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INDIA 469 (129 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- MS Dhoni92 (124)
- Sourav Ganguly102 (225)
- Mitchell Johnson3/85 (27)
- Peter Siddle3/114 (28)
AUSTRALIA 268 (101.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Michael Hussey54 (119)
- Shane Watson78 (156)
- Harbhajan Singh2/60 (29)
- Amit Mishra5/71 (26.4)
INDIA 314/3d (65 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Gautam Gambhir104 (138)
- Virender Sehwag90 (122)
- Brett Lee1/61 (14)
- Cameron White1/48 (8)
AUSTRALIA 195 (64.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Michael Clarke69 (152)
- Brad Haddin37 (105)
- Harbhajan Singh3/36 (20)
- Zaheer Khan3/71 (15)
11.02 am: The margin of 320 runs is India's biggest victory in Test cricket (not counting innings victories). The Australians line up to congratulate the Indians as they troop off the ground. Dhoni's got a stump as a souvenir, but, seeing that Ganguly doesn't have one, he gives it to him.
"Cant get better from an Indian bowling point of view - Bhajji starts it all, Ishant chimes in, Zaheer joins the party and now Mishra wants to wrap it up. Good all round performance," says Ravi.
Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of selectors, high-fives each of the Indian players as they go into the dressing room. There's a particularly big one for Dhoni, who's been fantastic in this match. Fantastic with the bat, and in the field.
Ponting: "Right from the first morning India were nice and aggressive. they took the momentum away from us early in the game. They thoroughly deserve their victory and congratulations to them ... We'll probably have a couple of days off after this, back to back matches are always hard. We'll fine-tune our skills before the next Test ... They're a very good bowling attack, their two seamers were terrific and they used the reverse swing well."
Tendulkar is being given an award from the PCA for becoming the highest run-scorer in Test cricket. One more trophy for an overflowing cabinet. Sourav Ganguly also gets one for it being his final Test in Mohali.
Dhoni: "We got the perfect start after winning the toss and we were up to the mark in all departments. It was a very good track to bat on. I think Mishra bowled really well after a perfect start from the fast bowlers. It was a perfect Test match for us ... A lot depended on how quickly we could get the reverse swing going for nothing much was happening with the new ball. We were able to reverse swing the ball from the 12th or teh 13th over and after that it became hard for the batsman.
Dhoni is also the Man-of-the Match for his two aggressive half-centuries and for his captaincy. His had a terrific match.
That's about it from us at Cricinfo for this Test. We'll be back in a week's time for the Delhi Test. That you for all your emails. On behalf of Kanishkaa and Siddharth Ravindran, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers!
MJ Clarke c Sehwag b Mishra 69 (236m 152b 9x4 0x6) SR: 45.39
END OF OVER:64 | 1 Run | AUS: 195/9
- Peter Siddle0 (4b)
- Michael Clarke69 (148b)
- Harbhajan Singh20-3-36-3
- Amit Mishra11-2-35-1
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