Aus Vs India 4th Day of First Test: Scorecard and Match Facts

Mohali, India: Australia started their 2nd inning with 23 runs lead, but collapsed to 192 runs. Requiring 216 runs to win, with almost a session of 4th day and last day at hand, Indian top order collapsed and has almost put India out of the game. Yet, the hope lies in Tendulkar and Very Very Special Laxman. India finished at 55/4.

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Match Facts
Toss: Australia
Captains: Ponting (Aus) and Dhoni (Ind)
Indian Team: V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, I Sharma, Z Khan, PP Ojha
Aus Team: Ponting, Watson, Katich, Clark, Hussey, North, Paine, Hauritz, MG Johnson, BW Hilfenhaus, DE Bollinger
MOM: TBD
Result: TBD
100: 126 runs Watson
50s: Ponting 71, 92 Paine, 59 Sehwag, Dravid 77, Tendulkar 98, Raina 86
2nd ing: Watson 56 runs
100 plus partnership:
141 run for 2nd wkt Watson and Ponting (1st ing)
5th wkt 124 runs Tendulkar and Raina (1st ing)
3 wkts or more: Zaheer 94/5, Harbhajan 114/3, Johnson 64/5
2nd ing: Zaheer 43/3, Ishant 34/3, Hilfenhaus 22/3

Watson c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 126 runs (338 balls, 10 four)
Katich lbw b Khan 6 runs
Ponting* run out (Raina) 71 runs (124 balls, 10 fours)
Clarke c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 14 runs
Michael Hussey lbw b Khan 17 runs (76 balls)
North b Khan 0 (6 balls)
Paine† c Laxman b Khan 92 runs (196 balls, 12 four)
Johnson c †Dhoni b Khan 47 runs (66 balls, 5 four, 3 six)
Hauritz c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 9 runs (21 balls, 1 four)
Hilfenhaus not out 20 runs (38 balls, 2 four, 1 six)
Bollinger c Sharma b Ojha 0 (7 balls)
Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 13) 26
Total (all out; 151.4 overs; 646 mins) 428 (2.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-13 (Katich, 4.2 ov), 2-154 (Ponting, 41.4 ov), 3-172 (Clarke, 53.6 ov), 4-218 (Hussey, 82.3 ov), 5-222 (North, 84.3 ov), 6-275 (Watson, 111.1 ov), 7-357 (Johnson, 133.1 ov), 8-373 (Hauritz, 137.3 ov), 9-427 (Paine, 150.2 ov), 10-428 (Bollinger, 151.4 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer 30 overs 7 maidens 94/5
Ishant 11.4 overs 1 maiden 710
Ojha 51/4 overs 16 maidens 1131
Harbhajan 49 overs 12 maiden 114/3
Sehwag 9.2 overs 1 maiden 23/0

Ind 1st Innings

Gambhir lbw b Johnson 25 runs (41 balls, 2 four)
Sehwag c Clarke b Johnson 59 runs (54 balls, 10 four)
Dravid c †Paine b Bollinger 77 runs (134 balls, 12 four)
Ishant Sharma b Bollinger 18 runs (56 balls, 3 four)
Tendulkar lbw b North 98 runs (189 balls, 13 four)
Raina lbw b Johnson 86 runs (128 balls, 14 four)
Dhoni*† c Watson b Johnson 14 runs (28 balls, 1 four, 1 six)
Harbhajan Singh c †Paine b Johnson 0 (1 ball)
Zaheer b Hauritz 6 runs (13 balls, 1 four)
Laxman c Clarke b Hauritz 2 runs (3 four)
Ojha not out 0 (3 balls)
Extras (b 5, lb 13, w 1, nb 1) 20
Total (all out; 108.1 overs; 487 mins) 405 (3.74 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-81 (Gambhir, 13.2 ov), 2-106 (Sehwag, 19.3 ov), 3-151 (Sharma, 37.3 ov), 4-230 (Dravid, 61.5 ov), 5-354 (Tendulkar, 95.3 ov), 6-382 (Dhoni, 101.5 ov), 7-382 (Harbhajan Singh, 101.6 ov), 8-399 (Khan, 106.4 ov), 9-401 (Raina, 107.3 ov), 10-405 (Laxman, 108.1 ov)

Bowling

Hilfenhaus 25 overs 2 maiden 100/0
Bollinger 16 overs 2 maiden 49/2
Johnson 20 overs 5 maiden 64/5
Hauritz 29.1 overs 4 maiden 116/2
Watson 6 overs 19/0
North 12 overs 3 maiden, 39/1

Australia 2nd innings

Watson b Sharma 56 runs 59 balls, 7 four, 1 six)
Katich c †Dhoni b Ojha 37 runs (118 balls, 2 four)
Ponting* c Raina b Sharma 4 runs (4 balls, 1 four)
Clarke c †Dhoni b Sharma 4 runs (9 balls)
Hussey lbw b Harbhajan Singh 28 runs (72 balls, 3 four)
North c sub (CA Pujara) b Harbhajan Singh 10 runs (33 balls, 1 four)
Paine† c sub (CA Pujara) b Ojha 9 runs (12 balls, 2 four)
Johnson c †Dhoni b Khan 3 runs (7 balls)
Hauritz b Khan 9 runs (15 balls)
Hilfenhaus b Khan 6 runs (29 balls)
Bollinger not out 5 runs (12 balls)
Extras (b 12, lb 4, nb 5) 21
Total (all out; 60.5 overs; 292 mins) 192 (3.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-87 (Watson, 18.1 ov), 2-91 (Ponting, 18.5 ov), 3-96 (Clarke, 20.5 ov), 4-138 (Katich, 40.3 ov), 5-154 (Hussey, 47.1 ov), 6-165 (North, 49.5 ov), 7-165 (Paine, 50.3 ov), 8-170 (Johnson, 52.2 ov), 9-183 (Hauritz, 56.6 ov),

Bowling

Zaheer 11.5 overs 1 maiden 43/3
Ishant 9 overs 2 maiden 34/3
Harbhajan 23 overs 7 maiden 40/2
Ojha 17 overs 1 maiden 59/2

India 2nd innings (target: 216 runs)

Gambhir lbw b Hilfenhaus 0 (4 balls)
Sehwag c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 17 runs (23 balls, 2 four)
Dravid c †Paine b Bollinger 13 runs (28 balls, 3 four)
Tendulkar not out 10 runs (25 balls, 1 four)
Raina c North b Hilfenhaus 0 (3 balls)
Zaheer not out 5 (19 balls, 1 four)
Extras (b 4, w 6) 10
Total (4 wickets; 17 overs) 55 (3.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-0 (Gambhir, 0.4 ov), 2-31 (Dravid, 7.4 ov), 3-48 (Sehwag, 11.5 ov), 4-48 (Raina, 13.2 ov)

Bowling

Hilfenhaus 7 overs 2 maiden 22/3
Bollinger 4 overs, 17/1
Johnson 5 overs, 1 maiden, 11/0
Hauritz 1 over 1/0