Finally the 3rd test match between India and Australia finished in draw. VVS Laxman played a major role in this draw and he got the Man of the Match Award.
Laxman Says "I have always enjoyed playing against them. Unfortunately we couldn’t win the game but all of us put a good show. The wicket was slow, it was important to get adjusted to the pace of the wicket. Sachin and Gambhir put up a good partnership after the early wickets. On the third day we missed Anil .. he was unfortunately injured and we couldn’t put much pressure on them.
On his 100th Test coming up: It will be a great moment. It’s a dream of every cricketer who plays for his country. It has been a long journey. It was nice to score in this game, the last game played by Kumble. He has been a great role model. All of us are really proud to play with him. Even his last wicket, if you see, we were dropping sitters and he took that difficult catch."
| Australia in India, 2008 |
| India vs Australia, 3rd Test |
| Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 29-2, 2008 |
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| Match Information |
| Umpires: |
Billy Bowden (NZ) & Aleem Dar (Pak) |
| Third Umpire: |
Suresh Shastri (Ind) |
| Match Referee: |
Chris Broad (Eng) |
| Toss: |
India (Elected to bat) |
| Match Status: |
Match drawn |
| Man of the Match: |
VVS Laxman |
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| Batting: India 1st Innings |
| Batsmen |
India (613/7 in 161 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Gautam Gambhir |
b S Watson |
206 |
380 |
26 |
1 |
54.21 |
| Virender Sehwag |
lbw b B Lee |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Rahul Dravid |
c M Hayden b M Johnson |
11 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
35.48 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
c B Haddin b M Johnson |
68 |
126 |
11 |
0 |
53.97 |
| VVS Laxman |
not out |
200 |
301 |
22 |
0 |
66.45 |
| Saurav Ganguly |
c R Ponting b S Katich |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
62.50 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
c B Haddin b S Watson |
27 |
29 |
4 |
1 |
93.10 |
| Anil Kumble (c) |
lbw b M Johnson |
45 |
73 |
7 |
0 |
61.64 |
| Zaheer Khan |
not out |
28 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
133.33 |
| Amit Mishra |
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| Ishant Sharma |
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| Extras: |
b - 6, w - 2, nb - 6, lb - 8 |
22 |
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| Total: (613 for 7 in 161 overs) |
613 |
Run Rate: 3.81 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/5 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov.), 2/27 (Rahul Dravid, 10.4 ov.), 3/157 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.5 ov.), 4/435 (Gautam Gambhir, 123.6 ov.), 5/444 (Saurav Ganguly, 126.2 ov.), 6/481 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 133.4 ov.), 7/579 (Anil Kumble, 155.4 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Australia |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Brett Lee |
30 |
2 |
119 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Stuart Clark |
33 |
9 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.1 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
32 |
4 |
142 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4.4 |
| Shane Watson |
20 |
4 |
66 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3.3 |
| Cameron White |
15 |
1 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.9 |
| Michael Clarke |
14 |
0 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
| Simon Katich |
15 |
3 |
60 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Ricky Ponting |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.5 |
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| Batting: Australia 1st Innings |
| Batsmen |
Australia (577/10 in 179.3 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Matthew Hayden |
lbw b V Sehwag |
83 |
154 |
13 |
1 |
53.90 |
| Simon Katich |
b A Mishra |
64 |
116 |
10 |
0 |
55.17 |
| Ricky Ponting (c) |
b V Sehwag |
87 |
165 |
14 |
0 |
52.73 |
| Mike Hussey |
b V Sehwag |
53 |
146 |
7 |
0 |
36.30 |
| Michael Clarke |
c Z Khan b A Mishra |
112 |
253 |
6 |
1 |
44.27 |
| Shane Watson |
b V Sehwag |
36 |
62 |
8 |
0 |
58.06 |
| Brad Haddin (wk) |
st M Dhoni b A Kumble |
17 |
35 |
1 |
1 |
48.57 |
| Cameron White |
b V Sehwag |
44 |
95 |
5 |
1 |
46.32 |
| Brett Lee |
lbw b A Kumble |
8 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
17.02 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
c & b A Kumble |
15 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
125.00 |
| Stuart Clark |
not out |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Extras: |
b - 28, w - 2, nb - 10, lb - 17 |
57 |
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| Total: (577 for 10 in 179.3 overs) |
577 |
Run Rate: 3.21 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/123 (Simon Katich, 34.1 ov.), 2/202 (Matthew Hayden, 57.2 ov.), 3/284 (Ricky Ponting, 85.4 ov.), 4/326 (Mike Hussey, 101.6 ov.), 5/399 (Shane Watson, 122.1 ov.), 6/426 (Brad Haddin, 131.5 ov.), 7/532 (Cameron White, 162.6 ov.), 8/555 (Brett Lee, 175.4 ov.), 9/567 (Michael Clarke, 178.1 ov.), 10/577 (Mitchell Johnson, 179.3 ov.) |
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| Bowling: India |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Zaheer Khan |
23 |
5 |
86 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3.7 |
| Ishant Sharma |
25 |
5 |
84 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3.4 |
| Anil Kumble |
43.3 |
9 |
112 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2.6 |
| Amit Mishra |
47 |
12 |
144 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3.1 |
| Virender Sehwag |
40 |
9 |
104 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
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| |
| Batting: India 2nd Innings |
| Batsmen |
India (208/5 in 77.3 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Gautam Gambhir |
lbw b M Johnson |
36 |
107 |
5 |
0 |
33.64 |
| Virender Sehwag |
b B Lee |
16 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
94.12 |
| Ishant Sharma |
c R Ponting b S Clark |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Rahul Dravid |
b B Lee |
11 |
37 |
2 |
0 |
29.73 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
c M Hayden b C White |
47 |
120 |
4 |
0 |
39.17 |
| VVS Laxman |
not out |
59 |
130 |
7 |
0 |
45.38 |
| Saurav Ganguly |
not out |
32 |
53 |
3 |
1 |
60.38 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
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| Anil Kumble (c) |
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| Amit Mishra |
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| Zaheer Khan |
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| Extras: |
b - 0, w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 4 |
6 |
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| Total: (208 for 5 in 77.3 overs) |
208 |
Run Rate: 2.68 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/29 (Virender Sehwag, 8.2 ov.), 2/34 (Ishant Sharma, 9.1 ov.), 3/53 (Rahul Dravid, 20.4 ov.), 4/93 (Gautam Gambhir, 36.5 ov.), 5/145 (Sachin Tendulkar, 57.1 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Australia |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Brett Lee |
17 |
3 |
48 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.8 |
| Stuart Clark |
12 |
6 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
| Michael Clarke |
20.3 |
7 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.7 |
| Simon Katich |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
12 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.9 |
| Cameron White |
8 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
| Shane Watson |
7 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.9 |
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| |
| Batting: Australia 2nd Innings |
| Batsmen |
Australia (31/0 in 8 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Matthew Hayden |
not out |
16 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
55.17 |
| Simon Katich |
not out |
14 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
73.68 |
| Ricky Ponting (c) |
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