3rd Test: India v Australia at Chennai, 18-22 Mar 2001

Test # 1539
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2000/01, 3rd Test
India v Australia
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
18,19,20,21,22 March 2001 (5-day match)

Result: India won by 2 wickets
Series: India wins the 3-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash and RE Koertzen (SA)
TV Umpire: CR Vijayaraghavan
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debuts: SV Bahutule, SS Dighe (Ind).
Men of the Match: Harbhajan Singh and ML Hayden
Man of the Series: Harbhajan Singh

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 326/3 (Hayden 147*, SR Waugh 43*, 90 overs)

Day 2: Australia 391, India 211/1 (Das 84*, Laxman 59*, 64 overs)

Day 3: India 480/9 (Bahutule 4*, Kulkarni 0*, 154 overs)

Day 4: India 501, Australia 241/7 (SR Waugh 43*, 80 overs)

Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Laxman           b Khan                 4   2   3  1 0
ML Hayden             c Ganguly          b Harbhajan Singh    203 474 320 15 6
JL Langer             c Dravid           b Harbhajan Singh     35  53  35  6 1
ME Waugh              c sub (HK Badani)  b Bahutule            70 153 136  7 1
*SR Waugh             handled the ball                         47 176 150  4 1
RT Ponting            st Dighe           b Harbhajan Singh      0   2   1  0 0
+AC Gilchrist         lbw                b Harbhajan Singh      1   8   6  0 0
SK Warne              c Das              b Harbhajan Singh      0  36  23  0 0
JN Gillespie          c Ganguly          b Harbhajan Singh      0  13  11  0 0
CR Miller             c Bahutule         b Harbhajan Singh      0   8   4  0 0
GD McGrath            not out                                   3  15  13  0 0
Extras                (b 8, lb 10, nb 10)                      28
Total                 (all out, 115.2 overs, 474 mins)        391

FoW: 1-4 (Slater, 0.3 ov), 2-67 (Langer, 11.4 ov),
     3-217 (ME Waugh, 51.2 ov), 4-340 (SR Waugh, 95.4 ov),
     5-340 (Ponting, 95.5 ov), 6-344 (Gilchrist, 97.3 ov),
     7-374 (Warne, 105.6 ov), 8-376 (Gillespie, 109.4 ov),
     9-385 (Miller, 111.2 ov), 10-391 (Hayden, 115.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                        15      5     57      1 (1nb)
Ganguly                      2      1     11      0 (1nb)
Harbhajan Singh             38.2    6    133      7
Kulkarni                    23      5     67      0
Bahutule                    21      3     70      1 (6nb)
Tendulkar                   16      1     35      0 (2nb)

India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                lbw                b McGrath             84 261 186 10 1
S Ramesh              c Ponting          b Warne               61 164 133  6 0
VVS Laxman            c ME Waugh         b McGrath             65 125  87 11 0
SR Tendulkar          c Gilchrist        b Gillespie          126 346 230 15 2
*SC Ganguly           c Gilchrist        b McGrath             22 114  76  3 0
R Dravid              c Gilchrist        b Gillespie           81 178 140 12 1
+SS Dighe             lbw                b Warne                4  32  24  0 0
SV Bahutule           not out                                  21  88  58  1 1
Z Khan                               c & b Miller               4  25  20  0 0
Harbhajan Singh       c ME Waugh         b Miller               2   2   3  0 0
NM Kulkarni           lbw                b Miller               4  50  38  0 0
Extras                (b 19, lb 2, w 1, nb 5)                  27
Total                 (all out, 165 overs, 697 mins)          501

FoW: 1-123 (Ramesh, 41.4 ov), 2-211 (Das, 64.1 ov),
     3-237 (Laxman, 70.2 ov), 4-284 (Ganguly, 96.3 ov),
     5-453 (Dravid, 138.5 ov), 6-468 (Tendulkar, 144.1 ov),
     7-470 (Dighe, 145.6 ov), 8-475 (Khan, 152.2 ov),
     9-477 (Harbhajan Singh, 152.5 ov), 10-501 (Kulkarni, 164.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     36     15     75      3 (2nb)
Gillespie                   35     11     88      2 (1nb, 1w)
Miller                      46      6    160      3
Warne                       42      7    140      2 (2nb)
Ponting                      2      1      2      0
ME Waugh                     3      0      8      0
Hayden                       1      0      7      0

Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
ML Hayden             c Khan             b Kulkarni            35  76  40  3 1
MJ Slater             c Laxman           b Harbhajan Singh     48  98  82  4 2
+AC Gilchrist         lbw                b Harbhajan Singh      1  11  11  0 0
JL Langer             c Laxman           b Bahutule            21  75  54  2 1
ME Waugh              c Dravid           b Harbhajan Singh     57 142 139  7 0
*SR Waugh             c Das              b Harbhajan Singh     47 166 125  5 0
RT Ponting            c Dravid           b Harbhajan Singh     11  29  25  0 1
SK Warne              lbw                b Harbhajan Singh     11  35  28  2 0
JN Gillespie          c Dravid           b Harbhajan Singh      2  46  47  0 0
CR Miller             lbw                b Harbhajan Singh      2  42  27  0 0
GD McGrath            not out                                  11  19  13  1 0
Extras                (b 8, lb 6, nb 4)                        18
Total                 (all out, 97.5 overs, 373 mins)         264

FoW: 1-82 (Hayden, 18.2 ov), 2-84 (Gilchrist, 21.2 ov),
     3-93 (Slater, 23.4 ov), 4-141 (Langer, 40.6 ov),
     5-193 (ME Waugh, 63.5 ov), 6-211 (Ponting, 71.4 ov),
     7-241 (Warne, 79.6 ov), 8-246 (SR Waugh, 87.1 ov),
     9-251 (Gillespie, 93.6 ov), 10-264 (Miller, 97.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                         4      0     13      0
Ganguly                      1      0      8      0
Harbhajan Singh             41.5   20     84      8
Kulkarni                    30     11     70      1
Tendulkar                   12      0     43      0 (1nb)
Bahutule                     9      0     32      1 (3nb)

India 2nd innings (target: 155 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                               c & b McGrath              9  35  17  2 0
S Ramesh              run out (Ponting/Gilchrist)              25  98  53  3 0
VVS Laxman            c ME Waugh         b Miller              66 136  82 12 0
SR Tendulkar          c ME Waugh         b Gillespie           17  27  17  3 0
*SC Ganguly           c ME Waugh         b Gillespie            4   9   5  1 0
R Dravid              c SR Waugh         b Miller               4   8   5  1 0
+SS Dighe             not out                                  22  73  48  3 0
SV Bahutule           c Warne            b Miller               0   3   3  0 0
Z Khan                c ME Waugh         b McGrath              0  31  14  0 0
Harbhajan Singh       not out                                   3  12   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 2)                              5
Total                 (8 wickets, 41.1 overs, 219 mins)       155

DNB: NM Kulkarni.

FoW: 1-18 (Das, 4.6 ov), 2-76 (Ramesh, 19.3 ov),
     3-101 (Tendulkar, 24.3 ov), 4-117 (Ganguly, 26.2 ov),
     5-122 (Dravid, 27.6 ov), 6-135 (Laxman, 33.2 ov),
     7-135 (Bahutule, 33.5 ov), 8-151 (Khan, 39.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     11.1    3     21      2
Gillespie                   15      2     49      2
Miller                       9      1     41      3
Warne                        6      0     41      0 (2nb)

12th Men: HK Badani (India) and DR Martyn (Australia)
Day 1
Australia 50 in 40 mins, 7.2 overs
Australia 100 in 86 mins, 19.1 overs
ML Hayden 50 in 64 balls, 99 mins, 4x4 4x6
Lunch: Australia 140/2 (Hayden 55* ME Waugh 25*, 28 overs)
Australia 150 in 132 mins, 31 overs
ME Waugh 50 103m, 88b, 5x4, 1x6
Australia 200 in 190 mins, 45.2 overs
ML Hayden 100 in 230m, 153b, 8x4, 5x6
Tea: Australia 248/3 (Hayden 106*, SR Waugh 12*, 59 overs)
Australia 250 in 241 mins, 59.1 overs
Australia 300 in 324 mins, 79.1 overs
Day 2
ML Hayden 150 in 373m, 252b, 12x4, 5x6
Australia 350 in 408 mins, 99.3 overs
ML Hayden 200 in 457m, 309b, 15x4, 6x6
Lunch: Australia 391 all out
India 50 in 71 mins, 16.3 overs
SS Das 50 in 110m, 85b, 8x4
India 100 in 132 mins, 33.3 overs
Tea: India 107/0 in 34 overs (Das 56*, Ramesh 48*)
S Ramesh 50 in 137m, 108b, 5x4
India 150 in 209 mins, 51.1 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 79m, 52b, 10x4
India 200 in 245 mins, 60 overs
Day 3
India 250 in 332 mins, 79.2 overs
Lunch: India 266/3 in 92 overs (Tendulkar 27*, Ganguly 14*)
India 300 in 422 mins, 100.1 overs
SR Tendulkar 50 of 164m, 109b, 6x4, 1x6
India 350 in 465 mins, 110.1 overs
Tea: India 378/4 in 120 overs (Tendulkar 77*, Dravid 48*)
R Dravid 50 off 100m, 77b, 9x4
India 400 in 520 mins, 122.5 overs
SR Tendulkar 100 off 287m, 195b, 10x4, 2x6
India 450 in 573 mins, 136.1 overs
5th wicket partnership of 150 runs between Tendulkar and Dravid came in 153 mins, 37.1 overs
Day 4
India 500 in 696 mins, 164.4 overs
Australia 50 in 49 mins, 11.2 overs
Lunch: Australia 69/0 in 16 overs (Hayden 34*, Slater 34*)
Australia 100 in 115 mins, 28.2 overs
Australia 150 in 179 mins, 44.4 overs
Tea: Australia 159/4 in 47 overs (ME Waugh 37*, SR Waugh 10*)
ME Waugh 50 in 115 balls, 7x4
Australia 200 in 255 mins, 67.5 overs
Day 5
Australia 250 in 93.4 overs
Lunch: India 23/1 in 7 overs (Ramesh 14*, Laxman 0*)
Lunch: India 23/1 in 7 overs (Ramesh 14*, Laxman 0*)
India 50 in 75mins, 14.4 overs
India 100 in 125 mins, 24.2 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 96 mins, 63 balls, 10x4
Tea: India 132/5 in 32 overs (Laxman 65*, Dighe 5*)
India 150 in 201 mins,38.4 overs

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Team Pages: India, Australia.

Ground Page: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, ML Hayden, JL Langer, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, CR Miller, GD McGrath.

India Player Pages: SS Das, S Ramesh, VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, R Dravid, SS Dighe, SV Bahutule, Z Khan, Harbhajan Singh, NM Kulkarni.

Match Officials' Pages: AV Jayaprakash, RE Koertzen, CR Vijayaraghavan, CW Smith.