Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CA Pujara
204(341) 30x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 75 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
40 12 29 10 44 5 3 61
M Vijay
M Vijay
167(361) 23x4 - 2x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 62 runs
  • 9x4 - 1x6
22 14 6 16 55 11 3 40

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O28
M12
R63
W5
Eco2.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
GJ Maxwell
GJ Maxwell
O26
M2
R127
W4
Eco4.88
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 4-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

2,3,4,5 March 2013 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

END OF OVER:
67 | (wicket maiden) | AUS: 131/10

  • Xavier Doherty1 (26b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin28-12-63-5
  • Harbhajan Singh10-7-10-0

Stern words from Michael Clarke. This is unacceptable. There will be no rest. They won't get better sitting on couches. With that promise from Clarke, I fare thee well. Cheers.

Quotes from presentation "Really happy about it," says Cheteshwar Pujara, the Man of the Match. "There was a bit of pressure on me. I just got married, and my wife was worried I should perform. We knew that the new ball would do a bit. The plan was to not lose any wickets in that first session. My natural game to play that fast. Scoring those many runs in domestic runs has given me the experience to help me keep the tempo. It was a very important partnership with Vijay, our communication was good and it set the platform."

"It was important to get off to a good start," says MS Dhoni. "Bhuvneshwar provided that. You don'tsee fast bowlers getting too many in these conditions. We often talk about long partnerships. If you get 40-50, you have to score big. That's what Pujara and Vijay did. That resulted in a massive partnership, which gave us the freedom to accelerate yesterday. It was very important to not give their seamers wickets, and I think they saw that period off really well. After that they could dictate terms. Very good bowling performance. It was important to start today's play really well, and Ishant gave us the important breakthrough. I think I have got a very good side. Yes we have gone through a period we haven't won many games. Credit goes to the team and the support staff. And winning most matches as captain is a collective effort, and credit goes to each and everyone."

"India deserve a lot of credit," says Michael Clarke. "They outplayed us in every facet of the game. There is no doubt we have a lot of work to do. In all facets of the game. There will certainly be no stone left unturned. The batsmen haven't put enough runs on, and there is no excuse for that. There will be no break between the Test matches. There will be a lot of hard work, I can assure you. You don't get better sitting on the couch. We have had guys get in and out without making big scores. That's unacceptable."

Jubilant scenes for India. Ishant Sharma has an arm around Jadeja. He could carry Jadeja with one arm. The support staff all celebrate inside the dressing room. Kohli has plucked out one stump for Pujara, who hasn't taken the field. Dhoni doesn't merely shakes hands with Vijay, he is absolutely slapping them. Such relief on their faces after the last two years. Hang around for the presentation

MS Dhoni now has most wins for an Indian captain. Australia become the first team to lose by an innings after declaring their first innings closed. They have failed to put together as many runs as Pujara and Vijay did. This is as comprehensive as they come

Mark: "India is doing a service to us, they are waking up Cricket Australia!! Wake up guys, we cant play poor than this!!!!"

India now have a hand on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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66.6
W
Ashwin to Pattinson, OUT, it's all over at the HCA Stadium. Ashwin gets five. Full, straight and flat. Beats the inside edge, it is deemed to be going straight on to hit the stumps. Pitches in front of leg, does it straighten enough? Dharmasena thinks so

JL Pattinson lbw b Ashwin 0 (24m 27b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

66.5
0
Ashwin to Pattinson, no run, shout for lbw. Hitting the stumps all right, but it is pitched outside leg
66.4
0
Ashwin to Pattinson, no run, tossed up outside leg, left alone
66.3
0
Ashwin to Pattinson, no run, tossed up, middle and leg, defended back to him
66.2
0
Ashwin to Pattinson, no run, flat, full, defended in front of off
66.1
0
Ashwin to Pattinson, no run, sharp offbreak, turns from middle and leg, bats the bat. Too good to take the edge

Australia 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st56EJM CowanDA Warner
2nd0EJM CowanPJ Hughes
3rd19EJM CowanSR Watson
4th33MJ ClarkeEJM Cowan
5th3EJM CowanMS Wade
6th0MC HenriquesMS Wade
7th12MS WadeGJ Maxwell
8th7PM SiddleMS Wade
9th0MS WadeJL Pattinson
10th1XJ DohertyJL Pattinson