Australia v India 3rd Test
India tour of Australia - 2003 (2003/04) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 2003 · India won the toss and chose to bat
Australia won by 9 wickets · Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting
Australia won by 9 wickets. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 257 for Australia. Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting.
India, 351 (10 wkts)
| Aakash Chopra | caught (Simon Katich) b Stuart MacGill | 48 | 138 |
| Virender Sehwag | caught (Nathan Bracken) b Simon Katich | 195 | 233 |
| Rahul Dravid | caught (Damien Martyn) b Steve Waugh | 49 | 89 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Brett Lee | 0 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | caught (Justin Langer) b Brett Lee | 37 | 63 |
| VVS Laxman | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Stuart MacGill | 19 | 86 |
| Parthiv Patel | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 1 |
| Ajit Agarkar | run out (Brad Williams) | 0 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | caught (Justin Langer) b Brad Williams | 3 | 12 |
| Zaheer Khan | not out | 0 | 1 |
| Ashish Nehra | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 4 |
Brett Lee 27.00-7-103-2Nathan Bracken 28.00-6-71-1Brad Williams 20.00-6-66-1Stuart MacGill 15.00-3-70-3Simon Katich 4.00-0-18-1Steve Waugh 9.00-0-35-1
Australia, 519 (10 wkts)
| Justin Langer | caught (Sachin Tendulkar) b Ajit Agarkar | 14 | 29 |
| Matthew Hayden | lbw b Anil Kumble | 136 | 173 |
| Ricky Ponting | stumping (Parthiv Patel) b Anil Kumble | 257 | 458 |
| Adam Gilchrist | caught (Ashish Nehra) b Anil Kumble | 14 | 29 |
| Damien Martyn | caught (Parthiv Patel) b Ajit Agarkar | 31 | 63 |
| Steve Waugh | lbw b Anil Kumble | 19 | 69 |
| Simon Katich | caught (Aakash Chopra) b Anil Kumble | 29 | 58 |
| Brett Lee | caught (VVS Laxman) b Anil Kumble | 8 | 29 |
| Nathan Bracken | caught (Sachin Tendulkar) b Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 5 |
| Brad Williams | not out | 10 | 11 |
| Stuart MacGill | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 |
Ajit Agarkar 33.20-5-115-3Zaheer Khan 25.00-4-103-0Ashish Nehra 29.00-3-90-0Anil Kumble 51.00-8-176-6Sachin Tendulkar 13.00-0-57-1
India, 271 (10 wkts)
| Aakash Chopra | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Nathan Bracken | 4 | 8 |
| Virender Sehwag | caught (Brad Williams) b Brett Lee | 11 | 13 |
| Rahul Dravid | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Brett Lee | 92 | 244 |
| Sourav Ganguly | bowled b Nathan Bracken | 73 | 125 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | caught (Adam Gilchrist) b Brad Williams | 44 | 79 |
| VVS Laxman | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Stuart MacGill | 18 | 50 |
| Parthiv Patel | not out | 27 | 50 |
| Ajit Agarkar | bowled b Brad Williams | 1 | 10 |
| Anil Kumble | lbw b Brad Williams | 0 | 2 |
| Zaheer Khan | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Brad Williams | 1 | 8 |
| Ashish Nehra | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 17 |
Brett Lee 22.00-3-97-2Nathan Bracken 25.00-13-45-2Brad Williams 22.00-5-53-4Stuart MacGill 26.50-5-68-2Simon Katich 4.00-0-16-0
Australia, 86 (1 wkts)
| Justin Langer | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 2 | 14 |
| Matthew Hayden | not out | 53 | 63 |
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 31 | 59 |
| Damien Martyn | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Katich | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Gilchrist | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Bracken | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Lee | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Williams | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart MacGill | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Ajit Agarkar 7.00-2-25-1Ashish Nehra 6.00-3-16-0Anil Kumble 6.20-0-43-0Virender Sehwag 3.00-0-7-0
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