Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Laxman b Khan	4	3	2	1	0	133.33
Matthew Hayden	c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	203	320	474	15	6	63.43
Justin Langer	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	35	35	53	6	1	100.00
Mark Waugh	c sub (HK Badani) b Bahutule	70	136	153	7	1	51.47
Steve Waugh (c)	handled the ball	47	150	176	4	1	31.33
Ricky Ponting	st †Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Adam Gilchrist †	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	6	8	0	0	16.66
Shane Warne	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	0	23	36	0	0	0.00
Jason Gillespie	c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	0	11	13	0	0	0.00
Colin Miller	c Bahutule b Harbhajan Singh	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	not out	3	13	15	0	0	23.07
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 10)	28
Total	115.2 Ov (RR: 3.39, 474 Mins)	391
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Michael Slater, 0.3 ov), 2-67 (Justin Langer, 11.4 ov), 3-217 (Mark Waugh, 51.2 ov), 4-340 (Steve Waugh, 95.4 ov), 5-340 (Ricky Ponting, 95.5 ov), 6-344 (Adam Gilchrist, 97.3 ov), 7-374 (Shane Warne, 105.6 ov), 8-376 (Jason Gillespie, 109.4 ov), 9-385 (Colin Miller, 111.2 ov), 10-391 (Matthew Hayden, 115.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	15	5	57	1	3.80	70	10	0	0	1
0.3 to MJ Slater, . 4/1
Sourav Ganguly	2	1	11	0	5.50	10	2	0	0	1
Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	3.46	163	10	5	0	0
11.4 to JL Langer, . 67/2 95.4 to SR Waugh, . 340/4 95.4 to SR Waugh, . 340/4 95.5 to RT Ponting, . 340/5 97.3 to AC Gilchrist, . 344/6 105.6 to SK Warne, . 374/7 109.4 to JN Gillespie, . 376/8 111.2 to CR Miller, . 385/9 115.2 to ML Hayden, . 391/10
Nilesh Kulkarni	23	5	67	0	2.91	105	4	4	0	0
Sairaj Bahutule	21	3	70	1	3.33	90	6	0	0	6
51.2 to ME Waugh, . 217/3
Sachin Tendulkar	16	1	35	0	2.18	70	1	0	0	2

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	lbw b McGrath	84	186	261	10	1	45.16
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Ponting b Warne	61	133	164	6	0	45.86
VVS Laxman	c ME Waugh b McGrath	65	87	125	11	0	74.71
Sachin Tendulkar	c †Gilchrist b Gillespie	126	230	346	15	2	54.78
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	22	76	114	3	0	28.94
Rahul Dravid	c †Gilchrist b Gillespie	81	140	178	12	1	57.85
Sameer Dighe †	lbw b Warne	4	24	32	0	0	16.66
Sairaj Bahutule	not out	21	58	88	1	1	36.20
Zaheer Khan	c & b Miller	4	20	25	0	0	20.00
Harbhajan Singh	c ME Waugh b Miller	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Nilesh Kulkarni	lbw b Miller	4	38	50	0	0	10.52
Extras	(b 19, lb 2, nb 5, w 1)	27
Total	165 Ov (RR: 3.03, 697 Mins)	501
Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 41.4 ov), 2-211 (Shiv Sunder Das, 64.1 ov), 3-237 (VVS Laxman, 70.2 ov), 4-284 (Sourav Ganguly, 96.3 ov), 5-453 (Rahul Dravid, 138.5 ov), 6-468 (Sachin Tendulkar, 144.1 ov), 7-470 (Sameer Dighe, 145.6 ov), 8-475 (Zaheer Khan, 152.2 ov), 9-477 (Harbhajan Singh, 152.5 ov), 10-501 (Nilesh Kulkarni, 164.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	36	15	75	3	2.08	185	9	0	0	2
64.1 to SS Das, . 211/2 70.2 to VVS Laxman, . 237/3 96.3 to SC Ganguly, . 284/4
Jason Gillespie	35	11	88	2	2.51	173	10	1	1	1
138.5 to R Dravid, . 453/5 144.1 to SR Tendulkar, . 468/6
Colin Miller	46	6	160	3	3.47	200	17	3	0	0
152.2 to Z Khan, . 475/8 152.5 to Harbhajan Singh, . 477/9 164.6 to NM Kulkarni, . 501/10
Shane Warne	42	7	140	2	3.33	192	21	1	0	2
145.6 to SS Dighe, . 470/7
Ricky Ponting	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0	0	0
Mark Waugh	3	0	8	0	2.66	10	0	0	0	0
Matthew Hayden	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c Khan b Kulkarni	35	40	76	3	1	87.50
Michael Slater	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	48	82	98	4	2	58.53
Adam Gilchrist †	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	11	11	0	0	9.09
Justin Langer	c Laxman b Bahutule	21	54	75	2	1	38.88
Mark Waugh	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	57	139	142	7	0	41.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	47	125	166	5	0	37.60
Ricky Ponting	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	11	25	29	0	1	44.00
Shane Warne	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	11	28	35	2	0	39.28
Jason Gillespie	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	2	47	46	0	0	4.25
Colin Miller	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	2	27	42	0	0	7.40
Glenn McGrath	not out	11	13	19	1	0	84.61
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 4)	18
Total	97.5 Ov (RR: 2.69, 373 Mins)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Matthew Hayden, 18.2 ov), 2-84 (Adam Gilchrist, 21.2 ov), 3-93 (Michael Slater, 23.4 ov), 4-141 (Justin Langer, 40.6 ov), 5-193 (Mark Waugh, 63.5 ov), 6-211 (Ricky Ponting, 71.4 ov), 7-241 (Shane Warne, 79.6 ov), 8-246 (Steve Waugh, 87.1 ov), 9-251 (Jason Gillespie, 93.6 ov), 10-264 (Colin Miller, 97.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	4	0	13	0	3.25	16	0	0	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	1	0	8	0	8.00	4	2	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	2.00	211	9	2	0	0
21.2 to AC Gilchrist, . 84/2 23.4 to MJ Slater, . 93/3 63.5 to ME Waugh, . 193/5 71.4 to RT Ponting, . 211/6 79.6 to SK Warne, . 241/7 87.1 to SR Waugh, . 246/8 93.6 to JN Gillespie, . 251/9 97.5 to CR Miller, . 264/10
Nilesh Kulkarni	30	11	70	1	2.33	145	6	3	0	0
18.2 to ML Hayden, . 82/1
Sachin Tendulkar	12	0	43	0	3.58	51	5	0	0	1
Sairaj Bahutule	9	0	32	1	3.55	35	2	0	0	3
40.6 to JL Langer, . 141/4

India 2nd Innings (T: 155 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	c & b McGrath	9	17	35	2	0	52.94
Sadagoppan Ramesh	run out (Ponting/†Gilchrist)	25	53	98	3	0	47.16
VVS Laxman	c ME Waugh b Miller	66	82	136	12	0	80.48
Sachin Tendulkar	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	17	17	27	3	0	100.00
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	4	5	9	1	0	80.00
Rahul Dravid	c SR Waugh b Miller	4	5	8	1	0	80.00
Sameer Dighe †	not out	22	48	73	3	0	45.83
Sairaj Bahutule	c Warne b Miller	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Zaheer Khan	c ME Waugh b McGrath	0	14	31	0	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	not out	3	5	12	0	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	41.1 Ov (RR: 3.76, 219 Mins)	155/8
Did not bat: Nilesh Kulkarni
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Shiv Sunder Das, 4.6 ov), 2-76 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 19.3 ov), 3-101 (Sachin Tendulkar, 24.3 ov), 4-117 (Sourav Ganguly, 26.2 ov), 5-122 (Rahul Dravid, 27.6 ov), 6-135 (VVS Laxman, 33.2 ov), 7-135 (Sairaj Bahutule, 33.5 ov), 8-151 (Zaheer Khan, 39.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	11.1	3	21	2	1.88	56	2	0	0	0
4.6 to SS Das, . 18/1 39.3 to Z Khan, . 151/8
Jason Gillespie	15	2	49	2	3.26	68	9	0	0	0
24.3 to SR Tendulkar, . 101/3 26.2 to SC Ganguly, . 117/4
Colin Miller	9	1	41	3	4.55	38	7	0	0	0
27.6 to R Dravid, . 122/5 33.2 to VVS Laxman, . 135/6 33.5 to SV Bahutule, . 135/7
Shane Warne	6	0	41	0	6.83	22	7	0	0	2

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Sun, 18 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 326/3 (Matthew Hayden 147*, Steve Waugh 43*, 90 ov)

Mon, 19 Mar - day 2 - India 1st innings 211/1 (Shiv Sunder Das 84*, VVS Laxman 59*, 64 ov)

Tue, 20 Mar - day 3 - India 1st innings 480/9 (Sairaj Bahutule 4*, Nilesh Kulkarni 0*, 154 ov)

Wed, 21 Mar - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 241/7 (Steve Waugh 43*, 80 ov)

Thu, 22 Mar - day 5 - India 2nd innings 155/8 (41.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Australia 50 in 40 mins, 7.2 overs
Australia 100 in 86 mins, 19.1 overs
ML Hayden 50 in 64 balls, 99 mins, 4x4 4x6
Lunch: Australia 140/2 (Hayden 55* ME Waugh 25*, 28 overs)
Australia 150 in 132 mins, 31 overs
ME Waugh 50 103m, 88b, 5x4, 1x6
Australia 200 in 190 mins, 45.2 overs
ML Hayden 100 in 230m, 153b, 8x4, 5x6
Tea: Australia 248/3 (Hayden 106*, SR Waugh 12*, 59 overs)
Australia 250 in 241 mins, 59.1 overs
Australia 300 in 324 mins, 79.1 overs

Day 2

ML Hayden 150 in 373m, 252b, 12x4, 5x6
Australia 350 in 408 mins, 99.3 overs
ML Hayden 200 in 457m, 309b, 15x4, 6x6
Lunch: Australia 391 all out
India 50 in 71 mins, 16.3 overs
SS Das 50 in 110m, 85b, 8x4
India 100 in 132 mins, 33.3 overs
Tea: India 107/0 in 34 overs (Das 56*, Ramesh 48*)
S Ramesh 50 in 137m, 108b, 5x4
India 150 in 209 mins, 51.1 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 79m, 52b, 10x4
India 200 in 245 mins, 60 overs

Day 3

India 250 in 332 mins, 79.2 overs
Lunch: India 266/3 in 92 overs (Tendulkar 27*, Ganguly 14*)
India 300 in 422 mins, 100.1 overs
SR Tendulkar 50 of 164m, 109b, 6x4, 1x6
India 350 in 465 mins, 110.1 overs
Tea: India 378/4 in 120 overs (Tendulkar 77*, Dravid 48*)
R Dravid 50 off 100m, 77b, 9x4
India 400 in 520 mins, 122.5 overs
SR Tendulkar 100 off 287m, 195b, 10x4, 2x6
India 450 in 573 mins, 136.1 overs
5th wicket partnership of 150 runs between Tendulkar and Dravid came in 153 mins, 37.1 overs

Day 4

Day 5

Australia 250 in 93.4 overs
Lunch: India 23/1 in 7 overs (Ramesh 14*, Laxman 0*)
Lunch: India 23/1 in 7 overs (Ramesh 14*, Laxman 0*)
India 50 in 75mins, 14.4 overs
India 100 in 125 mins, 24.2 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 96 mins, 63 balls, 10x4
Tea: India 132/5 in 32 overs (Laxman 65*, Dighe 5*)
India 150 in 201 mins,38.4 overs

Match Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Matthew Hayden Harbhajan Singh
Player Of The Series	Harbhajan Singh
Series result	India won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1539
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Sameer Dighe Sairaj Bahutule
Umpires	Arani Jayaprakash Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Rangachari Vijayaraghavan
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SS Das	caught	9	17
S Ramesh	run out	25	53
VVS Laxman	caught	66	82
SR Tendulkar	caught	17	17
SC Ganguly	caught	4	5
R Dravid	caught	4	5
SS Dighe	not out	22	48
SV Bahutule	caught	0	3
Z Khan	caught	0	14
Harbhajan Singh	not out	3	5
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)
Total	155(8 wkts; 41.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	11.1	3	21	2	1.88
JN Gillespie	15	2	49	2	3.26
CR Miller	9	1	41	3	4.55
SK Warne	6	0	41	0	6.83 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Shiv Sunder Das	Sadagoppan Ramesh
2nd	58	VVS Laxman	Sadagoppan Ramesh
3rd	25	Sachin Tendulkar	VVS Laxman
4th	16	Sourav Ganguly	VVS Laxman
5th	5	Rahul Dravid	VVS Laxman
6th	13	VVS Laxman	Sameer Dighe
7th	0	Sairaj Bahutule	Sameer Dighe
8th	16	Sameer Dighe	Zaheer Khan
9th	4	Harbhajan Singh	Sameer Dighe

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