The Australian cricket team toured India from 27 September to 10 November 2008 and played four test matches, for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.[1] During the second test match in Mohali Sachin Tendulkar became the first person to make 12,000 runs in Test cricket breaking Brian Lara's record of 11,953 runs.[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 of runs.[5] In the first innings of the third test match in Delhi, Gautam Gambhir and V. V. S. Laxman became the first Indian players to both score a double century in a test innings.[6] This series also witnessed the last Tests of two Indian cricketers – Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly.[7]
Security concerns and controversy before the touredit
Before the Australian cricket team was scheduled to tour India and play a series of Test matches, one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches, it was doubtful if the Australian cricket team would tour India after the terror attacks in Delhi and the press briefing given by India's National Security Advisor M. K. Narayan that raised issues of security concern in the minds of Australia's cricketers.
On 13 September 2008, serial bomb blasts took place in India's capital city Delhi in which 30 people died and over 100 people were injured.[8] The very next day after the blasts, Cricket Australia (CA) issued a statement saying that it would review the security situation in the wake of the blasts and make its decision the next week after performing a risk assessment.[9] The Board of Control for Cricket in India, however, asserted that the blast would have no bearing on the cricket tour which would go ahead as scheduled.[10] However, a conflicting report made on 15 September claimed that the CA had briefed that the tour was on track.[11] Following these reports, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lashed at the Australian cricket establishment for agreeing to tour India while postponing their tour to Pakistan in early 2008 and accused the Board of adopting double standards.[12] One PCB official even called the Australians "lilly-livered cowards"[13] But Ricky Ponting issued a statement vindicating CA's stand by saying that the circumstances accompanying the cancellation of Australia's tour of Pakistan were entirely different.[14] before adding on 17 September that the tour was not confirmed yet[15] and that it could go either way.[16]
Australia batted first and centuries from Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey makes them put a score of 430 Indian pacer Zaheer Khan took five wickets. India reply with 360 with half centuries from Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh . Australia declared their second innings at 228/6 setting up India a target of 299 in the final day of play and India batsmen played carefully to end the match to draw.
Zaheer Khan was awarded Man Of the Match for his all-round performance in the match.
Prior to the Second Test starting on 17 October in Mohali, Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques (who did not play in the opening Test) was sent home after failing to overcome a back injury. He was replaced in the squad by Shaun Marsh, who had opened the batting in the recently concluded One Day Internationals against the West Indies and had been the leading run-scorer in the 2008 Indian Premier League.[20] Victorian fast-bowler Peter Siddle made his international debut, after Stuart Clark injured his elbow. Heavy rains interrupted pitch preparations for the Test, and curator Daljit Singh said, "Heavy rains came down as recently as 4 October and water, two and a half feet deep, collected on the surface which initially affected our ground preparations." The tourists had never played a Test at the venue; however, Indian batsmen Laxman, Sehwag, Dravid, Ganguly and Tendulkar all averaged over 50 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.[21][22]
Winning the toss and batting, India reached 5/311 by stumps on the opening day, and despite the rain, the pitch was flat with "hardly any swing or movement", enabling the batsmen to hit through the line of the ball. During the day, Sachin Tendulkar became Test cricket's highest run-scorer when he steered a Siddle delivery down to third-man for three. He overtook former West Indian batsman Brian Lara's previous record of 11,953 runs.[23] However, Australia struggled and managed 268 only after the last three wickets put on more than 100. India dominated for the rest of this match and Australia could barely keep up in this record-setting match.
India batted for almost two days to set themselves up in a dominant position. However the Australians were able to bat for another two days and save the test. The Indians declared late on the final day to give the retiring Anil Kumble a few final overs.
This game see-sawed throughout and going into the final day Australia were chasing a large target for victory, however in spite of some good early batting from Matthew Hayden amongst others, the target and the fifth day pitch proved too much for the Australians. The match also saw some unusual (and controversial) tactics on the fourth day by the Australians.[24] Following the Tea Break, they were in a dominant position, however they were a long way behind on their over rate. So to prevent a one match suspension to captain Ricky Ponting, they chose to bowl their part-time bowlers such as Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey (who were both unsuccessful in capturing a wicket), to make it up. This drew strong criticism from manycommentators, who suggested that their faster bowlers could have bowled from a shorter run-up[citation needed]. This was also the last test match for Sourav Ganguly.
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The Australian cricket team toured India from 27 September to 10 November 2008 and played four test matches for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 1 During the second test match in Mohali Sachin Tendulkar became the first person to make 12 000 runs in Test cricket breaking Brian Lara s record of 11 953 runs 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 of runs 5 In the first innings of the third test match in Delhi Gautam Gambhir and V V S Laxman became the first Indian players to both score a double century in a test innings 6 This series also witnessed the last Tests of two Indian cricketers Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly 7 Australian cricket team in India in 2008 09 AustraliaIndiaDates27 September 10 November 2008CaptainsRicky PontingAnil Kumble 1st 3rd MS Dhoni 2nd 4th Test seriesResultIndia won the 4 match series 2 0Most runsMichael Hussey 394 Gautam Gambhir 463 Most wicketsMitchell Johnson 13 Ishant Sharma 15 Harbhajan Singh 15 Player of the seriesIshant Sharma Ind Contents 1 Security concerns and controversy before the tour 2 Squads 3 Tour matches 3 1 Two day Rajasthan Cricket Association XI v Australians 3 2 Four day Indian Board President s XI v Australians 4 Test series 4 1 1st Test 4 2 2nd Test 4 3 3rd Test 4 4 4th Test 5 See also 6 ReferencesSecurity concerns and controversy before the tour editBefore the Australian cricket team was scheduled to tour India and play a series of Test matches one day internationals and Twenty20 matches it was doubtful if the Australian cricket team would tour India after the terror attacks in Delhi and the press briefing given by India s National Security Advisor M K Narayan that raised issues of security concern in the minds of Australia s cricketers On 13 September 2008 serial bomb blasts took place in India s capital city Delhi in which 30 people died and over 100 people were injured 8 The very next day after the blasts Cricket Australia CA issued a statement saying that it would review the security situation in the wake of the blasts and make its decision the next week after performing a risk assessment 9 The Board of Control for Cricket in India however asserted that the blast would have no bearing on the cricket tour which would go ahead as scheduled 10 However a conflicting report made on 15 September claimed that the CA had briefed that the tour was on track 11 Following these reports the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB lashed at the Australian cricket establishment for agreeing to tour India while postponing their tour to Pakistan in early 2008 and accused the Board of adopting double standards 12 One PCB official even called the Australians lilly livered cowards 13 But Ricky Ponting issued a statement vindicating CA s stand by saying that the circumstances accompanying the cancellation of Australia s tour of Pakistan were entirely different 14 before adding on 17 September that the tour was not confirmed yet 15 and that it could go either way 16 Squads editTest Squads nbsp India nbsp Australia Anil Kumble c Ricky Ponting c MS Dhoni vc wk Brad Haddin wk vc Virender Sehwag Michael Clarke Rahul Dravid Matthew Hayden Sourav Ganguly Shaun Marsh V V S Laxman Michael Hussey Harbhajan Singh Cameron White 17 Rudra Pratap Singh Simon Katich Munaf Patel Shane Watson Zaheer Khan Doug Bollinger Gautam Gambhir Peter Siddle Sachin Tendulkar Jason Krejza Subramaniam Badrinath Mitchell Johnson Amit Mishra Stuart Clark Ishant Sharma Brett Lee Murali Vijay 18 Bryce McGain 19 Tour matches editTwo day Rajasthan Cricket Association XI v Australians edit 27 28 September 2008 Scorecard Australians nbsp v Rajasthan Cricket Association XI 218 77 1 overs Simon Katich 73 105 Gajendra Singh 5 58 22 1 overs 122 52 2 overs Robin Bist 34 92 Doug Bollinger 3 9 9 2 overs Match drawnSawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur Umpires Kamlesh Sharma and Vijendra Yadav Australians won the toss and elected to bat Rajasthan Cricket Association XI played with 13 players 11 to bat and field and Australians with 15 11 to bat and field Four day Indian Board President s XI v Australians edit 2 4 October 2008 Scorecard Indian Board President s XI v nbsp Australians 455 108 4 overs Rohit Sharma 105 144 Mitchell Johnson 4 75 23 4 overs 314 120 3 overs Michael Hussey 126 302 Piyush Chawla 5 89 40 overs 292 4d 70 overs Yuvraj Singh 113 143 Stuart Clark 3 33 13 overs 127 2 38 overs Ricky Ponting 58 97 Manpreet Gony 1 20 4 overs Match drawnRajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Hyderabad Umpires Amiesh Saheba and Shavir Tarapore Indian Board President s XI won the toss and elected to bat Test series edit1st Test edit 9 13 October Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp India 430 149 5 overs Michael Hussey 146 276 Zaheer Khan 5 91 29 5 overs 360 119 overs Zaheer Khan 57 121 Mitchell Johnson 4 70 27 overs 228 6d 73 overs Shane Watson 41 72 Ishant Sharma 3 40 14 overs 177 4 73 overs Sachin Tendulkar 49 126 Stuart Clark 1 12 11 overs Match DrawnM Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore Umpires Asad Rauf Pak and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match Zaheer Khan Ind Rain delays on days 2 amp 3 bad light on day 5 Cameron White Aus made his Test debut Australia batted first and centuries from Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey makes them put a score of 430 Indian pacer Zaheer Khan took five wickets India reply with 360 with half centuries from Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh Australia declared their second innings at 228 6 setting up India a target of 299 in the final day of play and India batsmen played carefully to end the match to draw Zaheer Khan was awarded Man Of the Match for his all round performance in the match 2nd Test edit 17 21 October Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp Australia 469 129 overs Sourav Ganguly 102 225 Mitchell Johnson 3 85 27 overs 268 101 4 overs Shane Watson 78 156 Amit Mishra 5 71 26 4 overs 314 3d 65 overs Gautam Gambhir 104 138 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 68 84 Cameron White 1 48 8 overs 195 64 4 overs Michael Clarke 69 152 Harbhajan Singh 3 36 20 overs India won by 320 runsPunjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali Umpires Asad Rauf Pak and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ind Amit Mishra Ind and Peter Siddle Aus both made their Test debuts Prior to the Second Test starting on 17 October in Mohali Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques who did not play in the opening Test was sent home after failing to overcome a back injury He was replaced in the squad by Shaun Marsh who had opened the batting in the recently concluded One Day Internationals against the West Indies and had been the leading run scorer in the 2008 Indian Premier League 20 Victorian fast bowler Peter Siddle made his international debut after Stuart Clark injured his elbow Heavy rains interrupted pitch preparations for the Test and curator Daljit Singh said Heavy rains came down as recently as 4 October and water two and a half feet deep collected on the surface which initially affected our ground preparations The tourists had never played a Test at the venue however Indian batsmen Laxman Sehwag Dravid Ganguly and Tendulkar all averaged over 50 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium 21 22 Winning the toss and batting India reached 5 311 by stumps on the opening day and despite the rain the pitch was flat with hardly any swing or movement enabling the batsmen to hit through the line of the ball During the day Sachin Tendulkar became Test cricket s highest run scorer when he steered a Siddle delivery down to third man for three He overtook former West Indian batsman Brian Lara s previous record of 11 953 runs 23 However Australia struggled and managed 268 only after the last three wickets put on more than 100 India dominated for the rest of this match and Australia could barely keep up in this record setting match 3rd Test edit 29 October 2 November Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp Australia 613 7 dec 171 overs Gautam Gambhir 206 380 Mitchell Johnson 3 142 32 overs 577 179 3 overs Michael Clarke 112 253 Virender Sehwag 5 104 40 overs 208 5 dec 77 3 overs V V S Laxman 59 130 Brett Lee 2 48 17 overs 31 0 8 overs Matthew Hayden 16 29 Amit Mishra 0 2 2 overs Match DrawnFeroz Shah Kotla Delhi Umpires Aleem Dar Pak and Billy Bowden NZ Player of the match VVS Laxman Ind India batted for almost two days to set themselves up in a dominant position However the Australians were able to bat for another two days and save the test The Indians declared late on the final day to give the retiring Anil Kumble a few final overs 4th Test edit 6 10 November Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp Australia 441 124 5 overs Sachin Tendulkar 109 188 Jason Krejza 8 215 43 5 overs 355 134 4 overs Simon Katich 102 189 Harbhajan Singh 3 94 37 overs 295 82 4 overs Virender Sehwag 92 107 Shane Watson 4 42 15 4 overs 209 50 2 overs Matthew Hayden 77 93 Harbhajan Singh 4 64 18 2 overs India won by 172 runsVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur Umpires Aleem Dar Pak and Billy Bowden NZ Player of the match Jason Krejza Aus Jason Krejza Aus and Murali Vijay made their Test debuts Sourav Ganguly Ind played his last test This game see sawed throughout and going into the final day Australia were chasing a large target for victory however in spite of some good early batting from Matthew Hayden amongst others the target and the fifth day pitch proved too much for the Australians The match also saw some unusual and controversial tactics on the fourth day by the Australians 24 Following the Tea Break they were in a dominant position however they were a long way behind on their over rate So to prevent a one match suspension to captain Ricky Ponting they chose to bowl their part time bowlers such as Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey who were both unsuccessful in capturing a wicket to make it up This drew strong criticism from many commentators who suggested that their faster bowlers could have bowled from a shorter run up citation needed This was also the last test match for Sourav Ganguly Man of the Series Ishant Sharma equal top wicket taker with Harbhajan Singh 15 wicketsSee also editRicky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008 09References edit Schedule of the series Tendulkar breaks Lara s record ESPNcricinfo 17 October 2008 Retrieved 17 October 2008 Tendulkar makes history in Mohali Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 October 2008 Archived from the original on 19 October 2008 Retrieved 17 October 2008 Special Correspondent 18 October 2008 Tendulkar scales another peak The Hindu India Archived from the original on 20 October 2008 Retrieved 18 October 2008 India win Mohali Test by 320 runs Agencies 21 October 2008 Archived from the original on 24 October 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2008 Brett Oliver 30 October 2008 India v Australia 3rd Test BBC News Archived from the original on 2 November 2008 Retrieved 30 October 2008 I want to cherish this for a long period ESPNcricinfo 10 November 2008 Tripathi Rahul 14 September 2008 Serial blasts rock Delhi 30 dead 90 injured The Times of India India Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 Retrieved 13 September 2008 CA to review security situation in India following blasts Press Trust of India India Today Retrieved 17 September 2008 No threat to Australia tour BCCI Economic Times India 14 September 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 Australia condemns Delhi bombings cricket tour on track Tehran Times 15 September 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 PCB blasts Cricket Australia for double standard The Times of India India 15 September 2008 Archived from the original on 16 September 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 PCB calls Australians lily livered cowards Report The Times of India India 17 September 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 Todd Mark 18 September 2008 India not Pakistan Ricky Ponting says of tour The Australian Archived from the original on 18 September 2008 Retrieved 20 September 2008 Ponting says tour of India not confirmed PTI India Today 17 September 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 Security could still scupper Australia tour of India Ponting ABC Online AFP 17 September 2008 Retrieved 18 September 2008 Called up due to McGain injury Called up due to suspension to Gambhir for Fourth Test Sent home due to injury replaced by White Ponting and Armstrong 2009 p 27 Rain affects ground preparation ESPNcricinfo ESPN 15 October 2008 Retrieved 3 November 2009 Talya Siddhartha 16 October 2008 Not much for spin especially from overseas ESPNcricinfo ESPN Retrieved 5 November 2009 Tendulkar breaks Lara s record ESPNcricinfo ESPN 17 October 2008 Retrieved 5 November 2009 Cricket writers and commentators were stunned by what they saw as Ponting s efforts to improve Australia s sluggish over rate rather than going for broke to try and win the vital Nagpur Test Aussie press slams Ponting 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