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Almost 7 years ago, March 2001 it was when Indian beat Australia at Kolkata (after following on) to stop their winning streak of 16 matches.. That was Steve Waugh's team. Now Ricky Ponting's boys, won equaled the same invincible record, are now beaten at Perth.

Chasing target of 413, Australia were bowled out for 340 runs in 87 overs.

Prior to this loss at Perth, Australia played 24 tests at home - won 22 & drew 2. Last time they lost at home was at Adelaide, beaten by same Indian team. and guess what - next, last & 4th test match of current Border Gawaskar trophy 2007-08 will again be played at Adeialde Oval from 24th January. schedule.

Start of Day 4 of this third test match had overcast morning. Captain Kumble brought himself on, but didn't get much purchase off the pitch as the ball was fairly new - in comes 19 year old Ishant Sharma. Playing only his 4th test match - Ishant bowled 8 unplayable overs at Ricky Ponting but Aussie captain survived. After drinks, Kumble was ready to bring himself on, but Virendra Sehwag made the point that Ricky was on strike - Ishant is bowling well - give him another over!

Kumble - 'ek or dalega?'
Ishant - 'haan dalunga'
Meaning - Kumble asked if youngster could bowl another over, which he gracefully did - and got Ponting's wicket off the first ball off his 9th straight over of the day.

Since then, Indian fielders and bowlers rallied around each other & finished off any resilience that Aussie batters could show.

India vs Australia : 3rd test match, Perth full scorecard
India 1st Inn : 330 all out in 98.2 overs	Aus 1st Inn : 212 all out in 50 overs
Jaffer 16, Sehwag 29, Ganguly 9,	Rogers 4, Jaques 8, Ponting 20
Dravid 93(183), Tendulkar 71(128)	Hussey 0, Clarke 23, Symonds 66(70),
Laxman 27, Dhoni 19, Pathan 28	Gilchrist 55. Rudra 4/68, Pathan 2/63
India 2nd Inn : 294 all out in 80.4 overs	Aus 2nd Inn : 340 all out in 86 overs.
Jaffer 11, Sehwag 43(61), Dravid 3	Rogers 15, Jaques 16, Ponting 45,
Pathan 46(64), Sachin 13, Sourav 0	Clarke 81, Symonds 12, Hussey 46,
Laxman 79(156), Dhoni 38(87b, 2x6)	Gilchrist 15, Johnson 50* , Clark 32
Anil 0, Rudra 30, Clark 4/61, Lee 3/54	Pathan 3/54, RP 2/94, Kumble 2/2
India win by runs, series 2-1 in favour of Australia with 1 test to go..

Day 4 notes
**Adam Gilchrist was again seen putting a half squash ball inside his gloves, like he did in World Cup 2007 final against Srilankans.. BUT - he was bowled around his legs by Virendra Sehwag in just 3 balls after that.
**Rahul Dravid now equals Stephan Fleming of New Zealand with 166 test match catches. Only man ahead is Mark Waugh with 181 scalps.
**This is the first time any Asian cricket team has beaten Australia at the Perth cricket ground in Western Australia, known to be fastest in the world.

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