India v Australia, Delhi

India 613/7 & 208/5

Australia 577/10 & 31/0

Match drawn

Australia v India 2008 · 3rd Test Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 29 Oct 2008 – 2 Nov 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than India.

India

1.03× +3%

Australia

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

India's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

VVS Laxman India

259 +312

G Gambhir India

242 +257

MJ Clarke Australia

112 +169

Sachin Tendulkar India

115 +116

ML Hayden Australia

99 +99

Best bowling

Top match figures

V Sehwag5/104

A Kumble3/112

MG Johnson3/142

B Lee2/48

Top score

206

G Gambhir · India

Biggest stand

278

4th wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–45

3 wkts for 45 · Australia

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

India

613 /7 (160.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b SR Watson	206	380	26	1	54.21
V Sehwag	lbw b B Lee	1	2	0	0	50.00
R Dravid	c ML Hayden b MG Johnson	11	31	1	0	35.48
Sachin Tendulkar	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	68	126	11	0	53.97
VVS Laxman*	not out	200	301	21	0	66.45
SC Ganguly	c RT Ponting b SM Katich	5	8	1	0	62.50
MS Dhoni	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	27	29	4	1	93.10
A Kumble	lbw b MG Johnson	45	73	7	0	61.64
Z Khan*	not out	28	21	5	0	133.33

Extras 22 (b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 6)

Total 613/7 (160.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	30.0	2	119	1	3.97
SR Clark	33.0	9	69	0	2.09
MG Johnson	31.5	4	142	3	4.46
SR Watson	20.0	4	66	2	3.30
CL White	15.0	1	73	0	4.87
MJ Clarke	14.0	0	59	0	4.21
SM Katich	15.0	3	60	1	4.00
RT Ponting	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-5 (V Sehwag, 2.1)·2-27 (R Dravid, 10.4)·3-157 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.5)·4-435 (G Gambhir, 123.6)·5-444 (SC Ganguly, 126.2)·6-481 (MS Dhoni, 133.4)·7-579 (A Kumble, 155.4)

Australia

577 /10 (179.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	lbw b V Sehwag	83	154	13	1	53.90
SM Katich	b A Mishra	64	116	10	0	55.17
RT Ponting	b V Sehwag	87	165	14	0	52.73
MEK Hussey	b V Sehwag	53	146	7	0	36.30
MJ Clarke	c Z Khan b A Mishra	112	253	6	1	44.27
SR Watson	b V Sehwag	36	62	8	0	58.06
BJ Haddin	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	17	35	1	1	48.57
CL White	b V Sehwag	44	95	5	1	46.32
B Lee	lbw b A Kumble	8	47	0	0	17.02
MG Johnson	c & b A Kumble	15	12	2	0	125.00
SR Clark*	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00

Extras 57 (b 28, lb 17, w 2, nb 10)

Total 577/10 (179.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	23.0	5	86	0	3.74
I Sharma	25.0	5	84	0	3.36
A Kumble	43.3	9	112	3	2.57
A Mishra	47.0	12	144	2	3.06
V Sehwag	40.0	9	104	5	2.60
Sachin Tendulkar	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-123 (SM Katich, 34.1)·2-202 (ML Hayden, 57.2)·3-284 (RT Ponting, 85.4)·4-326 (MEK Hussey, 101.6)·5-399 (SR Watson, 122.1)·6-426 (BJ Haddin, 131.5)·7-532 (CL White, 162.5)·8-555 (B Lee, 175.4)·9-567 (MJ Clarke, 178.1)·10-577 (MG Johnson, 179.3)

India

208 /5 (77.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b MG Johnson	36	107	5	0	33.64
V Sehwag	b B Lee	16	17	2	0	94.12
I Sharma	c RT Ponting b SR Clark	1	2	0	0	50.00
R Dravid	b B Lee	11	37	2	0	29.73
Sachin Tendulkar	c ML Hayden b CL White	47	120	4	0	39.17
VVS Laxman*	not out	59	130	7	0	45.38
SC Ganguly*	not out	32	53	3	1	60.38

Extras 6 (lb 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 208/5 (77.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	17.0	3	48	2	2.82
SR Clark	12.0	6	22	1	1.83
MJ Clarke	20.3	7	56	0	2.73
SM Katich	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
MG Johnson	12.0	0	23	1	1.92
CL White	8.0	0	23	1	2.88
SR Watson	7.0	0	27	0	3.86

Fall of wickets

1-29 (V Sehwag, 8.2)·2-34 (I Sharma, 9.1)·3-53 (R Dravid, 20.4)·4-93 (G Gambhir, 36.5)·5-145 (Sachin Tendulkar, 57.1)

Australia

31 /0 (8.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden*	not out	16	29	4	0	55.17
SM Katich*	not out	14	19	2	0	73.68

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 31/0 (8.0 ov)

Bowler	O	R	Econ
A Kumble	4.0	14	3.50
V Sehwag	2.0	14	7.00
A Mishra	2.0	2	1.00