First Test Match at MAC Stadium,Chennai India Vs Australia -Feb 22-26,2013

  

India Squad                                                     

Virender Sehwag

Murali Vijay

Cheteshwar Pujara

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Ravindrasinh Jadeja

Mahendra Dhoni (C, W)

Ravichandran Ashwin

Harbhajan Singh

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Ishant Sharma

 

Australia Squad

David Warner
E J M Cowan
Philips Hughes
Shane Watson
Michael Clarke (C)
Matthew Wade (W)
Moises Henriques
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc
James Pattinson
Nathan Lyon

Test Debut - Moises Henriques (Australia); Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (India) Australia won the toss and chose to bat first Harbhajan Singh who is playing his 100th Test Match leads the Indian Team on Day 1 India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai,Friday Feb 22,2013  Steve Rixon hands debutant Moises Henriques(Australia) his baggy green Harbhajan Singh receives a memento from BCCI President N Srinivasan on playing his 100th Test Australia scored Fall of Wickets(Australia) 64/1(14.3 Overs)Ed Cowan(29 in 45 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1) 72/2(18.3 Overs)Phillip Hughes(6 in 15 Balls) At Lunch: Australia - 126/2 in 34.0 overs (David Warner 58* &Shane Watson 28* were at the crease) 126/3(44.4 Overs)Shane Watson(28 in 60 Balls with 4x3) 131/4(36.4 Overs)David Warner(59 in 93 Balls with 4x6) 153/5(46.6 Overs)Mathew  Wade(12 in 35 Balls with 4x1) At Tea: Australia - 215/5 in 66.0 overs (Michael Clarke 45* & Moises Henriques 29* were at the crease) 304/6(89.2 Overs)Moises Henriques(68 in 132 Balls with 4x5) 6th Wicket Partnershi: 150 runs in 253 balls (Michael Clarke 81* & Moises Henriques 68) Michael Clarke: 100 off 168 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6) 307/7(90.1 Overs)Mitchell Starc(3 in 3 Balls)  At close of play on Day 1 -Australia - 316/7 in 95.0 overs (Michael Clarke 103* & Peter Siddle 1*)  Day 2 Australia scored 380/10 in 133 Overs Fall of Wickets(Australia) 361/8(119.1 Overs)Michael Clarke(130 in 246 Balls with 4x12 and 6x1)   364/9(120.6 Overs Peter Siddle(19 in 94 Balls with 4x2) 380/10(132.6 Overs)Nathon Lyon(3 in 28 Balls) At Lunch: Australia - 380/10 in 133.0 overs (James Pattinson 15* unbeaten at the crease) Wicket Takers(India) R Aswin 7-103(42 Overs) Ravindra Jadeja 2-71(36 Overs) Harbhajan Singh 1-87(25 Overs)   India scored 182/3 in 52 Overs) Fall of Wickets(India) 11/1(3.2 Overs)Murali Vijay(10 in 15 Balls with 4x2) 12/2(5.2 Overs)Virender Sehwag(2 in 11 Balls) At Tea: India - 84/2 in 22.0 overs (Cheteshwar  Pujara 33* and Sachin Tendulkar 38* at the crease) 105/3(28.4 Overs)Cheteshwar Pujara(44 in 74 Balls with 4x6) At close of play on Day 2,India were 182/3(Sachin Tendulkar 71* and Virat Kohli 50*)were at the crease    Day 3 At Lunch India were 263/4 in 79 Overs(Virat Kohli 83* and M S DDhoni 37* )were at the crease
Fall of Wickets(India) 196/4(63.1 Overs)Sachin Tendulkar 81(in 159 Balls with 4x7) 324/5(89.2 Overs)Virat Kohli 107(in 206 Balls with 4x15 and 6x1) M S Dhoni and Virat Kohli put on 128 Runs Partnerhship for the 5th wicket	At Tea India were 371/6 in 105 Overs(M S Dhoni 97* and R Aswin 3*)were at the crease
365/6(102.6 Overs)Ravindra Jadeja 16 (in 45 Balls with 4x3)
At Tea India were 371/6 in 105.0 overs (MS Dhoni 97* and R Ashwin 3*)were at the crease 372/7(105.4 Overs)R Aswin 3(in 6 Balls) 406/8(115.2 Overs)Harbhajan Singh 11(in 31 Balls with 6x1) At close of play,India were 515/8 in 141 overs(M S Dhoni 206* and Bhunaneshwar Kumar 16*)
Day 4 546/9(146.3 Overs)M S Dhoni 224(in 265 Balls with 4x24 and 6x6) M S Dhoni and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar put on 140 Runs Partnership for the 9th Wicket 572/10(154.3 Overs)Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 38(in 97 Balls with 4x4) Ishant Sharma 4* remain unbeaten at the crease Wicket Takers(Australia) James Pattinson 5-96(30 Overs) Nathan Lyon 3-215(47 Overs) Moises Hrenriques 1-48(17 overs) Peter Siddle 1-66(24.3 Overs) At Lunch,Australia were 34/1 in 16.0 overs (Ed Cowan 13*)at the crease Fall of Wickets(Australia) 34/1(15.6 Overs)Shane Watson 17(in 46 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1) 64/2(28.6 Overs)Ed Cown 32(in 97 Balls with 4x3) 65/3(29.5Overs)Phillip Hughes 0 (in 3 Balls) 101/4(38.5 Overs)David Warner 23 (in 61 Balls with 4x2) 121/5(44.5 Overs)Mathew Wade 8 (in 22 Balls with 4x1) At Tea,Australia  were 128/5 in 49.0 overs (Michael Clarke 31* and Moises Henriques 5*)
131/6(49.3 Overs)Michael Clarke 31 (in 51 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1) 137/7(55.4 Overs)Peter Siddle 2(in 20 Balls) 161/8(63.1 Overs)James Pattinson 11 (in 26 Balls with 4x1) 175/9(65.5 Overs)Mitchell Starc 8 (in 7 Balls with 4x2) At close of play,Australia were 232/9 in 84 Overs(Moises Henriques 75* and Nathan Lyon 8* were at the crease  Day 5 Fall of Wickets(Australia) 241/10(92.6 Overs)Nathan Lyon 11(in 77 Balls with 4x1) Moises Henriques 81*(in 148 Balls with 4x6 and 6x2)remain unbeaten at the crease Wicket Takers(India) R Aswin 5-95(32 Overs) Ravindra Jadeja 3-72(31 Overs) Harbhajan Singh 2-55(27 Overs) India scored 50/2(11.3 Overs) Fall of Wickets(India) 16/1(2.6 Overs)Murali Vijay 6(in 12 Balls) 36/2(9.2 Overs)Virender Sehwag 19(in 23 Balls with 4x3) Cheteshwar Pujara 8*(in 24 Balls)& Sachin Tendulkar 13*(in 10 Balls with 6x2)were at the crease Wicket Takers(Australia)
James Pattinson 1-13(3 Overs) Nathan Lyon      1-29(5.3 Overs)
Match Result -India won by 8 Wickets and led the 4-match series 1-0 Player of the Match -M S Dhoni(India)