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Match : India vs Australia, third test match of 9th Border-Gawaskar Trophy in India.
Venue/Date : Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi. 29, 30, 21 October & 1 & 2 November 2008.
Debuts : none.

Result : Match Draw.
Man of the Match : VVS Laxman.
Umpires : Billy Bowden (New Zealand) & Aleem Dar (Pakistan).

Test Match No : 1891.. 75th India vs austalia test match.. australia have won 34 and India 17 before this match.

12 years and some 20 days after : India and Australia come back to Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi where Border-Gawaskar trophy was first started. Third test match of this 2008 series also marked the last performances of Sourav Ganguly (who is set to retire after the 4th test) and Anil Kumble who picked up un-imaginable 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan at this cricket ground in capital of India.

Australia has played 5 tests at the venue till now - only win coming in December 1959 and two losses. & two draws

India vs Australia, 3rd test match at Delhi, 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2008 : Full Scorecard
India (first Innings ) = 613 for 7 wickets declared in 161 overs
Gautam Gambhir		b Watson	206	380 balls, 26x4, 1x6
Virendra Sehwag	lbw	b Lee	1	2 balls
Rahul Dravid	c Hayden	b Johnson	11	31 balls, 1x4
Sachin Tendulkar	c Haddin	b Johnson	68	126 balls, 11x4
VVS Laxman	not out		200	301 balls, 21x4
Sourav Ganguly	c Ponting	b Katich	5	8 balls, 1x4
Mahendra Dhoni	c Haddin	b Watson	27	29 balls, 4x4, 1x6
Anil Kumble ©	lbw	b Johnson	45	73 balls, 7x4
Zaheer Khan	not out		28	21 balls, 5x4
Amit Mishra	did not bat
Ishant Sharma	did not bat
Brett Lee = 30-2-119-2 (2 no balls)		Stuart Clark = 33-9-69-0 (1 nb, 1 wd)
Mitchell Johnson = 32-4-142-3 (1wd)		Shane Watson = 20-4-66-2 (3 no balls)
Cameron White = 15-1-73-0		Michael Clarke = 14-0-59-0
Simon Katich = 15-3-60-1		Ricky Ponting = 2-0-11-0
Australia (first Innings) = 577 all out after 179.3 overs
Mathew Hayden	lbw	b Sehwag	83	154 balls, 13x4, 1x6
Simon Katich		b Mishra	64	116 balls, 10x4
Ricky Ponting		b Sehwag	87	165 balls, 14x4
Michael Hussey		b Sehwag	53	147 balls, 7x4
Michael Clarke	c Zaheer	b Mishra	112	253 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Shane Watson		b Sehwag	36	62 balls, 8x4
Brad Haddin	st Dhoni	b Kumble	17	35 balls, 1x4, 1x6
Cameron White		b Sehwag	44	95 balls, 5x4, 1x6
Brett Lee	lbw	b Kumble	8	47 balls
Mitchell Johnson	c&b	b Kumble	15	12 balls, 2x4.
Stuart Clark		not out	1	2 balls
Zaheer Khan = 23-5-86-0 (2 no balls)		Ishant Sharma = 25-584-0 (2 no balls 2 wides)
Anil Kumble = 43.3-9-112-3 (2 no balls)		Amit Mishra = 47-12-144-2 (4 no balls)
Virendra Sehwag = 40-4-105-4		Sachin Tendulkar = 1-0-2-0
India (second Innings) = 208 for 5 wickets declared in 77.3 overs.
Gautam Gambhir	lbw	b Johnson	36	107 balls, 5x4.
Virendra Sehwag		b Lee	16	17 balls, 2x4
Ishant Sharma	c Ponting	b Clark	1	2 balls
Rahul Dravid		b Lee	11	37 balls, 2x4
Sachin Tendulkar	c Hayden	b White	47	120 balls, 4x4
VVS Laxman	not out		59	130 balls, 7x4
Sourav Ganguly	not out		32	53 balls, 3x4, 1x6
Brett Lee = 17-3-48-2 (1 wide)		Stuart Clark = 12-6-22-1
Michael Clarke = 20.3-7-56-0		Simon Katich = 1-0-5-0
Mitchell Johnson = 12-0-23-1		Cameron White = 8-0-23-1
Australia (second Innings) = 31 for no loss in 8 overs
Mathew Hayden	not out		16	29 balls, 4x4
Simon Katich	not out		14	19 balls, 2x4
Anil Kumble = 4-0-14-0		Virendra Sehwag = 1-0-14-0

Scorecard : India vs australia 3rd test, Delhi : 29 Oct - 2 Nov 2008

Preview : India must win series to regain Border-Gawaskar Trophy

Day 1 : Glimps of Gambhir Greatness after India win crucial toss

Day 2 : of double tons as India delay declaration

Gautam Gambhir banned for Elbowing Shane Watson

Day 3 : Aussie batters on roll, India still in control.

Day 5 : Dull draw at Delhi as Anil Kumble retires