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Australia declared setting India a target of 333 to win. Some commentators, such as Tony Greig, believed that Ponting had declared too late in the innings. The situation of the game meant that India needed a run rate of well over 4, highly unlikely on the fifth-day SCG pitch. Australia needed 10 wickets to win in a minimum of 72 overs.
The Second Test in the Australian cricket team's tour of India in early 2001 was a Test match played over five days at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from 11–15 March 2001. India won the match by 171 runs after being forced to follow-on , only the third time this has happened since Test cricket began in 1877.
Bad light stopped play on day 2 at 16:07 and the third session was abandoned. Bad light stopped play on day 3 at 19:11. Rain at 10:52 delayed start until 11.24, before bad light at 11:43 delayed restart until 12:29. Rain on day 5 at 10:49 delayed restart until 10.54. Brett Lee (Aus) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Ind) made their Test debuts.
Pujara (25) fell on the second ball of Day 3 and Vijay (68) was gone soon after. But then Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane put on a 77-run partnership as India were 3/224 at lunch. The pair continued after lunch and built a massive partnership as they both brought up centuries, Kohli's 3rd of the series, as they led India all the way to tea at 3/336.
Australia has the better record in the Cricket World Cup, having faced Indian 14 times. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup Final, Australia knocked out India tremendously.The last time the two cricket frenzy nations clashed in 2023 Cricket World Cup final match played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Australia again dominated India and Australia won by 6 wickets.
[2] [3] Sachin described "It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the record. [4] India's 320 run victory in the second test match was also their biggest win against Australia in terms of runs, eclipsing the 222-run victory that came in Melbourne in 1977 and their biggest test win ever in terms ...
This was the first win for India in Australia since February 1981. Rahul Dravid was Man of the Match. India led the series 1–0 [16] The third Test match was the traditional Boxing Day Test played at Melbourne. India got off to a good start, with Virender Sehwag scoring 195, and ended the first day at 4–329. But in the first session on the ...
This was the first Test to be played at this venue and the 800th Test played by Australia. [24] Murali Vijay (Ind) played his 50th Test. [24] Steve Smith (Aus) passed 5,000 runs in Tests, becoming the third-fastest and youngest Australian batsman to do so. [25] Glenn Maxwell (Aus) scored his maiden Test century and became the second player for ...