Related Link : India Vs Australia 2007/08
Venue : Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Toss : India won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Suresh Shastri (Ind) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Match Result : Australia won by 84 runs to lead the 7-ODI Series 1-0
Man of the Match : Brad Haddin
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (C&WK) c Tendulkar b Zaheer Khan 0 (5)
Mathew Hayden b Pathan 75 (89) 5 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Brad Hodge c Dhoni b Sreesanth 3 (10)
Michael Clarke st Dhoni b Pathan 27 (38) 3 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c&b Sreesanth 87 (83) 9 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Brad Haddin not out 87 (69) 8 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
James Hopes c Dravid b Sreesanth 4 (4)
Brett Lee not out 2 (2)
Brad Hogg
Mitchell Johnson
Stuart Clark
Extras: 21 (Wides : 15 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 306/6 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Gilchrist, 0.6 ovs), 2-8 (Hodge, 3.1 ovs), 3-66 (Clarke, 15.3 ovs), 4-160 (Hayden, 31.1 ovs), 5-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ovs), 6-297 (Hopes, 49.2 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 10-1-55-1 (2w)
Sreesanth 9-0-67-3 (2w)
Pathan 10-0-47-2 (3w)
Harbhajan Singh 10-0-57-0 (1w)
Powar 5-0-30-0
Tendulkar 3-0-22-0
Yuvraj Singh 3-0-22-0
India (Target : 307 from 50 Overs)
Gautam Gambhir b Johnson 7 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Symonds b Clark 16 (25) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Robin Uthappa lbw b Clark 41 (30) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Yuvraj Singh c Hayden b Hopes 10 (10) 1 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid c Johnson b Hogg 31 (48) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Hodge b Hogg 58 (88) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Irfan Pathan run out (Hogg/Clarke) 1 (7)
Harbhajan Singh st Gilchrist b Clarke 4 (10)
Ramesh Powar b Clarke 17 (18) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Zaheer Khan c Hodge b Hogg 3 (14)
Sreesanth not out 7 (25)
Extras: 27 (Wides : 10 No Balls: 7 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 6)
Fall of Wickets : 1-11 (Gambhir, 3.1 ovs), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.5 ovs), 3-79 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4 ovs), 4-87 (Uthappa, 14.2 ovs), 5-136 (Dravid, 25.1 ovs), 6-139 (Pathan, 26.6 ovs), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ovs), 8-179 (Powar, 34.6 ovs), 9-190 (Zaheer Khan, 39.2 ovs), 10-222 (Dhoni, 47.3 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 7-0-44-0 (2w 2nb)
Johnson 9-1-46-1 (5w)
Clark 6-0-14-2
Hopes 7-0-33-1 (1w 1nb)
Clarke 9-1-35-2
Hogg 9.3-0-40-3 (1w)