Australian cricket team in India in 2007

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Australian cricket team in India in 2007
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  Australia India
Dates 29 September – 20 October 2007
Captains Ricky Ponting MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 7-match series 4–2
Most runs Andrew Symonds (365) Sachin Tendulkar (278)
Most wickets Mitchell Johnson (14) S. Sreesanth (9)
Player of the series Andrew Symonds (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Ricky Ponting (76) Gautam Gambhir (63)
Most wickets Michael Clarke (1) Irfan Pathan (2)
Player of the series Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

The Australian cricket team toured India from 29 September to 20 October 2007. Seven ODIs from 29 September to 17 October were played. The series also included a Twenty20 International match played on 20 October, at Mumbai. Australia won the ODI series 4–2, India won the T20I match.

Squads[]

ODI squads Twenty20 squads
 India  Australia  India  Australia
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) & (wk) Ricky Ponting (c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) & (wk) Ricky Ponting (c)
Piyush Chawla Adam Gilchrist Ajit Agarkar Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Rahul Dravid Nathan Bracken Gautam Gambhir Nathan Bracken
Gautam Gambhir Stuart Clark Harbhajan Singh Stuart Clark
Sourav Ganguly Michael Clarke Joginder Sharma Michael Clarke
Harbhajan Singh Brad Haddin Dinesh Karthik Brad Haddin
Dinesh Karthik Matthew Hayden Irfan Pathan Matthew Hayden
Murali Kartik Ben Hilfenhaus Yusuf Pathan Ben Hilfenhaus
Zaheer Khan Brad Hodge Virender Sehwag Brad Hodge
Irfan Pathan Brad Hogg Rohit Sharma Brad Hogg
Ramesh Powar James Hopes R. P. Singh James Hopes
R. P. Singh Mitchell Johnson S. Sreesanth Mitchell Johnson
S. Sreesanth Brett Lee Robin Uthappa Brett Lee
Sachin Tendulkar Andrew Symonds Yuvraj Singh Andrew Symonds
Robin Uthappa Adam Voges
Yuvraj Singh
Source: Cricinfo.com.
Published: 18 September 2007.
Source: Cricinfo.com.
Published: 24 September 2007.
Source: Cricinfo.com.
Published: 20 October 2007.
Source: Cricinfo.com.
Published: 19 October 2007.

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

29 September (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
307/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
9/1 (2.4 overs)
Michael Clarke 130 (132)
S. Sreesanth 3/55 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 4* (10)
Mitchell Johnson 1/1 (1 over)
No result
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match abandoned after 3.2 overs due to rain.
  • MS Dhoni (Ind) captained India for the first time in ODIs.

2nd ODI[]

2 October
Scorecard
Australia 
306/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
222 (47.3 overs)
Brad Haddin 87* (69)
S. Sreesanth 3/67 (9 overs)
MS Dhoni 58 (78)
Brad Hogg 3/40 (9.3 overs)
Australia won by 84 runs
Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI[]

5 October
Scorecard
Australia 
290/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
243 (47.4 overs)
Andrew Symonds 89 (67)
Irfan Pathan 2/57 (10 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 121 (115)
Brett Lee 3/37 (8 overs)
Australia won by 47 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ricky Ponting (Aus) became the fifth captain to lead his team in 150 ODIs.[1]

4th ODI[]

8 October
Scorecard
India 
291/4 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
283/7 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 79 (119)
James Hopes 2/43 (9 overs)
Matthew Hayden 92 (92)
Harbhajan Singh 2/43 (10 overs)
India won by 8 runs
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was India's first ODI win against Australia in 12 matches, their last win coming in January 2004.[2]
  • Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) reached 1,000 runs for a year for the seventh time.[2]
  • Matthew Hayden (Aus) reached 1,500 runs for the year, and became the seventh batsman to do so.[2]

5th ODI[]

11 October
Scorecard
India 
148 (39.4 overs)
v
 Australia
149/1 (25.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 47 (74)
Mitchell Johnson 5/26 (10 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist 79* (77)
RP Singh 1/15 (2 Overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • It was India's lowest total against Australia at home.[3]

6th ODI[]

14 October
Scorecard
Australia 
317/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
299/7 (50 overs)
Andrew Symonds 107* (88)
Zaheer Khan 2/62 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 86 (111)
Brad Hogg 4/49 (10 overs)
Australia won by 18 runs
Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

7th ODI[]

17 October (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
193 (41.3 overs)
v
 India
195/8 (46 overs)
Ricky Ponting 57 (78)
Murali Kartik 6/27 (10 overs)
Robin Uthappa 47 (59)
Mitchell Johnson 3/30 (10 overs)
India won by 2 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Murali Kartik (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was India's first win against Australia batting second, since April 1998.[4]
  • Murali Kartik (Ind) returned the third best figures by an India bowler in ODIs, and the best against Australia.[4]
  • Adam Gilchrist (Aus) went past 450 dismissals in ODIs.[4]

Murali Karthik took 6 wickets to blow Australia away for just 193, after they got to a good start. India faltered at the start of their reply and fell to 64/6. Robin Uthappa scored 47 but was dismissed LBW to Michael Clarke. In the end, Zaheer Khan and Murali Karthik held their nerves to guide India to victory.

Only T20I[]

20 October
Scorecard
Australia 
166/5 (20 overs)
v
 India
167/3 (18.1 overs)
Ricky Ponting 76 (53)
Irfan Pathan 2/34 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 63 (52)
Michael Clarke 1/14 (2 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Murali Kartik (Ind) made his T20I debut.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Prolific partnerships, and Ponting's captaincy record". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Hayden's run-glut, and the end of an Aussie streak". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Johnson and Gilchrist combine to flatten India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "A field day for left-arm bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

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