India reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
India regained the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy, their first series win over Australia in eight years, after they bowled Australia out for 209 to win by 172 runs
06/11Result
4th Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 6-10 2008
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![India]( "India")
441 & 295 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
355 & 209 (50.2 ov)
Player of the Match
06/11Result
4th Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 6-10 2008
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![India]( "India")
441 & 295 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
355 & 209 (50.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Day 4
Australia face stiff ask to level series
It was almost farcical. If the session between lunch and tea had set up Australia's chances of squaring the Border-Gavaskar trophy, the second undid that in puzzling manner
Day 3
Slowly but steadily India gain the edge
India gained a crucial 86-run lead on an extremely tactical day's cricket - one that often resembled a cat-and-mouse game
Others
'It was like driving a Rolls-Royce one day and sleeping on the pavement the next'
Sourav Ganguly talks about making the decision to retire in this extract from his new book
Nielsen explains Ponting's tactics
Tim Nielsen, Australia's coach, has launched a lengthy defence of the fourth-day tactics that have landed Ricky Ponting in the firing line from a wide range of commentators and former players
Steve Waugh joins list of Ponting critics
Steve Waugh, the man who Ricky Ponting succeeded as Australia's Test captain, has said Ponting made a mistake by using part-time bowlers instead of his main strikers on the fourth day in Nagpur
Ponting predicts return to winning ways
Ricky Ponting believes that Australia are capable of reaffirming their status as the leading nation in Test cricket
Krejza eyes more Tests after amazing debut
After surging from laughing stock to spin hero, Jason Krejza's modest next goal is to be part of the New Zealand series starting in Brisbane next Thursday
'What was in his tea?'
Australia bowled only spinners and part-timers after tea on day four in Nagpur, in an attempt to boost the over-rate, a tactic that just about everyone found inexplicable
Ponting disappointed with criticism
Ricky Ponting has defended himself against claims that he put himself above the team on the fourth day in Nagpur
Not feeling the love
If he had to sit in the Gabba stands for next week's first Test against New Zealand for doing everything in his power to win here, he would have been celebrated
Dhoni carries forward Ganguly's flame
At the start of the millennium, Ganguly started the journey to "raiseIndian cricket's profile overseas". In so many ways, Dhoni is the best man to carry forward the Ganguly flame
Keep it simple, Simon
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the third day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Reverse-swing is crucial - Dhoni
Of all the issues Dhoni said the most significant one was the absence of Gautam Gambhir from the starting line-up. Gambhir has made 463 runs in the series - 150 more than the next Indian - and his opening partnerships with Virender Sehwag have been paramo
Sutherland to query Ponting on tactics
Cricket Australia will ask Ricky Ponting to clarify his reasons for using part-time bowlers after tea on the fourth day in Nagpur when Australia had a strong chance to set up a gettable chase
'I want to cherish this for a long period'
Sourav Ganguly has said his most significant contribution was to raise the image of Indian cricket by building a team that was competitive overseas.
No more spin-reliant
India's fast bowlers comprehensively out-bowled their Australian counterparts played critical roles in both the victories that sealed a 2-0 series win
We capitalised on the slow over-rate - Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said India had achieved the target they hadaimed to set Australia despite suffering a severe middle-order collapse onthe fourth day of the final Test in Nagpur
Krejza wasn't ready before this Test - Nielsen
Despite Jason Krejza's topsy-turvy return of 12 for 358, the coach Tim Nielsen did not wish he had been preferred in the opening three games, when Cameron White was the main spinner
Sparring teams set up riveting finish
Australia begin the final day needing 369 to win, 203 more than whatthey scored against India's restrictive fields on Saturday. India have theadvantage and a good reason to deploy an 8-1 field again. They will benaïve, however, to expect a similar appr
Rated O
Australia's continually tardy over-rates should cost them something more serious than money or a ban
'Twas brief with much grief
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the third day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Why ugly can be beautiful
The cricket in the Nagpur Test was variously decried as being defensive and unimaginative. But who said Test matches are about attacking all the time?
Tricked in to the defensive
Throughout the series Ricky Ponting has spoken proudly and defiantly about only one team playing aggressively and wanting to win at all times. That didn't happen on Saturday when Australia, who must win to level the series, batted in the most subdued styl
Australia choked by 8-1 field
India's plan was extremely defensive, but not negative. By persisting withthe wide line, they were relying on a lapse in concentration from thebatsmen for a wicket
Going slow and Vijay's throw
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the third day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Warne hopes Ponting learns from mistakes
Shane Warne believes Ricky Ponting could learn something from Allan Border and Ian Chappell, two of the former captains who criticised Ponting over his tactics in the fourth Test in Nagpur
In defence of Punter
Ponting may deserve criticism for his moves on day four at Nagpur, but he deserves a measure of sympathy as well
Krejza's eight and Harbhajan's 300
The two offspinners, Jason Krejza and Harbhajan Singh, had a day to remember in Nagpur. Cricinfo looks at a few statistical highlights for the two
Australia have lost their presence
Australia's batting is formidable still and Krejza might still spin them to victory but their manner in the field in the series so far has been an admission of ordinariness
A sober and significant innings
Another opportunity may present itself to Sourav Ganguly in the secondinnings, but it's equally likely that we have witnessed his last substantialcontribution with the bat for India
A wanderer comes home
Centuries as opener at North Sound and Bridgetown kept him in the squad for India, but till Friday, his series had been a tale of squandered starts
I knew I could get eight - Krejza
At the end of his first innings it will be Jason Krejza's magical return of eight wickets that will be remembered before the 215 runs from 43.5 overs
Krejza's day out
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the second day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Sutherland urges India to use power wisely
India must use their growing power in world cricket to keep the game on the right path rather than becoming obsessed with short-term issues like code-of-conduct hearings, according to James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive
Krejza's happy moment
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the first day of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Nagpur
Spectator-friendly minus the spectators
Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, has built a fabulous stadium in hishome town that should serve as a model for the rest of the country. But heis now left to ponder the task of filling it. Empty grounds are no fun. Theyare soul-breaking
'Crazy' debut
Jason Krejza was hit for 11 in his first over, including a six, on the way to picking up three of the game's most celebrated batsmen
Top marks for the openers
Any fears that captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have had over the absence of Gautam Gambhir were allayed by the 98-run opening stand between Virender Sehwag and new man M Vijay on the opening day of the fourth Test against Australia in Nagpur
Losing five was too many - Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar has said India were in a decent, but not brilliant,position after ending the first day of the final Test in Nagpur on 311 for5
Stats to match the style
What the numbers say about VVS Laxman, who became the eighth Indian player to appear in 100 Tests
'Nothing calms you like Laxman'
When he walks out to bat, the dressing room relaxes, knowing the side is in good hands
'I was expecting them to come after me' - Krejza
The debutant offspinner Jason Krejza expected the harsh treatment dished out by India on the first day, but he was excited to have removed three of the game's greatest modern batsmen
India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur
Match home for India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur, November 4-10, 2008
The past he could see but not touch
Sourav Ganguly tugged at the heartstrings in a way that no Indiancricketer has before or since