India v Australia, Nagpur

India 441/10 & 295/10

Australia 355/10 & 209/10

India won by 172 runs

Australia v India 2008 · 4th Test Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 6–10 Nov 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than India.

India

1.13× +13%

Australia

0.97× -3%

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

V Sehwag India

158 +142

SM Katich Australia

118 +131

MEK Hussey Australia

109 +130

Sachin Tendulkar India

121 +123

MS Dhoni India

111 +118

Best bowling

Top match figures

JJ Krejza8/215

SR Watson4/42

Harbhajan Singh4/64

JJ Krejza4/143

Top score

109

Sachin Tendulkar · India

Biggest stand

155

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

4–19

4 wkts for 19 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 172 runs

Length5 days

India

441 /10 (124.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	b JJ Krejza	66	69	9	1	95.65
M Vijay	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	33	53	2	0	62.26
R Dravid	c SM Katich b JJ Krejza	0	2	0	0	0.00
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b MG Johnson	109	188	12	0	57.98
VVS Laxman	c BJ Haddin b JJ Krejza	64	141	5	0	45.39
SC Ganguly	c MJ Clarke b JJ Krejza	85	153	8	1	55.56
MS Dhoni	b JJ Krejza	56	97	4	0	57.73
Harbhajan Singh*	not out	18	24	4	0	75.00
Z Khan	b JJ Krejza	1	16	0	0	6.25
A Mishra	b JJ Krejza	0	1	0	0	0.00
I Sharma	c SM Katich b JJ Krejza	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)

Total 441/10 (124.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	16.0	2	62	0	3.88
MG Johnson	32.0	11	84	1	2.62
SR Watson	20.0	5	42	1	2.10
JJ Krejza	43.5	2	215	8	4.90
CL White	10.0	1	24	0	2.40
SM Katich	3.0	0	8	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-98 (M Vijay, 17.5)·2-99 (R Dravid, 18.4)·3-116 (V Sehwag, 22.3)·4-262 (VVS Laxman, 68.4)·5-303 (Sachin Tendulkar, 82.5)·6-422 (MS Dhoni, 116.4)·7-423 (SC Ganguly, 116.6)·8-437 (Z Khan, 122.3)·9-437 (A Mishra, 122.4)·10-441 (I Sharma, 124.5)

Australia

355 /10 (134.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ML Hayden	run out (M Vijay)	16	26	3	61.54
SM Katich	lbw b Z Khan	102	189	9	53.97
RT Ponting	b Harbhajan Singh	24	41	3	58.54
MEK Hussey	run out (M Vijay)	90	229	8	39.30
MJ Clarke	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	8	44	1	18.18
SR Watson	b Harbhajan Singh	2	22	0	9.09
BJ Haddin	c R Dravid b A Mishra	28	80	3	35.00
CL White	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	46	133	4	34.59
JJ Krejza	lbw b I Sharma	5	21	0	23.81
MG Johnson	c Z Khan b A Mishra	5	25	0	20.00
B Lee*	not out	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 23 (b 12, lb 3, w 2, nb 6)

Total 355/10 (134.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	28.0	8	68	1	2.43
Harbhajan Singh	37.0	7	94	3	2.54
I Sharma	26.0	8	64	2	2.46
A Mishra	23.4	5	58	2	2.45
V Sehwag	18.0	2	38	0	2.11
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-32 (ML Hayden, 6.5)·2-74 (RT Ponting, 17.1)·3-229 (SM Katich, 70.6)·4-255 (MJ Clarke, 84.4)·5-265 (MEK Hussey, 89.5)·6-266 (SR Watson, 91.4)·7-318 (BJ Haddin, 115.5)·8-333 (JJ Krejza, 126.1)·9-352 (CL White, 133.2)·10-355 (MG Johnson, 134.4)

India

295 /10 (82.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c BJ Haddin b B Lee	92	107	10	1	85.98
M Vijay	lbw b SR Watson	41	81	5	0	50.62
R Dravid	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	3	17	0	0	17.65
Sachin Tendulkar	run out (CL White)	12	55	1	0	21.82
VVS Laxman	b JJ Krejza	4	34	0	0	11.76
SC Ganguly	c & b JJ Krejza	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	c MEK Hussey b JJ Krejza	55	81	4	0	67.90
Harbhajan Singh	b SR Watson	52	94	5	0	55.32
Z Khan	c BJ Haddin b JJ Krejza	6	11	1	0	54.55
A Mishra	b SR Watson	7	8	1	0	87.50
I Sharma*	not out	1	9	0	0	11.11

Extras 17 (b 6, lb 3, w 6, nb 2)

Total 295/10 (82.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	14.0	4	22	0	1.57
B Lee	10.0	3	27	1	2.70
JJ Krejza	31.0	3	143	4	4.61
SR Watson	15.4	2	42	4	2.68
CL White	2.0	0	15	0	7.50
MEK Hussey	4.0	2	3	0	0.75
MJ Clarke	6.0	1	29	0	4.83

Fall of wickets

1-116 (M Vijay, 28.2)·2-132 (R Dravid, 32.5)·3-142 (V Sehwag, 35.1)·4-163 (VVS Laxman, 47.1)·5-163 (SC Ganguly, 47.2)·6-166 (Sachin Tendulkar, 49.5)·7-274 (MS Dhoni, 77.1)·8-286 (Z Khan, 79.2)·9-288 (Harbhajan Singh, 80.1)·10-295 (A Mishra, 82.4)

Australia

209 /10 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	77	93	8	1	82.80
SM Katich	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	16	16	3	0	100.00
RT Ponting	run out (A Mishra)	8	6	2	0	133.33
MJ Clarke	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	22	30	3	0	73.33
MEK Hussey	c R Dravid b A Mishra	19	30	2	0	63.33
SR Watson	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	9	34	0	0	26.47
BJ Haddin	c Sachin Tendulkar b A Mishra	4	10	0	0	40.00
CL White*	not out	26	49	3	0	53.06
JJ Krejza	st MS Dhoni b A Mishra	4	17	0	0	23.53
B Lee	c M Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	0	3	0	0	0.00
MG Johnson	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	11	16	1	0	68.75

Extras 13 (b 6, lb 1, w 4, nb 2)

Total 209/10 (50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	8.0	0	57	0	7.12
I Sharma	9.0	0	31	2	3.44
Harbhajan Singh	18.2	3	64	4	3.49
V Sehwag	4.0	0	23	0	5.75
A Mishra	11.0	2	27	3	2.45

Fall of wickets

1-29 (SM Katich, 5.4)·2-37 (RT Ponting, 6.6)·3-82 (MJ Clarke, 15.5)·4-150 (MEK Hussey, 28.4)·5-154 (ML Hayden, 29.2)·6-161 (BJ Haddin, 32.4)·7-178 (SR Watson, 38.4)·8-190 (JJ Krejza, 43.5)·9-191 (B Lee, 44.4)·10-209 (MG Johnson, 50.2)