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Filed under IndvAus Nagpur Test 2008

Match : India vs Australia, fourth test match of 9th Border Gawaskar trophy in India.
Venue/Date : Vidharbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur, in India.. 6,7,8,9 & 10 November in year 2008.
Debuts : Murali Vijay for India & Jason Krejza for Australia
Result : India win by 172 runs. Wins series 2-0 & regains Border-Gawaskar Trophy.
Man of the match : Jason Krejza.
Man of the Series : Ishant Sharma.
Umpires : Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
Test Match No. : 1892.. 76th Ind v Aus test match. Australia have won 34 and India 18 unto this match.

This match had both teams locked for the Border-Gawaskar trophy.. before this - Australia had the trophy and hence lost the trophy after a long time.

Only the second test match between India and Australia at Nagpur - Australia had easily won their first essay here by 342 runs back in October 2004. but lost this one.

India vs Australia, 4th test match at Nagpur, 6-10 November 2008 : Scorecard
India (first Innings ) = 441 all out in 124.5 overs
Murali Vijay	c Haddin	b Watson	33	53 balls, 2x4
Virendra Sehwag		b Krejza	66	69 balls, 9x4, 1x6
Rahul Dravid	c Katich	b Krejza	0	2 balls
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw	b Johnson	109	188 balls, 12x4
VVS Laxman	c Haddin	b Krejza	64	141 balls, 5x4
Sourav Ganguly	c Clarke	b Krejza	85	153 balls, 8x4, 1x6
Mahendra Dhoni		b Krejza	56	97 balls, 4x4
Harbhajan Singh	not out		18*	24 balls, 4x4
Zaheer Khan		b Krejza	1	16 balls
Amit Mishra		b Krejza	0	1 ball
Ishant Sharma	c Katich	b Krejza	0	7 balls
Brett Lee = 16-2-62-0 (2 nb, 1 wd)		Mitchell Johnson = 32-10-84-1
Shane Watson = 20-5-42-1		Jason Krejza = 43.5-1-215-8
Cameron White = 10-1-24-0		Simon Katich = 3-0-8-0
Australia (first Innings) = 355 for 10 wickets in 134.4 overs
Mathew Hayden	run out	(M Vijay)	83	26 balls, 3x4
Simon Katich	lbw	b Zaheer	102	189 balls, 9x4
Ricky Ponting		b Harbhajan	24	41 balls, 3x4
Michael Hussey	run out	Vijay/Dhoni	90	229 balls, 8x4
Michael Clarke	c Dhoni	b Ishant	8	44 balls, 1x4
Shane Watson		b Harbhajan	2	22 balls
Brad Haddin	c Dravid	b Mishra	28	80 balls, 2x4
Cameron White	c Sehwag	b Harbhajan	46	133 balls, 4x4
Jason Krejza	lbw	b Ishant	5	21 balls
Mitchell Johnson	c Zaheer	b Mishra	5	25 balls
Brett Lee	not out		1	4 balls
Zaheer Khan = 28-8-68-1		Ishant Sharma = 26-9-64-2 (4 noballs, 2 wide)
Harbhajan Singh = 37-7-94-3		Amit Mishra = 23.4-5-58-2 (2 no balls)
Virendra Sehwag = 18-2-38-0		Sachin Tendulkar = 2-0-13-0
India (second Innings) = 295 all out in 82.4 overs
Virendra Sehwag	c Haddin	b Lee	92	107 balls, 10x4, 1x6
Murali Vijay	lbw	b Watson	41	81 balls, 5x4
Rahul Dravid	c Haddin	b Watson	3	18 balls
Sachin Tendulkar	run out	(Watson)	12	55 balls, 1x4
VVS Laxman		b Krejza	4	34 balls
Sourav Ganguly	c&b	b Krejza	0	1 ball
Mahendra Dhoni ©	c Hussey	b Krejza	55	81 balls, 4x4
Harbhajan Singh		b Watson	52	94 balls, 5x4
Zaheer Khan	c Haddin	b Krejza	6	11 balls, 1x4
Amit Mishra		b Watson	7	8 balls, 1x4
Ishant Sharma	not out		1	9 balls
Brett Lee = 10-3-27-0		Mitchell Johnson = 14-4-22-0
Jason Krejza = 31-3-143-4		Shane Watson = 15.4-2-42-4
Cameron White = 2-0-15-0		Michael Hussey = 4-2-3-0
Michael Clarke = 6-1-29-0		Extras=22 (b=6, lb=3, wd=6, nb=2, penalty=5)
Australia (second Innings target : 382) = 209 all out in 50.2 overs
Mathew Hayden	lbw	b Harbhajan	77	93 balls, 8x4, 1x6
Simon Katich	c Dhoni	b Ishant	16	16 balls, 3x4
Ricky Ponting	run out		8	6 balls, 2x4
Michael Clarke	c Dhoni	Ishant	22	30balls, 3x4
Michael Hussey	c Dravid	b Mishra	19	30 balls, 2x4
Shane Watson	c Dhoni	b Harbhajan	9	34 balls
Brad Haddin	c Sachin	b Mishra	4	10 balls
Cameron White	not out		26	49 balls, 2x4
Jason Krejza	st Dhoni	b Mishra	4	17 balls
Brett Lee	c Vijay	b Harbhajan	0	3 balls
Mitchell Johnson	lbw	b Harbhajan	11	16 balls, 1x4
Zaheer Khan = 8-0-57-0 (2 wides)		Ishant Sharma = 9-0-31-2 (1 no ball, 1 wide)
Harbhajan Singh = 18.2-2-64-4 (1 wd)		Virendra Sehwag = 4-0-23-0
Amit Mishra = 11-2-27-3 (1 wide)		India wins by 172 runs.

Note : Scorecard updated at end of Day 4 play.. Next Update - 5pm tomorrow.

Scorecard : India vs Australia 4th test, Nagpur : 6-10 November 2008

Preview : Sourav Ganguly's farewell on Red "untested" Nagpur Pitch

Day 1 : Both sides stand equal : Sachin Tendulkar's 40th century

Day 2 : Krejza & Katich Shine : Match split wide open.

Day 4 : Australia to chase 369 on last day : Draw not an option

India wins back Border-Gawaskar Trophy, Series 2-0.