Nagpur Test: India beat Australia by 172 runs
Dhoni gave Ganguly a gift to remember by making him "captain" during the last stage of the Test match as Australia slumped to a 172-run defeat. Congratulate Team India
By Agencies |
NAGPUR: MS Dhoni gave Sourav Ganguly a gift to remember by making him "captain" during the last stage of the Test match as Australia slumped to a 172-run defeat in Nagpur.
Only three teams -- the West Indies (v Australia in Antigua in 2003), India (v the West Indies in Port-of-Spain in 1976) and Australia (v England in Leeds in 1948) -- have chased more than 382 in the fourth innings to win a Test.
Australia went for quick runs in a bid to square the series, but lost overnight batsman Simon Katich (16), skipper Ricky Ponting (eight) and an unwell Michael Clarke (22) in the process.
Katich top-edged a Sharma delivery while swinging across the line, with wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni taking the catch.
Ponting failed to beat an Amit Mishra direct-hit from mid-off while going for a risky single.
Clarke, batting with a runner (Katich), was lucky to survive a confident leg-before appeal off Sharma early in his innings as the TV replays suggested the ball would have hit the leg-stump.
He did not last long, edging Sharma to the wicket-keeper.
Hayden offered a difficult chance on 35 when he attempted to reverse-sweep spinner Harbhajan Singh, but slip fielder Rahul Dravid failed to latch on to the ball. He has so far hit four boundaries in his 67-ball knock.
Only three teams -- the West Indies (v Australia in Antigua in 2003), India (v the West Indies in Port-of-Spain in 1976) and Australia (v England in Leeds in 1948) -- have chased more than 382 in the fourth innings to win a Test.
Australia went for quick runs in a bid to square the series, but lost overnight batsman Simon Katich (16), skipper Ricky Ponting (eight) and an unwell Michael Clarke (22) in the process.
Katich top-edged a Sharma delivery while swinging across the line, with wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni taking the catch.
Ponting failed to beat an Amit Mishra direct-hit from mid-off while going for a risky single.
Clarke, batting with a runner (Katich), was lucky to survive a confident leg-before appeal off Sharma early in his innings as the TV replays suggested the ball would have hit the leg-stump.
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He did not last long, edging Sharma to the wicket-keeper.
Hayden offered a difficult chance on 35 when he attempted to reverse-sweep spinner Harbhajan Singh, but slip fielder Rahul Dravid failed to latch on to the ball. He has so far hit four boundaries in his 67-ball knock.
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