India v Australia 2nd Test

Australia tour of India - 2008 (2008/09) · Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh · 17 October 2008

India won by 320 runs

India won by 320 runs. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 104 for India. Amit Mishra took 5/71.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of India - 2008 (2008/09)
Ground: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Chandigarh (then Punjab Cricket Association Stadium)
Dates: 17 October 2008 to 21 October 2008
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: India won by 320 runs
Player of the match: MS Dhoni
Captains: MS Dhoni (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Debuts: Amit Mishra (India), Peter Siddle (Australia)
Umpires: Asad Rauf and RE Koertzen
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. Amit Mishra and Peter Siddle played their first Tests.

India batted first and made 469 all out. Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 102 off 225 balls, and MS Dhoni made 92. Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 85 for Australia. The innings was built on a 142-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

Australia replied with 268 all out. Shane Watson top-scored with 78 off 156 balls, and Michael Hussey made 54. Amit Mishra took 5 for 71 for India. India led by 201 on first innings.

India made 314 for 3 declared in their second innings. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 104 off 138 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 90. The innings was built on a 182-run stand for the first wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, 58% of the total.

Set 516 to win, Australia made 195 all out. Michael Clarke top-scored with 69 off 152 balls. Harbhajan Singh took 3 for 36 for India. From 49 for 1 they lost 4 wickets for 9 runs, to 58 for 5.

India won by 320 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium across the 14 Tests in our archive.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 469 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson	67	140
Virender Sehwag	c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson	35	36
Rahul Dravid	b Brett Lee	39	70
Sachin Tendulkar	c Matthew Hayden b Peter Siddle	88	111
VVS Laxman	c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson	12	19
Sourav Ganguly	c Brett Lee b Cameron White	102	225
Ishant Sharma	c Simon Katich b Peter Siddle	9	33
MS Dhoni	lbw b Peter Siddle	92	124
Harbhajan Singh	b Cameron White	1	9
Zaheer Khan	run out (Brett Lee, Brad Haddin)	2	10
Amit Mishra	not out	0	–

Extras 22 · Total 469 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	24	5	86	1
Peter Siddle	28	5	114	3
Mitchell Johnson	27	4	85	3
Shane Watson	24	3	71	0
Michael Clarke	7	0	28	0
Cameron White	19	0	71	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-70 (Virender Sehwag, 14.2 ov), 2-146 (Rahul Dravid, 40.5 ov), 3-146 (Gautam Gambhir, 41.1 ov), 4-163 (VVS Laxman, 45.1 ov), 5-305 (Sachin Tendulkar, 81.5 ov), 6-326 (Ishant Sharma, 89.6 ov), 7-435 (Sourav Ganguly, 119.1 ov), 8-442 (Harbhajan Singh, 123.1 ov), 9-469 (Zaheer Khan, 127.6 ov), 10-469 (MS Dhoni, 128.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (30) and Virender Sehwag (35)	70	86
second	Rahul Dravid (39) and Gautam Gambhir (37)	76	159
third	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Gautam Gambhir (0)	0	2
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (4) and VVS Laxman (12)	17	25
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (84) and Sourav Ganguly (51)	142	221
sixth	Sourav Ganguly (11) and Ishant Sharma (9)	21	50
seventh	Sourav Ganguly (40) and MS Dhoni (61)	109	175
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (1) and MS Dhoni (6)	7	24
ninth	MS Dhoni (25) and Zaheer Khan (2)	27	29
tenth	MS Dhoni (0) and Amit Mishra (0)	0	6

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 268 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Matthew Hayden	b Zaheer Khan	0	3
Simon Katich	b Amit Mishra	33	65
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Ishant Sharma	5	23
Michael Hussey	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	54	119
Michael Clarke	lbw b Amit Mishra	23	60
Shane Watson	lbw b Amit Mishra	78	156
Brad Haddin	b Harbhajan Singh	9	29
Cameron White	b Amit Mishra	5	23
Brett Lee	c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	35	96
Mitchell Johnson	not out	9	32
Peter Siddle	st MS Dhoni b Amit Mishra	0	8

Extras 17 · Total 268 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	25	7	56	1
Ishant Sharma	21	4	68	2
Harbhajan Singh	29	9	60	2
Amit Mishra	26.4	8	71	5

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Matthew Hayden, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Ricky Ponting, 7.5 ov), 3-62 (Simon Katich, 21.6 ov), 4-102 (Michael Clarke, 40.5 ov), 5-130 (Michael Hussey, 47.5 ov), 6-146 (Brad Haddin, 55.3 ov), 7-167 (Cameron White, 62.2 ov), 8-240 (Brett Lee, 90.1 ov), 9-262 (Shane Watson, 99.2 ov), 10-268 (Peter Siddle, 101.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Matthew Hayden (0) and Simon Katich (0)	0	3
second	Ricky Ponting (5) and Simon Katich (12)	17	44
third	Michael Hussey (21) and Simon Katich (21)	45	87
fourth	Michael Hussey (16) and Michael Clarke (23)	40	114
fifth	Michael Hussey (17) and Shane Watson (10)	28	42
sixth	Brad Haddin (9) and Shane Watson (5)	16	46
seventh	Shane Watson (16) and Cameron White (5)	21	41
eighth	Brett Lee (35) and Shane Watson (32)	73	168
ninth	Shane Watson (15) and Mitchell Johnson (3)	22	55
tenth	Mitchell Johnson (6) and Peter Siddle (0)	6	14

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 314 FOR 3 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	c Michael Hussey b Cameron White	104	138
Virender Sehwag	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	90	122
MS Dhoni	not out	68	84
Sourav Ganguly	c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee	27	37
Sachin Tendulkar	not out	10	12

Did not bat: Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma

Extras 15 · Total 314 for 3 declared

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Brett Lee	14	0	61	1
Peter Siddle	15	1	62	1
Mitchell Johnson	14	0	72	0
Cameron White	8	0	48	1
Shane Watson	5	0	20	0
Michael Hussey	8	0	38	0
Michael Clarke	1	0	6	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-182 (Virender Sehwag, 39.1 ov), 2-224 (Gautam Gambhir, 47.5 ov), 3-290 (Sourav Ganguly, 61.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (86) and Virender Sehwag (90)	182	237
second	MS Dhoni (23) and Gautam Gambhir (18)	42	53
third	Sourav Ganguly (27) and MS Dhoni (36)	66	85
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (10) and MS Dhoni (9)	24	18

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 195 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Matthew Hayden	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	29	20
Simon Katich	c Sachin Tendulkar b Harbhajan Singh	20	26
Ricky Ponting	b Ishant Sharma	2	11
Michael Hussey	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	4
Michael Clarke	c Virender Sehwag b Amit Mishra	69	152
Shane Watson	lbw b Ishant Sharma	2	22
Brad Haddin	b Zaheer Khan	37	105
Cameron White	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	1	3
Brett Lee	b Zaheer Khan	0	1
Mitchell Johnson	c & b Amit Mishra	26	44
Peter Siddle	not out	0	4

Extras 8 · Total 195 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	15	3	71	3
Ishant Sharma	13	4	42	2
Harbhajan Singh	20	3	36	3
Amit Mishra	11.4	2	35	2
Virender Sehwag	5	2	7	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-49 (Matthew Hayden, 7.2 ov), 2-50 (Simon Katich, 7.6 ov), 3-52 (Michael Hussey, 9.5 ov), 4-52 (Ricky Ponting, 10.2 ov), 5-58 (Shane Watson, 16.3 ov), 6-142 (Brad Haddin, 46.6 ov), 7-144 (Cameron White, 48.2 ov), 8-144 (Brett Lee, 48.3 ov), 9-194 (Mitchell Johnson, 62.6 ov), 10-195 (Michael Clarke, 64.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Matthew Hayden (29) and Simon Katich (20)	49	44
second	Ricky Ponting (1) and Simon Katich (0)	1	4
third	Ricky Ponting (1) and Michael Hussey (1)	2	11
fourth	Ricky Ponting (0) and Michael Clarke (0)	0	3
fifth	Michael Clarke (4) and Shane Watson (2)	6	37
sixth	Brad Haddin (37) and Michael Clarke (39)	84	187
seventh	Michael Clarke (1) and Cameron White (1)	2	8
eighth	Brett Lee (0) and Michael Clarke (0)	0	1
ninth	Michael Clarke (24) and Mitchell Johnson (26)	50	87
tenth	Michael Clarke (1) and Peter Siddle (0)	1	10

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