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Test no. 1535

Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 2nd Test
India v Australia

2000/01 season

Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 11,12,13,14,15 March 2001 (5-day match)

Result India won by 171 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	c Mongia b Khan	42	134	99	7	1	42.42
	ML Hayden	c sub (HK Badani) b Harbhajan Singh	97	242	157	14	3	61.78
	JL Langer	c Mongia b Khan	58	131	91	9	1	63.73
	ME Waugh	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	22	50	31	4	0	70.96
	SR Waugh	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	110	305	203	11	1	54.18
	RT Ponting	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	6	22	12	1	0	50.00
	AC Gilchrist	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	SK Warne	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	lbw b Ganguly	7	26	28	1	0	25.00
	JN Gillespie	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	46	190	147	8	0	31.29
	GD McGrath	not out	21	37	28	2	0	75.00
	Extras	(b 19, lb 10, nb 7)	36

	Total	(all out; 131.5 overs)	445	(3.37 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-103 (Slater, 28.5 ov), 2-193 (Hayden, 53.4 ov), 3-214 (Langer, 58.3 ov), 4-236 (ME Waugh, 65.5 ov), 5-252 (Ponting, 71.2 ov), 6-252 (Gilchrist, 71.3 ov), 7-252 (Warne, 71.4 ov), 8-269 (Kasprowicz, 78.6 ov), 9-402 (Gillespie, 123.4 ov), 10-445 (SR Waugh, 131.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	28.4	6	89	2	3.10
BKV Prasad	30	5	95	0	3.16	(1nb)
SC Ganguly	13.2	3	44	1	3.30	(5nb)
SLV Raju	20	2	58	0	2.90
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	3.25
SR Tendulkar	2	0	7	0	3.50	(1nb)


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	c Gilchrist b McGrath	20	53	48	3	0	41.66
	S Ramesh	c Ponting b Gillespie	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	R Dravid	b Warne	25	115	82	4	0	30.48
	SR Tendulkar	lbw b McGrath	10	25	18	2	0	55.55
	SC Ganguly	c SR Waugh b Kasprowicz	23	61	51	4	0	45.09
	VVS Laxman	c Hayden b Warne	59	122	83	12	0	71.08
	NR Mongia	c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz	2	7	4	0	0	50.00
	Harbhajan Singh	c Ponting b Gillespie	4	17	15	1	0	26.66
	Z Khan	b McGrath	3	24	19	0	0	15.78
	SLV Raju	lbw b McGrath	4	17	15	0	0	26.66
	BKV Prasad	not out	7	47	23	0	0	30.43
	Extras	(lb 2, nb 12)	14

	Total	(all out; 58.1 overs)	171	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Ramesh, 1.3 ov), 2-34 (Das, 12.3 ov), 3-48 (Tendulkar, 18.4 ov), 4-88 (Dravid, 31.5 ov), 5-88 (Ganguly, 32.3 ov), 6-92 (Mongia, 34.1 ov), 7-97 (Harbhajan Singh, 38.4 ov), 8-113 (Khan, 43.5 ov), 9-129 (Raju, 47.4 ov), 10-171 (Laxman, 58.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	14	8	18	4	1.28
JN Gillespie	11	0	47	2	4.27
MS Kasprowicz	13	2	39	2	3.00	(7nb)
SK Warne	20.1	3	65	2	3.22	(5nb)


India 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	hit wicket b Gillespie	39	125	99	7	0	39.39
	S Ramesh	c ME Waugh b Warne	30	66	43	6	0	69.76
	VVS Laxman	c Ponting b McGrath	281	631	452	44	0	62.16
	SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	10	26	23	2	0	43.47
	SC Ganguly	c Gilchrist b McGrath	48	128	81	8	0	59.25
	R Dravid	run out (SR Waugh/Kasprowicz)	180	446	353	20	0	50.99
	NR Mongia	b McGrath	4	18	10	0	0	40.00
	Z Khan	not out	23	19	15	3	0	153.33
	Harbhajan Singh	not out	8	11	6	1	0	133.33
	Extras	(b 6, lb 12, w 2, nb 14)	34

	Total	(7 wickets dec; 178 overs; 737 mins)	657	(3.69 runs per over)

Did not bat SLV Raju, BKV Prasad

Fall of wickets1-52 (Ramesh, 16.4 ov), 2-97 (Das, 29.4 ov), 3-115 (Tendulkar, 35.6 ov), 4-232 (Ganguly, 66.4 ov), 5-608 (Laxman, 170.5 ov), 6-624 (Mongia, 174.3 ov), 7-629 (Dravid, 175.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	39	12	103	3	2.64
JN Gillespie	31	6	115	2	3.70	(1w)
SK Warne	34	3	152	1	4.47	(1nb, 1w)
ME Waugh	18	1	58	0	3.22
MS Kasprowicz	35	6	139	0	3.97	(13nb)
RT Ponting	12	1	41	0	3.41
ML Hayden	6	0	24	0	4.00
MJ Slater	2	1	4	0	2.00
JL Langer	1	0	3	0	3.00


Australia 2nd innings (target: 384 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ML Hayden	lbw b Tendulkar	67	198	118	6	0	56.77
	MJ Slater	c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	43	92	79	7	0	54.43
	JL Langer	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	28	16	21	3	2	133.33
	ME Waugh	lbw b Raju	0	15	10	0	0	0.00
	SR Waugh	c sub (HK Badani) b Harbhajan Singh	24	54	58	4	0	41.37
	RT Ponting	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
	AC Gilchrist	lbw b Tendulkar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	JN Gillespie	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	6	51	38	1	0	15.78
	SK Warne	lbw b Tendulkar	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	not out	13	64	56	2	0	23.21
	GD McGrath	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	12	32	27	2	0	44.44
	Extras	(b 6, nb 8, pen 5)	19

	Total	(all out; 68.3 overs; 272 mins)	212	(3.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-74 (Slater, 23.2 ov), 2-106 (Langer, 27.3 ov), 3-116 (ME Waugh, 30.2 ov), 4-166 (SR Waugh, 45.2 ov), 5-166 (Ponting, 45.6 ov), 6-167 (Gilchrist, 46.3 ov), 7-173 (Hayden, 48.3 ov), 8-174 (Warne, 50.3 ov), 9-191 (Gillespie, 59.4 ov), 10-212 (McGrath, 68.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	8	4	30	0	3.75	(2nb)
BKV Prasad	3	1	7	0	2.33
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	2.39
SLV Raju	15	3	58	1	3.86
SR Tendulkar	11	3	31	3	2.81	(6nb)
SC Ganguly	1	0	2	0	2.00

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 1-1

Player of the match VVS Laxman (India)

Umpires SK Bansal and P Willey (England)
TV umpire SN Bandekar
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
11 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 291/8 (SR Waugh 29*, JN Gillespie 6*, 90 ov)
12 Mar day 2 - India 1st innings 128/8 (VVS Laxman 26*, SLV Raju 3*, 46 ov)
13 Mar day 3 - India 2nd innings 254/4 (VVS Laxman 109*, R Dravid 7*, 75 ov)
14 Mar day 4 - India 2nd innings 589/4 (VVS Laxman 275*, R Dravid 155*, 165 ov)
15 Mar day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 212 (68.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Australia 50 in 80 mins, 16.5 overs
Lunch: Australia 88/0 in 26 overs (Slater 41*, Hayden 41*)
ML Hayden 50 in 127 mins, 77 balls, 10x4
Australia 100 in 128 mins, 28 overs
Australia 150 in 199 mins, 43.4 overs
Tea: Australia 193/1 in 53 overs (Hayden 97*, Langer 45*)
JL Langer 50 in 118 mins, 78 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Australia 200 in 253 mins, 55.4 overs
Australia 250 in 312 mins, 69.3 overs
Harbhajan Singh claimed a hattrick, taking the successive wickets Ponting, Gilchrist and Warne (Australia 252, Over No. 72)

Day 2
Australia 300 in 94.4 overs
New ball taken after 95 overs (Prasad's 23rd over)
SR Waugh 50 in 119 balls, 6x4
Australia 350 in 106.1 overs
Lunch: Australia 383/8 in 117 overs (SR Waugh 82*, Gillespie 38*)
Australia 400 in 122.5 overs
SR Waugh 100 in 185 balls, 10x4, 1x6
Tea: India 32/1 in 11 overs (Das 20*, Dravid 9*)
India 50 in 19.4 overs
India 100 in 38.5 overs

Day 3
India 150 in 53.1 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 67 balls, 11x4
Lunch: India 45/0 in 12 overs (Das 14*, Ramesh 30*)
India 50 in 14.1 overs
India 100 in 31.1 overs
Tea: India 122/3 in 40 overs (Laxman 31*, Ganguly 4*)
VVS Laxman 50 in 93 balls, 8x4
India 150 in 46 overs
India 200 in 56.5 overs
VVS Laxman 100 in 166 balls, 17x4
India 250 in 72.1 overs

Day 4
New ball taken after 80.2 overs (McGrath's 19th over)
India 300 in 371 mins, 89.1 overs
VVS Laxman 150 in 233 balls, 27x4
India 350 in 410 mins, 97.3 overs
R Dravid 50 in 121 balls, 7x4
Lunch: India 376/4 in 104 overs (Laxman 171*, Dravid 50*)
India 400 in 460 mins, 110.5 overs
VVS Laxman 200 in 304 balls, 35x4
India 450 in 517 mins, 124 overs
R Dravid 100 in 205 balls, 13x4
Tea: India 491/4 in 133 overs (Laxman 227*, Dravid 106*)
India 500 in 571 mins, 137.3 overs
VVS Laxman on 237 went past SM Gavaskar's 236* for the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in tests
VVS Laxman 250 in 392 balls, 41x4
India 550 in 645 mins, 154.5 overs
R Dravid 150 in 303 balls, 18x4

Day 5
India 600 in 167.4 overs
New ball taken after 174.3 overs (McGrath's 38th over)
India 650 in 177.4 overs
Lunch: Australia 24/0 in 12 overs (Hayden 10*, Slater 14*)
Australia 50 in 64 mins, 15.2 overs
Australia 100 in 107 mins, 27 overs
ML Hayden 50 in 91 balls, 4x4
Australia 150 in 163 mins, 40.2 overs
Tea: Australia 161/3 in 43 overs (Hayden 59*, SR Waugh 23*)
Australia 200 in 250 mins, 62.3 overs