresh Raina (32)	61	87
sixth	Sachin Tendulkar (36) and MS Dhoni (27)	75	128
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (4) and MS Dhoni (1)	5	5
eighth	MS Dhoni (2) and Zaheer Khan (1)	3	15
ninth	MS Dhoni (0) and Pragyan Ojha (0)	1	25
tenth	Sreesanth (0) and Pragyan Ojha (0)	0	3

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 223 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	lbw b Pragyan Ojha	32	58
Simon Katich	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	24	45
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Zaheer Khan	72	117
Michael Clarke	st MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha	3	18
Michael Hussey	lbw b Pragyan Ojha	20	51
Marcus North	b Harbhajan Singh	3	14
Tim Paine	c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth	23	63
Mitchell Johnson	b Zaheer Khan	11	30
Nathan Hauritz	not out	21	48
Ben Hilfenhaus	b Sreesanth	0	7
Peter George	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	0	5

Extras 14 · Total 223 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	11.2	1	41	3
Sreesanth	14	2	48	2
Pragyan Ojha	25	5	57	3
Harbhajan Singh	21	2	63	2
Virender Sehwag	4	0	8	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-58 (Shane Watson, 16.4 ov), 2-58 (Simon Katich, 17.1 ov), 3-65 (Michael Clarke, 22.2 ov), 4-126 (Michael Hussey, 40.2 ov), 5-131 (Marcus North, 43.4 ov), 6-181 (Ricky Ponting, 59.3 ov), 7-185 (Tim Paine, 60.5 ov), 8-217 (Mitchell Johnson, 71.2 ov), 9-218 (Ben Hilfenhaus, 72.4 ov), 10-223 (Peter George, 75.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (24) and Shane Watson (32)	58	102
second	Ricky Ponting (0) and Simon Katich (0)	0	3
third	Ricky Ponting (4) and Michael Clarke (3)	7	30
fourth	Ricky Ponting (40) and Michael Hussey (20)	61	109
fifth	Ricky Ponting (2) and Marcus North (3)	5	20
sixth	Ricky Ponting (26) and Tim Paine (19)	50	97
seventh	Mitchell Johnson (0) and Tim Paine (4)	4	8
eighth	Nathan Hauritz (15) and Mitchell Johnson (11)	32	63
ninth	Nathan Hauritz (1) and Ben Hilfenhaus (0)	1	8
tenth	Nathan Hauritz (5) and Peter George (0)	5	16

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 207 FOR 3

Batter	How out	R	B
Murali Vijay	lbw b Shane Watson	37	45
Virender Sehwag	c Tim Paine b Ben Hilfenhaus	7	6
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Nathan Hauritz	72	89
Sachin Tendulkar	not out	53	77
Rahul Dravid	not out	21	53

Did not bat: Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Sreesanth

Extras 17 · Total 207 for 3

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Ben Hilfenhaus	7	0	27	1
Mitchell Johnson	14	4	42	0
Nathan Hauritz	12	0	76	1
Peter George	7	0	29	0
Shane Watson	5	0	20	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-17 (Virender Sehwag, 2.2 ov), 2-89 (Murali Vijay, 15.2 ov), 3-146 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 28.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Virender Sehwag (7) and Murali Vijay (10)	17	14
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (37) and Murali Vijay (27)	72	78
third	Sachin Tendulkar (17) and Cheteshwar Pujara (35)	57	82
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (36) and Rahul Dravid (21)	61	96

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