India tour of Australia, 2007/08 Test Schedule

Border - Gavaskar Trophy - Test Match Schedule

 

Date	Match Details	Start Time	Day or D/N
Wednesday 26-Dec-2007	1st Test Melbourne Cricket Ground	23:30 GMT 05:00 IST 15:30 PST**	Day
Wednesday 02-Jan-2008	2nd Test Sydney Cricket Ground	23:30 GMT 05:00 IST 15:30 PST**	Day
Wednesday 16-Jan-2008	3rd Test W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth	02:30 GMT 07:30 IST 18:00 PST**	Day
Thursday 24-Jan-2008	4th Test Adelaide Oval	00:00 GMT 05:30 IST 16:00 PST**	Day

** Matches start on the previous day for users in the PST (Pacific Time) zone.

 

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India Vs Pakistan 5th ODI - Result and highlights

Pakistan 306 for 6 (Malik 89, Yousuf 74, Sreesanth 3-52) beat India 275 (Sharma 52, Yuvraj 50, Tanvir 4-53, Malik 3-61) by 31 runs

A wounded opponent comes back to maul you when it gets a little bit of respite. Hopefully India would have learned this at Jaipur. It was too late to save the series but Pakistan managed to salvage some pride defeating India by 31 runs in the fifth and final ODI here on Sunday. Despite the defeat in the dead rubber, India won the five-match series 3-2, ending a 24-year drought for an ODI series win at home against the traditional rivals.

 

168-run partnership with Mohammad Yousuf revived Pakistan's stuttering innings, and he then picked up the key wickets of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma as an under-strength team outlasted an Indian side that had also rested four regulars. By the time Malik arrived in the middle, Sreesanth had struck in each over of his second spell to transform a promising start (65 for 0) into a decidedly rocky one (77 for 3). But with Yousuf in the sort of form that fetched him an unbeaten 99 in the previous game, the innings was steadily rebuilt, first with singles, and then with big hits over midwicket and through the covers.

 

India were always up against a daunting task of surpassing Pakistan's 306. Having wickets in hand is the essence of chasing big totals but India lost half the batting order in less than 30 overs. India slumped to 26 for 2 after Sohail Tanvir trapped Gautam Gambhir (12) in the fourth over and then first change bowler Rao Iftikhar dismissed Robin Uthappa (1), caught by Misbah-ul Haq, who had floored a similar chance two balls earlier. Sachin Tendulkar (30, 27b, 6x4) delighted the choc-a-bloc Sawai Mansingh Stadium with a brief scintillating display before Tanvir sent groans across the ground by having him caught by Misbah at gully.

 

Five runs later, his former understudy, Virender Sehwag (12), too was cooling his heels in the pavilion, giving Tanvir his third wicket and leaving India gasping at 62 for four. Rohit (52 off 61b, 3x4,1x6) and Yuvraj (50 off 62b, 3x41x6) decided not to do anything silly and cruised along. The Mumbai right-hander helped himself to a maiden fifty off 58 balls and added two more runs before holing out to Yasir Hameed off Malik.

 

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India Vs Pakistan, 5th ODI, Jaipur India

 

Pakistan desperately need a face saving win in the concluding ODI at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium to goad themselves for the bigger battle ahead,  the three Test series.

India, having already clinched the Indian Oil Cup, would be keen to wrap up the rubber in style and gain a significant, psychological advantage ahead of the Tests.

 

With the final tie rendered inconsequential, India may try out some of their bench players as they go into the fifth ODI with the aim of increasing the victory margin. Players like paceman S Sreesanth, batsman Rohit Sharma and all rounder Praveen Kumar, who have not played a single match in the series, may get a chance to prove their worth against their arch rivals who will be determined to score a consolation win. With the form the Indian top and middle order have been in, the depth in batting may not be called upon, which is why India could take their plan of giving opportunities to the youngsters a step further and promote Sharma to give him a chance of facing a substantial number of overs.

 

Pakistan have a couple of options to choose from. The first, and perhaps rather short-sighted approach, would be to field their strongest XI and search for a morale-boosting win. The second is to look at the Tests as a totally different game, and give Imran Nazir and Fawad Alam, who have carried drinks through the one-day series, a shot at the Indians. Both players have been cut from the Test squad so this is their final opportunity to play on the tour. While allowing for the dew factor, giving Abdur Rehman match practice, for he is Pakistan's second spinner in the Test squad, is something Pakistan will want to consider.

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India Vs Pakistan 4th ODI - Result and Highlights

India 260 for 4 (Tendulkar 97, Yuvraj 53*, Dhoni 45*) beat Pakistan 255 for 6 (Yousuf 99*, Younis 68, Zaheer 2-40) by six wickets

India's wait for a one-day series triumph over Pakistan on home soil ended on Thursday night after 24 years when they thrashed their arch-rivals by six wickets to take an invincible 3-1 lead in the five-match series. On a day that marked his Test debut 18 years ago against Pakistan, Sachin Tendulkar guided India to a convincing six-wicket victory over the arch-rivals in the fourth ODI of the Indian Oil Cup here on Thursday.

 

Chasing a competitive 256 for victory, the Indians overhauled the target comfortably with 21 balls to spare in a floodlit encounter which saw Sachin Tendulkar (97) missing a century for the sixth time this year.  The jinx of the 42nd century continued to haunt the master batsman who laid the foundation for the run chase but again fell agonisingly short of the three-figure mark.

 

Yousuf's splendid innings earlier in the afternoon was almost as eye-catching, with some glorious drives through the covers and a lofted six over midwicket off Harbhajan Singh. As ever, he was immensely strong off the pads, and with Misbah-ul-Haq ticking along at a run a ball, the run-rate crept towards five in the final stages of the innings.

 

India didn't let things drift though. The bowlers, both pace and spin, were fairly accurate, and the fielding a marked improvement on the previous games. Even Ganguly played his part, with his 100th ODI wicket being Afridi, unfortunate to be given leg-before after being struck just outside the line of off stump.

 

The fifth and final match at Jaipur on Sunday is now rendered inconsequential, but the hosts, who have retained the squad for the game, will be looking to win the series with a crushing 4-1 verdict.

 

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India v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Gwalior, India

Pakistan gear up for a crunch encounter at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium as they look to keep alive their chances whereas a buoyant India will look to wrap up the five-match ODI series against Pakistan when the arch rivals clash in the fourth tie of the series in Gwalior on Thursday.

 

India displayed excellent temperament to win the previous match at Kanpur and take 2-1 lead after failing to defend their mammoth total of 321 at Mohali and would be confident to carry forward the winning momentum at the capt Roop Singh stadium which has been a happy hunting ground for them.

 

 

With India boasting a deep batting line-up and the wicket at the predicted to be "perfect for batsmen", the task could be easier for the hosts irrespective of whether Mahendra Singh Dhoni  calls the coin correctly or not in the day-night clash.

 

Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik looked his usual calm and composed self on the eve of the fourth ODI and did not want his team to feel the pressure before the crucial game. When asked whether Pakistan was missing a quality spinner in their ranks, Malik said "We have good spinners in our team. It's just that they are struggling a bit. Everybody goes through a bad patch and I'm sure they'll come good."

 

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India Vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI Result and Highlights

India 294 for 6 (Yuvraj 77, Dhoni 49) beat Pakistan 248 (Butt 129, RP Singh 4-63) by 46 runs

 

Yuvraj Singh played a dominating knock of 77 runs and took one wicket to guide India to a 46-run victory against Pakistan in the 3rd ODI here at the Green Park Stadium on Sunday. Salman Butt's heroic century went in vain as India made amends for the Mohali debacle by clinching the game against Pakistan with a comfortable 46-run margin to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

 

Yuvraj foiled Pakistan at key moments, first with an intelligent, elegant 77, then with a shining run out amid a gloomy fielding performance and finally with a vital wicket. The interventions were necessary for when Pakistan began the chase, their target appeared a stroll.

 

The left-handed batsman, who was in devastating form, sent the visitors on a leather hunt and shared a solid 100-run partnership with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who hit a cavalier 49 off 52 balls to guide India to a competitive total of 294 for 6.

 

The Pakistani run chase largely centered around the left-handed Butt who notched up his fourth ODI hundred, all of which have come against India, but a spate of wickets in quick succession in the last few overs turned the scale in the home team's favor.

 

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India Vs Pakistan 3rd ODI Kanpur, India

Having allowed arch-rivals Pakistan to snatch a thrilling victory and level the series, India will need to review their strategy as they go into the crucial third cricket ODI in Kanpur on Saturday. They are 1-1 now, but Pakistan have the momentum with them following possibly their greatest run chase, at Mohali. There is still a lot to play for in the remaining outings of the five-match series.

 

Now, the pitch at Green Park Kanpur has traditionally been a low scoring one, with teams getting past 250 runs just four times in 20 innings. But to ensure that it remains that way against Pakistan, India will have to bowl with far more discipline.

 

It would be interesting to see whether the Indians retain Sehwag for the match. The right hand batsman did come up with a 25-run cameo in Mohali but India's bowling lost much of its sting in Kartik's absence. As a result, Harbhajan looked a lesser threat.

 

Like at Mohali before the 2nd ODI, while India have a favorable win-loss record at this ground winning 6 out of their nine matches, one of their losses came in the only encounter against Pakistan in the 2005 series. On April 15, 2005, while chasing India’s 249, Pakistan romped home with nearly eight overs to spare thanks to a brilliant 102 off just 46 deliveries from Afridi, who had come as opener.

 

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India Vs Pakistan - 2nd Result and Highlights

Pakistan 322 for 6 (Younis 117, Misbah 49, Singh 2-59) beat India 321 for 9 (Tendulkar 99, Gambhir 57, Akhtar 3-42) by 4 wickets

An outstanding century by Younis Khan enabled Pakistan clinch a cliff-hanger against India by 4 wickets in the second One-Day International at the PCA Stadium here on Thursday. In the final count the target of 322 runs wasn't enough to prevent Pakistan from leveling the series one-all.

After India rattled up an imposing 321 for 9, with Sachin Tendulkar stroking 99, Younis slammed 117 as the visitors overhauled the target with one ball to spare in the high-scoring cliffhanger.

 

Younis arrived in the middle in the sixth over of the innings with the asking rate already over six an over. Although starting cautiously, he kept the scorecard ticking with singles and twos, sandwiched between fours through flicks off over-pitch deliveries and glances down to the fine leg. While batting with Mohammad Yousuf, Younis did get bogged down by the nagging line and length by the Indian bowlers but a 69-run partnership with Shoaib Malik and a 102-run stand with Misbah-ul-Haq always kept Pakistan in the hunt, even as the required rate touched ten-an-over.

 

Earlier in the day India, who set a total of 321 after winning the toss, rode on a sparkling knock of 99 from Sachin Tendulkar. However, it went in vain as India would have recounted the middle overs of their own innings, when they lost three quick wickets of Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni and Robin Uthappa, and eventually, the momentum.

 

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Happy Diwali! Ind Vs Pak 2nd ODI Mohali, India

 

Having gained the psychological advantage by easily winning the first match, a confident India go into the second one-day international against arch-rivals Pakistan in Mohali on Thursday, seeking to keep the momentum going with another convincing performance. Pakistan have to look at the weak links in their batting. A lot to play for in the remaining outings of the five-match series. Remember, Pakistan won 4-2 in India the last time round despite losing the first two games.

 

The five-wicket triumph in the first one-dayer in Guwahati will no doubt serve as a huge morale booster for MS Dhoni and his men but they can hardly afford to be complacent against the unpredictable Pakistanis in what promises to be a thrilling floodlit contest at the PCA stadium.

The conditions in Mohali will definitely suit the Pakistanis as the track will have something for both the batsmen and the bowlers as well.

 

A cursory look at the matches at Mohali and it will be difficult to figure out whose home ground it is. While India have played seven matches here, Pakistan have featured in five at the PCA Stadium. While India have secured five wins from their seven outings, Pakistan have won just one of their five encounters.

 

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India Vs Pakistan 1st ODI - Result and Highlights

India 242 for 5 (Dhoni 63, Yuvraj 58) beat Pakistan 239 for 7 (Yousuf 83*, Butt 50) by 5 wickets

Mahendra Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh hit half-centuries to inspire India to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in their opening one-day match in Guwahati. They put on 105, the aggressive Dhoni hitting eight fours in his 63, while Yuvraj fired six fours and a six in 58 as India surpassed Pakistan's total of 239-7 with 18 balls to spare for a 1-0 lead in the five-match series..

 

When Shoaib Malik won the toss and chose to bat it appeared to be a sound decision, given that the pitch was dry, on the slower side, and threatened to break up in the second half.

Pakistan earlier rode on impressive half-centuries from middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf (83 not out) and left-handed opener Salman Butt (50) to reach a respectable total after winning the toss. Part-timer Tendulkar grabbed two crucial wickets, while off-spinner Harbhajan and left-arm spinner Kartik conceded just 65 off their combined 20 overs.

 

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India Vs Pakistan - 1st ODI Guwahati, India

 

Barely a day after imposition of Emergency, Pakistan renew their cricketing rivalry against arch-rivals India with a five-match One-day series here on Monday with two young captains leading a highly talented but unpredictable teams.

Six months ago, India and Pakistan were coming to terms with their early World Cup exits. All seemed to have been forgotten when, a little over a month ago, they battled for the World Twenty20 title. Then Australia came to India and South Africa to Pakistan. And both sides are back to learning from their mistakes. It's these glorious cycles that grips both nations.

 

The political turmoil back home would no doubt weigh down heavily on Pakistanis' mind as they go into the first One-dayer seeking to take an early advantage in the battle of nerves and skills.
The series will also be a test of character for the captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan, who have shown a remarkable composure but any contest involving the traditional foes is bound to put that extra bit of pressure.

 

Surely it allows the teams to understand each other, as evinced by the camaraderie this evening. Once both sides finished warming up, Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar, standing close to the pitch for close to 20 minutes, seemed to be discussing life, the universe and everything. Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Yousuf greeted each other like long, lost brothers. And Sourav Ganguly couldn't get enough of watching Sohail Tanvir's wrong-footed action. Such dosti.

India would also be without their senior batsman Rahul Dravid, their batting main stay so far who has been dropped for the first two matches of the series.

With the talks of 'phasing out process' in the Indian cricket, other two ageing warhorses Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly would also be under pressure as the hosts would rely on their strong opening partnerships. The seasoned Virender Sehwag would also be keen to regain his old magic, particularly as his inclusion in the team in place of former skipper Dravid triggered lot of a debate.

 

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Lighter Moments of Summer 2007 Cricket

                                                         

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Funny cricket moments

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Pakistan tour of India 07-08 Schedule

                                                   

Date	Match Details	Start Time	Day or D/N
Monday 05-Nov-2007	1st ODI - Nehru Stadium, Guwahati,	03:30 GMT 09:00 IST 19:30 PST**	Day
Thursday 08-Nov-2007	2nd ODI - Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Sunday  11-Nov-2007	3rd ODI - Green Park, Kanpur	03:30 GMT 09:00 IST 19:30 PST**	Day
Thursday 15-Nov-2007	4th ODI - Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Sunday 18-Nov-2007	5th ODI - Sawai Mansingh Stadium,, Jaipur	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Thursday 22-Nov-2007	1st Test - Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day
Friday 30-Nov-2007	2nd Test - Eden Gardens, Kolkata	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day
Saturday 08-Dec-2007	3rd Test M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day

** Matches start on the previous day for users in the PST (Pacific Time) zone.

 

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India Vs Australia 20-20 Result and Highlights

India 167 for 3 (Gambhir 63, Uthappa 35) beat Australia 166 for 5 (Ponting 76) by 7 wickets

 

The one-day series might have gone but India lived up to their world champions tag in the Twenty20, finishing with a thumping seven-wicket win in Mumbai. India's unofficial national anthem, the inspirational 'Chak de India', was played by the DJ about hundred times on Saturday. And it didn't inspire India a hundred times. They were inspired ten thousand times as they crashed, banged and walloped the Aussie attack to race to a seven-wicket win with 13 balls to spare in the steamy one-off Twenty20 international at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.Australia have bossed around for most of the last month but India can take consolation from one stat: the last eight internationals between the two sides have been shared 4-4.
                                                                 

Chasing 167 to win at an asking rate of 8.35, the Indians recovered from the early loss of Virender Sehwag to a scorching Brett Lee delivery. Gautam Gambhir and Robin 'I don't like Twenty20' Uthappa learnt that they liked the Australian bowlers very much and tore into them.
They were also aided by some freebies from the Aussie opening bowlers, who decided to leave India by giving the hosts some Dusshera presents.

 

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India Vs Australia 20-20 match Mumbai, India

The first-ever Twenty20 International on Indian soil promises plenty of fireworks as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's world champions cross swords with Australia in what promises to be a humdinger at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.Ricky Ponting admitted that his team was looking forward, quite keenly, to the Twenty20 match against the ICC World Twenty20 champions. Ponting also conceded that it was difficult to plan too much for a Twenty20 match.

Both teams have a lot to prove in the one-off contest that is expected to draw a full house at the flood-lit Cricket Club of India. Dhoni and his team-mates would be eager to show that their against-the-odds triumph in the inaugural World T20 championship in South Africa, including their semi-final win over 50-over champions Australia, was no flash in the pan.

But the visitors have put the rare defeat to India behind them and played some top-quality cricket to clinch the best-of-seven ODI series before floundering in the last tie at nearby Wankhede Stadium two days ago. "We are pretty excited actually and looking forward to the match against a team which won the World Cup (Twenty20) a few weeks ago," said Ponting at a pre-match press conference. He also sought to underplay the hype surrounding the game, just as he hoped the tired debate over verbal volleys would die down.

 

India, on the other hand, would not have their trio of senior batsmen - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid - as well as pace spearhead Zaheer Khan to fall back on.
The home team will be looking up to Virender Sehwag and fit-again Gautam Gambhir to fire them on in the initial stages for the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, and Robin Uthappa to capitalise on later.

                                                    

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India Vs Australia 7th ODI Result and Highlights

India 195 for 8 (Uthappa 47) beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) by 2 wickets

India pulled off an incredible two-wicket victory relying on the tail-enders to salvage some pride in the seventh and final cricket One-dayer against Australia here on Wednesday night. The stage was set for India's most loved cricketing son to bid adieu to his home crowd with the sort of innings that he often played to illuminate this venue for almost two decades. Instead, it was Murali Kartik, forever condemned to Indian cricket's fringes, who basked in the late-afternoon sunshine with a mesmeric spell of left-arm spin bowling, before taking part in the unlikeliest of rearguard actions to script a famous victory.

                                                                
In a low-scoring thriller, India first bundled out Australia for a paltry 193 in 41.3 overs, riding on Murali Kartik's career-best six for 27 and then staged a dramatic recovery to overhaul the target with four overs to spare and reduce the margin to 4-2 in the series. The Indians owed their remarkable victory to left-arm spinner Kartik, who produced a mesmerising spell to derail the Australian batting and then was involved in a cheeky 52-run unbeaten partnership with Zaheer Khan (31 not out) to guide the team home.

 

 

 

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India Vs Australia 7th ODI Mumbai, India

After conceding the seven-match series meekly, India will play for pride and seek a consolation win when they take on Australia in the seventh and final cricket ODI on Wednesday.
The series so far has been fought both on and off the playing arena and the formidable Australians, well known for their aggressive approach, will be keen to maintain their stranglehold on the hosts in the last game to be played under lights at the Wankhede stadium.

 

For the Australians Ponting emphatically said there could be one change, and that's if the "85 to 90%" fit Matthew Hayden is well enough to play. Then he'll come into the side, in place of either of the Brads, Haddin or Hodge. That will mean that Ben Hilfenhaus, who went through the World Twenty20 without playing a game, will have done the same in this seven-match series.

In the Indian camp, there's plenty of rumour over resting Rahul Dravid to make way for Rohit Sharma or Subramaniam Badrinath, but there's no hard news on the subject. Dravid certainly isn't overly bogged down over his lack of runs, or distressed, as there's plenty of cricket to come this season, in one-dayers and Tests. And it would be wise to look forward, for win or loss in the final game, this series is already well and truly finished.

The visitors have already taken an invincible 4-1 lead and the home team can at best reduce the margin and gain some condidence ahead of the forthcoming series against archrivals Pakistan.
The Indians, who were accorded a tumultous welcome in this city three weeks ago on their return as Twenty20 World Champions, have to put in a far more inspired performance to stop the Aussies from increasing the victory margin.

                                                                 

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India Vs Australia 6th ODI Result and Highlights

Australia 316 for 7 (Symonds 107*, Gilchrist 51, Ponting 49) beat India 299 for 7 (Ganguly 86, Tendulkar 72, Hogg 4-49) by 18 runs

Australia on Sunday relied on an all-round display to clinch the One-day series with a 18-run victory over India in the sixth ODI which saw the hosts frittering away a solid start and running out of steam in the slog overs. Riled by the behaviour of some of the Indian cricketers and the crowd in Vadodara, Andrew Symonds channelised his ire to hit the Indians where it hurt most, with a glorious 82-ball century which inspired Australia to a series-sealing victory with a match to spare. Just for good measure, he added a nearly immaculate spell of off-spin bowling as Australia staved off a 140-run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, and a thrilling late flourish from Robin Uthappa to clinch an 18-run triumph.

                                                                  

After scoring a mammoth 317 for eight built around Andrew Symonds rollicking unbeaten 107, the Australians held their nerve to restrict the home team to 299 for seven and take an invincible 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.  The trusted opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar (72) and Sourav Ganguly (86) provided the foundation for the chase with a 140-run stand, but the Indians lost the plot in the middle overs to allow the asking rate to climb beyond manageable limits.

 

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India v Australia, 6th ODI, Nagpur India

India will need to play out of their skin to stop the mighty Australians from clinching the series as they go into the must-win sixth cricket ODI on Sunday with their confidence dented by the Vadodara debacle.

The nine-wicket thrashing in Vadodara not only allowed the Australians to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series but came as a big blow for the home team which had raised hopes of a spirited fightback.

                                                                 

The Indians have now been left with the daunting task of winning the last two matches to level the series, a task which is not impossible but appears extremely difficult going by their current form.

 

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India Vs Australia 5th ODI - Result and highlights

25.5 overs Australia 149 for 1 (Gilchrist 79*) beat India 148 (Tendulkar 47, Johnson 5-26) by 9 wickets

If this was a final, as Ricky Ponting wanted his side to view the fifth one-dayer in Vadodara, it was reminiscent of the hopelessly one-sided conclusion to the World Cup in 1999. Mahendra Singh Dhoni let out a big smile at the toss, with the crowd cheering as if the result was a foregone conclusion, but trudged away in the knowledge that his side could no longer win the series.India paid a heavy price for their pathetic batting display against Australia who humiliated the hosts with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in the fifth One-dayer to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series here on Thursday. Even drawing level from here will take some getting.

                                                                 

The distinctly brick-red surface, one that demanded application, was to leave India's batsmen ashen faced. A combination of injudicious shot-selection, accurate new-ball bowling, efficient left-arm pace and outstanding wicketkeeping is often a recipe for a lop-sided contest. The Australians first bundled out the home team for a paltry 148 in 39.4 overs and then raced to the target with 24.1 overs to spare in a totally lop-sided contest at the Reliance Stadium.It resulted in India's lowest home total against Australia. In fact the game was up much earlier; spectators leaving the ground after 25 overs of the game realised as much.

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India Vs Australia 5th ODI Vadodara, India

                                                                

Having managed to halt the Australian juggernaut in its tracks at Chandigarh, India will seek to carry the momentum when they go into the fifth One-dayer on Thursday, hoping to level the seven-match series. The problem, for any team in the world, with playing against Australia is that you're always trying to catch up. It is Australia who set the standards, Australia who call the shots, Australia who control the game. Of course, a team as talented as this Indian one has the ability to beat anyone, even the Australians, on their day.

 

The eight-run victory over Ricky Ponting's men and the semi-final win over the Aussies in the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa last month clearly indicated that when put under severe pressure, even a champion team can feel the heat and fumble.This is exactly the kind of situation that captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team would be aiming to put the visitors in again when the two clash in another high-voltage tie in front of a capacity 20,000-crowd at the Reliance Stadium.

 

The script, even before the toss is done, suggests Australian dominance, and the challenge before Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team is to break this mould as early as possible. For the Australians, the fifth match in Vadodara, with the first of the series being washed out, is a chance to shut India out. It's a chance for them to ensure that they can't lose the series, and this is likely to translate into all-out attack. If India manage to turn the tables here again, they would have beaten Australia in two successive games for the first time in six years. But to achieve that, they need to show the sort of aggression they displayed in South Africa and in the fourth ODI two days ago.
                                                                

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India Vs Australia 4th ODI Chandigarh, India - Result and Highlights

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India 291 for 4 (Tendulkar 79, Dhoni 50*) beat Australia 283 for 7 (Hayden 92, Symonds 75) by eight runs

 

 

India held their nerves in the nail-biting final moments to snatch a dramatic eight-run victory in the fourth One-dayer against Australia and keep themselves afloat in the seven-match series on Monday. India's bowlers fought back from a blistering opening by Matthew Hayden to snatch an eight-run victory and keep the seven-match series alive. Two of India's additions at Chandigarh, RP Singh and Murali Kartik, bowled superbly in the dying stages and Zaheer Khan held his nerve with a composed last over to secure the win.

The Indian batting line-up came good as they rattled up 291 for four and then stopped the mighty Australians at 283 for seven to reduce the margin to 2-1 at the Sector 16 stadium. The Australians were cruising along comfortably at 268 for five till the 46th over before two wickets in the span of two balls completely changed the complexion of the game much to the delight of a vociferous home crowd.

Batting first, India owed their total to some lusty hitting by Robin Uthappa (30 runs off 18 balls) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who slammed 50 off just 35 balls. Sachin Tendulkar (79) and Sourav Ganguly (41) provided a solid start to the side.

                                                         

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India Vs Australia 4th ODI Chandigarh, India

 

India have left themselves a mountain to climb to win this series; down 0-2 and with four games to play, they will have to raise their game significantly, knowing Australia need only a half-chance to shut out the opposition in the 4th ODI at the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's and his men, trailing 2-0 in the series, have no option but to pull up their socks and try to stop the Australian juggernaut to keep themselves afloat in the series.

                                                            

Their high-flying balloon of Twenty20 success pricked by Australia's back-to-back wins, India go into the fourth One-dayer faced with the Herculean task of winning four matches in a row to clinch the series. India have, however, responded well to such extreme pressure in the recent past. Trailing 3-1 in the Natwest Series in England, they were out for the count but managed to stretch the series till the final game at Lord's. At the ICC World Twenty20, India were faced with three must-win games against Pakistan, England and South Africa and won all three to make the semi-finals - and the two knockout games as well.

The task at hands seems all the more difficult with the Indians failing to get big partnerships and the bowlers lacking sting and direction against the formidable Australian who have piled on over 900 runs in three matches so far.

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India Vs Australia 3rd ODI Hyderabad, - Result and Highlights

                                                            

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Australia 290 for 7 (Symonds 89, Hayden 60, Clarke 59) beat India 243 (Yuvraj 121, Lee 3-37) by 47 runs  

 

Yuvraj Singh hammered a superb century but failed to stop Australia from posting a 47-run win over India in the third One-Day International on Friday. It wasn't a one-sided drubbing like the Kochi game, but the Australians won all the key moments in the contest to sweep to a 47-run win in Hyderabad. In a series so far punctuated by verbal skirmishes, this match was surprisingly incident-free, but the cricket was often scintillating.

Following a coruscating 67-ball 89 by Andrew Symonds which powered them to 290, Australia survived an equally brilliant 121 by Yuvraj Singh and restricted the Indian run-chase to 243 to concede a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series. The opening match was abandoned due to rain.

 

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