India Vs Australia 3Rd Odi
Australia tour of India - 2001 (2000/01) · Nehru Stadium, Indore · 31 March 2001
India won by 118 runs
India won by 118 runs. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 139 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Nehru Stadium, Indore
- Date
- 31 March 2001
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 118 runs
- Player of the match
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Captains
- Sourav Ganguly (India), Steve Waugh (Australia)
- Umpires
- K Hariharan and V Chopra
- Match referee
- CW Smith
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 299 for 8. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 139 off 125 balls, and VVS Laxman made 83. Glenn McGrath took 3 for 52 for Australia. The innings was built on a 199-run stand for the second wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, 67% of the total. From 268 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 16 runs, to 284 for 8.
Chasing 300, Australia made 181 all out. Adam Gilchrist top-scored with 63 off 70 balls. Harbhajan Singh took 3 for 37 for India. From 111 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 25 runs, to 136 for 7.
India won by 118 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Nehru Stadium across the 9 ODIs in our archive. India's 299 is the highest total at Nehru Stadium. Australia's 181 all out is the lowest completed total at Nehru Stadium. Sachin Tendulkar's 139 is the highest individual score at Nehru Stadium.
INDIA: 299 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Damien Fleming | 139 | 125 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Adam Gilchrist | 15 | 34 |
| VVS Laxman | run out (Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist) | 83 | 88 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Michael Bevan | 0 | 3 |
| Hemang Badani | run out (Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist) | 23 | 25 |
| Dinesh Mongia | c Glenn McGrath | 4 | 5 |
| Ajit Agarkar | lbw | 1 | 5 |
| Vijay Dahiya | bowled | 0 | 4 |
| Zaheer Khan | not out | 7 | 7 |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 9 | 8 |
Did not bat: Javagal Srinath
Extras 18 · Total 299 for 8
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 0 | 52 | 3 |
| Damien Fleming | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| Ian Harvey | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Damien Martyn | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Andrew Symonds | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Michael Bevan | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-32 (Rahul Dravid, 7.4 ov), 2-231 (VVS Laxman, 37.2 ov), 3-231 (Sourav Ganguly, 37.5 ov), 4-268 (Hemang Badani, 44.1 ov), 5-279 (Sachin Tendulkar, 45.2 ov), 6-282 (Ajit Agarkar, 46.3 ov), 7-283 (Vijay Dahiya, 47.2 ov), 8-284 (Dinesh Mongia, 47.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid | 32 | 46 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman | 199 | 178 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 0 | 3 |
| fourth | Sachin Tendulkar and Hemang Badani | 37 | 38 |
| fifth | Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Mongia | 11 | 7 |
| sixth | Ajit Agarkar and Dinesh Mongia | 3 | 7 |
| seventh | Vijay Dahiya and Dinesh Mongia | 1 | 5 |
| eighth | Zaheer Khan and Dinesh Mongia | 1 | 2 |
| ninth | Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan | 15 | 14 |
AUSTRALIA: 181 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Martyn | c Vijay Dahiya | 19 | 17 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Sourav Ganguly | 63 | 70 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Ajit Agarkar | 23 | 32 |
| Michael Bevan | bowled | 6 | 11 |
| Steve Waugh | c Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 32 |
| Andrew Symonds | c Vijay Dahiya | 5 | 6 |
| Darren Lehmann | c Hemang Badani | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Harvey | c Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 7 |
| Shane Warne | run out (Javagal Srinath) | 18 | 32 |
| Damien Fleming | c Vijay Dahiya | 9 | 8 |
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 0 | 1 |
Extras 13 · Total 181 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 8.5 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| Zaheer Khan | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-46 (Damien Martyn, 8.2 ov), 2-102 (Adam Gilchrist, 19.1 ov), 3-111 (Ricky Ponting, 20.2 ov), 4-122 (Michael Bevan, 23.2 ov), 5-127 (Andrew Symonds, 24.4 ov), 6-129 (Darren Lehmann, 24.6 ov), 7-136 (Ian Harvey, 27.2 ov), 8-171 (Shane Warne, 34.1 ov), 9-172 (Steve Waugh, 34.4 ov), 10-181 (Damien Fleming, 35.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist | 46 | 50 |
| second | Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist | 56 | 65 |
| third | Michael Bevan and Ricky Ponting | 9 | 7 |
| fourth | Steve Waugh and Michael Bevan | 11 | 18 |
| fifth | Steve Waugh and Andrew Symonds | 5 | 8 |
| sixth | Steve Waugh and Darren Lehmann | 2 | 2 |
| seventh | Steve Waugh and Ian Harvey | 7 | 14 |
| eighth | Steve Waugh and Shane Warne | 35 | 41 |
| ninth | Steve Waugh and Damien Fleming | 1 | 3 |
| tenth | Glenn McGrath and Damien Fleming | 9 | 7 |
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