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Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 3rd Test

India v Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
VVS Laxman c Taylor b Kasprowicz 6 44 24 1 0 25.00
NS Sidhu b Warne 74 162 135 8 3 54.81
R Dravid b Warne 23 131 94 4 0 24.46
SR Tendulkar b Dale 177 298 207 29 3 85.50
M Azharuddin* c †Healy b Lehmann 40 144 114 2 0 35.08
SC Ganguly lbw b Dale 17 61 39 3 0 43.58
NR Mongia† c Ponting b Warne 18 48 34 2 0 52.94
A Kumble c Waugh b Robertson 39 86 59 4 1 66.10
Harvinder Singh lbw b Dale 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
SLV Raju c Lehmann b Robertson 5 26 24 1 0 20.83
Harbhajan Singh not out 4 21 19 0 0 21.05
Extras (b 6, lb 6, nb 9) 21
Total (all out; 123.2 overs; 510 mins) 424 (3.43 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Laxman, 8.1 ov), 2-109 (Sidhu, 39.6 ov), 3-110 (Dravid, 41.4 ov), 4-249 (Azharuddin, 76.5 ov), 5-294 (Ganguly, 91.3 ov), 6-353 (Mongia, 101.5 ov), 7-390 (Tendulkar, 110.2 ov), 8-390 (Harvinder Singh, 110.3 ov), 9-415 (Raju, 117.5 ov), 10-424 (Kumble, 123.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MS Kasprowicz 29 4 76 1 2.62 (5nb)
AC Dale 23 6 71 3 3.08 (2nb)
SK Warne 35 9 106 3 3.02 (2nb)
GS Blewett 14 3 50 0 3.57 (1nb)
GR Robertson 11.2 1 58 2 5.11
ME Waugh 4 0 24 0 6.00
DS Lehmann 7 1 27 1 3.85
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Slater c †Mongia b Harvinder Singh 91 140 117 14 2 77.77
MA Taylor* c †Mongia b Kumble 14 63 43 1 0 32.55
GS Blewett b Harbhajan Singh 4 21 25 0 0 16.00
ME Waugh not out 153 375 267 13 4 57.30
DS Lehmann c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 52 99 67 8 0 77.61
RT Ponting c Tendulkar b Kumble 16 27 30 0 0 53.33
IA Healy† c †Mongia b Kumble 4 10 5 1 0 80.00
SK Warne c Harbhajan Singh b Raju 33 63 52 3 1 63.46
GR Robertson c Azharuddin b Kumble 4 42 33 0 0 12.12
MS Kasprowicz lbw b Kumble 4 26 26 0 0 15.38
AC Dale c Laxman b Kumble 5 8 9 0 0 55.55
Extras (b 12, lb 5, nb 3) 20
Total (all out; 111.3 overs; 423 mins) 400 (3.58 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-68 (Taylor, 15.6 ov), 2-77 (Blewett, 22.4 ov), 3-143 (Slater, 36.6 ov), 4-249 (Lehmann, 62.2 ov), 5-274 (Ponting, 69.5 ov), 6-286 (Healy, 71.6 ov), 7-350 (Warne, 89.4 ov), 8-378 (Robertson, 101.6 ov), 9-394 (Kasprowicz, 109.2 ov), 10-400 (Dale, 111.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Harvinder Singh 7 0 44 1 6.28 (2nb)
SC Ganguly 2 0 10 0 5.00 (2nb)
A Kumble 41.3 8 98 6 2.36
SLV Raju 37 7 118 1 3.18
Harbhajan Singh 23 1 112 2 4.86 (1nb)
VVS Laxman 1 0 1 0 1.00
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
VVS Laxman c Ponting b Warne 15 59 41 2 0 36.58
NS Sidhu c Lehmann b Warne 44 90 62 6 1 70.96
R Dravid c †Healy b Robertson 6 63 31 0 0 19.35
SR Tendulkar c & b Kasprowicz 31 75 64 4 0 48.43
M Azharuddin* b Kasprowicz 18 69 53 2 0 33.96
SC Ganguly b Robertson 16 72 55 0 0 29.09
NR Mongia† not out 12 77 37 0 0 32.43
A Kumble lbw b Robertson 9 15 14 2 0 64.28
Harvinder Singh lbw b Kasprowicz 0 7 8 0 0 0.00
SLV Raju b Kasprowicz 2 6 5 0 0 40.00
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Kasprowicz 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 5, lb 5, nb 6) 16
Total (all out; 61 overs; 273 mins) 169 (2.77 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-50 (Laxman, 12.6 ov), 2-61 (Sidhu, 20.2 ov), 3-92 (Dravid, 27.4 ov), 4-111 (Tendulkar, 37.5 ov), 5-127 (Azharuddin, 43.5 ov), 6-144 (Ganguly, 53.4 ov), 7-158 (Kumble, 57.3 ov), 8-159 (Harvinder Singh, 58.6 ov), 9-163 (Raju, 60.1 ov), 10-169 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MS Kasprowicz 18 5 28 5 1.55 (1nb)
AC Dale 5 1 21 0 4.20
SK Warne 25 6 80 2 3.20 (5nb)
GR Robertson 12 2 28 3 2.33
GS Blewett 1 0 2 0 2.00
Australia 2nd innings (target: 194 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Taylor* not out 102 210 193 17 0 52.84
MJ Slater c Azharuddin b Tendulkar 42 108 73 3 1 57.53
GS Blewett lbw b Kumble 5 27 23 0 0 21.73
ME Waugh not out 33 74 59 4 0 55.93
Extras (b 8, lb 5) 13
Total (2 wickets; 58 overs; 210 mins) 195 (3.36 runs per over)
Did not bat RT Ponting, DS Lehmann, IA Healy†, SK Warne, GR Robertson, MS Kasprowicz, AC Dale
Fall of wickets 1-91 (Slater, 28.6 ov), 2-114 (Blewett, 37.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Harvinder Singh 3 0 17 0 5.66
A Kumble 22.4 5 63 1 2.77
SLV Raju 15 4 37 0 2.46
Harbhajan Singh 6 1 24 0 4.00
SR Tendulkar 11.2 1 41 1 3.61
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series India won the 3-match series 2-1
Test debuts AC Dale and DS Lehmann (Australia); Harbhajan Singh (India)
Player of the match MS Kasprowicz (Australia)
Player of the series SR Tendulkar (India)
Umpires VK Ramaswamy and DR Shepherd (England)
TV umpire BK Sadashiva
Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa)
Close of play
Wed, 25 Mar - day 1 - India 1st innings 290/4 (SR Tendulkar 117*, SC Ganguly 17*, 90 ov)
Thu, 26 Mar - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 209/3 (ME Waugh 58*, DS Lehmann 35*, 54 ov)
Fri, 27 Mar - day 3 - India 2nd innings 99/3 (SR Tendulkar 27*, M Azharuddin 4*, 34 ov)
Sat, 28 Mar - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 195/2 (58 ov) - end of match
 
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Photos

Mar 28, 1998

Sachin Tendulkar reaches his ton, India v Australia, 3rd Test, Bangalore, 4th day, March 28, 1998

Michael Kasprowicz catches Sachin Tendulkar off his own bowling

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Mar 27, 1998

Rahul Dravid is caught by Ian Healy off Gavin Robertson, 3rd Test, Bangalore, 3rd day, March 27, 1998

Rahul Dravid is caught by Ian Healy off Gavin Robertson

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