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In a rain-affected match, Australia got off to a good start with Justin Langer scoring a hundred. Scores from the remaining three batsmen out of the top four (Hayden (37), Ponting (54) and Martyn (42)) took Australia to 262 for the loss of just two wickets at the end of first day's play. Only 18 overs were possible on the second day but the ...
The match came alive after that and VVS Laxman the next batsman, avoided the hattrick by squirting the ball through gully. Thereafter, India had no problems absolutely, as Rahul Dravid and Laxman took the score to respectability with Dravid dominating the partnership, scoring 43 only off 47 balls, while Laxman charmed his way on to a breezy 24.
Ajinkya Rahane (38*) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (20*) then lasted out the final 12 overs as the match ended in a draw. Starc, Hazlewood and Lyon picked up 2 wickets. Steve Smith was named man of the match and man of the series. The draw meant Australia regained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy with a 2–0 series win.
Glenn Maxwell (Aus) scored his maiden Test century and became the second player for Australia to score a century in all three international formats. [ 26 ] Steve Smith's score of 178 not out is the highest score by an Australian captain in India and 3rd highest overall score by an Australian in India.
Australia lost the first two Tests of the series, the second of them by a heavy margin: an innings and 135 runs. In this game, Australia became the first team in Test cricket to declare in its first innings, and then lose the match by an innings. [4] With two Test matches left, the best Australia could hope for was a drawn series.
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.
The last tour of 1991–92, that included a five-match Test series, had ended in a 4–0 loss. India's captain Sachin Tendulkar expected his team to "do well" in the tour ahead of arrival. [1] But Mohammad Azharuddin match fixing allegations & calls for his subsequent life ban from International Cricket rocked India in 1999. Going into the Test ...
The first player to record a five-wicket haul in a Test innings was Australian Billy Midwinter in the second innings of the first Test cricket match ever played. The opponents were England. In the same match, two other players - Alfred Shaw of England and Australian Tom Kendall also recorded five-wicket hauls.