Fourth Test Match in Delhi India Vs Australia - March 22 - 26,2013

India Squad
Ajinkya Rahane,Murali Vijay,Cheteshwar Pujara,Sachin Tendulkar,Virat Kohli,Ravindra Jadeja,M S Dhoni,R Aswin,Pragyan Ojha,Bhuvaneshwar Kumar,Ishant Sharma

Test debut Ajinkya Rahane (India).Harbhajan Singh hands Ajinkya Rahane his Test Cap

Shane Watson became Australia's 44th Test Captain in the India v Australia, 4th Test in Delhi being played during March 22-26, 2013

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Day 1
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
4/1(1.4 Overs) David Warner 0(in 4 Balls)
71/2(20.6 Overs)Phillip Hughes 45(in 59 Balls with 4x10)

At Lunch Australia were 94/2 in 28.0 overs with Ed Cowan 27* and Shane Watson 16* at the crease
106/3(32.6 Overs)Ed Cowan 38(in 99 Balls with 4x7)

115/4(38.5 Overs)Shane Watson 17(in 56 Balls with 4x3)
117/5(40.4 Overs)Mathew Wade 2 (in 5 Balls)
129/6(36.2Overs)Glenn Maxwell 10(in 16 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1)
136/79(53. 6 Overs)Mitchell Johnson 3(in 22 Balls)
At Tea Australia were153/7 in 67.0 overs with Steven Smith 25* and Peter Siddle 5* at the crease
189/8(81.2 Overs)Steven Smith 46(in 145 Balls with 4x3 and 6x2)
At close of play,Australia were 231/8 in 98.0 overs with Peter Siddle 47* and James Pattinson 11*

Day Two
243/9(102.1 Overs)Peter Siddle 51(in 136 Balls with 4x5)

262/10(112.1Overs)James Pattinson 30(in 91 Balls with 4x3)
Nathan Lyon 8*(in 40 Balls)remain unbeaten at the crease
Wicket Takers(India)
R Aswin 5-57(34 Overs)

Ishant Sharma 2-35(14 Overs)

Ravindra Jadeja 2-40(29 Overs)

Pragyan Ojha  1-75(26.1 Overs) -James Pattinson was the 100th wicket for Pragyan Ojha in Test Matches

At Lunch,India were 59/0 in 14.0 overs with Murali Vijay 23* andCheteshwar Pujara 28* at the crease
Fall of Wickets(India)
108/1(25.1 Overs)Cheteshwar Pujara 52(in 76 Balls with 4x5)

114/2 (27.5 Overs)Virat Kohli 1(in 8 Balls)
At Tea,India were 135/2 in 38.0 overs with Murali Vijay 54* and Sachin Tendulkar 12*at the crease
148/3(40.4 Overs)Murali Vijay 57(in 123 Balls with 4x8)

165/4(45.4 Overs)Ajinkya Rahane 7(in 19 Balls with 4x1)
180/5(47.5 Overs)Sachin Tendulkar 32(in 53 Balls with 4x5)
210/6(52.5 Overs)M S Dhoni 24(in 23 Balls with 4x2)

254/7(63.2 Overs)Ravindra Jadeja 43(in 49 Balls with 4x6)

266/8(68.1 Overs)R Aswin 12(in 41 Balls with 4x1)
At close of play Day2,India were 266/8 with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 10* at the crease

Day Three
272/9(70.1 Overs)Ishant Sharma 0(in 6
272/10 (70.2 Overs Pragyan Ojha 0(in 1 Ball)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 14*(in 23 Balls with 4x2)remain unbeaten at the crease
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Nathan Lyon 7-94(23.2 Overs)
Glenn Maxwell 1-12(4 Overs)
Peter Siddle 1-38(12 Overs)
James Pattinson 1-54(14 Overs)
India had a first innings lead of just 10 Runs
Nathan Lyon (7/94) has produced his best bowling performance in Tests.His only other five-wicket haul is 5 for 68 against the West Indies at Port of Spain in April 2012.Lyon's figures are the third best by an Australian spinner in India - the top two being 8 for 215 at Nagpur in November 2008 and 7 for 72 by Richie Benaud at Chennai in October 1956.The only other Australian spinner to take seven wickets in an innings in India is Jim Higgs - 7 for 143 at Chennai in October 1956.Lyon, with match figures of 9 for 165 are his career-best in a Test match

Fall of Wickets(Australia)
15/1(4.3 Overs)Glenn Maxwell 8(in 14 Balls with 4x1)
20/2(6.1 Overs)David Warner 8(in 15 Balls with 4x1)
41/3(13.4 Overs)Phillip Hughes 6(in 23 Balls)
51/4(17.3 Overs)Shane Watson 5(in 11 Balls with 4x1)
53/5(18.4 Overs)Ed Cowan 24(in 44 Balls with 4x50
At Lunch,Australia were 89/5 in 31.0 overs with Steven Smith 17* and Mathew Wade 16*at the crease
94/6(32.1 Overs)Steven Smith 18(in 53 Balls with 4x1)
94/7(32.2 Overs)Mitchell Johnson 0(in 1 Ball)
122/8(35.5 Overs)Mathew Wade 19(in 38 Balls with 4x2)
157/9(44.4 Overs)James Pattinson 11 (in 28 Balls with 4x1)
164/10(46.3 Overs)Peter Siddle 50(in 45 Balls with 4x7)

Peter Siddle (51 & 50) has become the first number nine batsman to register fifties in each innings of a Test match.Siddle is the fourth Australian number nine batsman to register 100 runs or more in a Test match, joining Jack Gregory, Clem Hill and Ray Lindwall.
Wicket Takers(India)
Ravindra Jadeja 5-58(16 Overs)
Pragyan Ojha     2-19(11 Overs)
R Aswin             2-55(15.3 Overs)
Ishant Sharma    1-13(2 Overs)
Jadeja's match figures of 7 for 98 (2/40 + 5/58) are his career-best in a Test match, surpassing the six for 66 against Australia at Hyderabad in the second Test of the series
India scored 158/4 in 31.2 Overs in the 2nd innings
Fall of Wickets(India)
19/1(3.3 Overs)Murali Vijay 11(in 12 Balls with 4x2)

At Tea, India were 72/1 in 12.0 overs with Cheteshwar Pujara 40* and Virat Kohli 16* at  the crease
123/2(23.6 Overs)Virat Kohli 41(in 60 Balls with 4x4)
127/3(25.3 Overs)Sachin Tendulkar 1(in 5 Balls)
128/4(26.4 Overs)Ajinkya Rahane 1(in 5 Balls)
Cheteshwar Pujara 82*(in 92 Balls with 4x11) and M S Dhoni 12*(in 14 Balls with 4x2) at the crease
Cheteshwar Pujara has recorded fifties in both innings of the Delhi Test - a feat registered by him for the first time.
Pujara has posted 400 or more in successive series for the first time - 438 (ave.87.60) against England in 2011-12 and 419 (ave.83.80) against Australia.
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Glenn Maxwell 2-54(11 overs)
Nathan Lyon    2-71(15.2 Overs)
India won by 6 wickets and wins the 4-Test Match Series 4-0.The previous and only instance of an Australian cricket team being beaten 4-0 was in South Africa in the 1969-70 season, when Ali Bacher's team drubbed Bill Lawry's fatigued men by 170 runs, an innings and 129 runs, 307 runs and 323 runs.

Murali Vijay, with 430 runs at an average of 61.42, has topped the batting charts in the series - the fifth highest by an Indian opener in a Test series against Australia - the highest being 464 (ave.58.00) in four Tests by Virender Sehwag in 2003-04 in Australia

Player of the Match Ravindra Jadeja (India) - first Man of the Match award in Tests

Player of the Series R Ashwin (India)
Ashwin's tally of 29 wickets is the third highest by an Indian bowler in a Test series against Australia, next only to Harbhajan (32 at 17.03 in three Tests in 2000-01) and Bishan Singh Bedi (31 at 23.87 in five Tests in 1977-78).

Offspinner R Ashwin has surpassed former India captain Anil Kumble as the leading wicket-taker for India in a four-Test series. Ashwin claimed Phillip Hughes lbw for 6 on Sunday at the Feroz Shah Kotla as his 28th wicket of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and finished with 29 for the series at an average of 20.10 and strike-rate of 49.40 by taking out Peter Siddle as Australia were bowled out for 164 to set India a target of 155.

The previous record of 27 had been achieved by Kumble against Australia too, during the 2004-05 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

The most wickets in a series by an Indian bowler are the 35 taken by another spinner, BS Chandrasekhar, but that was in a five-match contest. 

Harbhajan Singh famously took 32 wickets in three Tests against Australia in 2000-01