- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (lb 1, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL296/4 (50 Overs, RR: 5.92)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sourav Ganguly, 1.3 ov), 2-63 (Parthiv Patel, 12.6 ov), 3-80 (Rahul Dravid, 15.2 ov), 4-293 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras22 (lb 7, w 15)TOTAL225/8 (33.5 Overs, RR: 6.65)Did not bat: JN GillespieFall of wickets: 1-24 (Simon Katich, 3.1 ov), 2-150 (Ricky Ponting, 21.1 ov), 3-150 (Damien Martyn, 21.2 ov), 4-154 (Adam Gilchrist, 22.6 ov), 5-176 (Andrew Symonds, 25.6 ov), 6-195 (Michael Bevan, 29.6 ov), 7-202 (Ian Harvey, 31.1 ov), 8-210 (Michael Clarke, 31.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AB Agarkar 7 1 47 0 6.71 23 6 1 4 0 IK Pathan 7 1 51 3 7.28 22 6 0 6 0 L Balaji 5.5 0 40 0 6.85 17 4 1 0 0 SC Ganguly 7 0 41 3 5.85 17 1 2 1 0 M Kartik 7 0 39 1 5.57 20 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
22 January 2004 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 5, India 1
Match Notes
- 12th Men: GB Hogg (Australia) and SB Bangar (India)
- Scorers: MA Fowler and ND Johnston
- India 50 in 56 mins, off 11.1 overs
- Patel/Laxman 50 partnership in 48 mins, off 59 balls
- India 100 in 99 mins, off 19.4 overs
- Laxman 50 in 108 mins, off 63 balls, 2x4
- Laxman/Yuvraj Singh 50 partnership in 39 mins, off 63 balls
- Rain interrupted play from 4.19pm to 4.38pm with India 136/3 after 26.5 overs; no overs lost
- India 150 in 133 mins, off 29.5 overs
- Yuvraj Singh 50 in 60 mins, off 61 balls, 5x4
- Laxman/Yuvraj Singh 100 partnership in 70 mins, off 115 balls
- India 200 in 166 mins, off 38.4 overs
- Laxman/Yuvraj Singh 150 partnership in 114 mins, off 168 balls
- Yuvraj Singh 100 in 121 mins, off 104 balls, 12x4
- India 250 in 206 mins, off 45.5 overs
- Laxman 100 in 209 mins, 127 balls, 4x4
- Laxman/Yuvraj Singh 200 partnership in 139 mins, off 202 balls
- 22 runs from the 49th over: Harvey to Yuvraj Singh/Laxman 1 1 6 4 4 6
- Laxman/Yuvraj Singh partnership 213 runs, 143 mins, 206 balls
- 213 run partnership between Laxman and Yuvraj off 206 balls is India's best against Australia for the fourth wicket
- Rain suspended play from 7.34pm to 9.10pm with Australia 73/1 after 9.2 overs; the target was adjusted to 225 from 34 overs
- Gilchrist/Ponting 50 partnership in 31 mins, off 40 balls
- Gilchrist 50 in 49 mins, off 31 balls, 9x4, 1x6
- Australia 100 in 60 mins, off 12.2 overs
- Gilchrist/Ponting 100 partnership in 65 mins, off 82 balls
- Australia 150 in 98 mins, off 21 overs
- Australia 200 in 152 mins, off 30.4 overs
- Attendance: 39,088
Match Coverage
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