| Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 | ||
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| Dates | 29 September – 20 October 2007 | |
| Captains | Ricky Ponting | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Number of ODIs | 7 | |
| ODIs won | 4 | 2 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Andrew Symonds (365) | Sachin Tendulkar (278) |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Mitchell Johnson (14) | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (9) |
| Number of Twenty20s | 1 | |
| Twenty20 series | 0 | 1 |
| Most runs (Twenty20s) | Ricky Ponting (76 runs) | Gautam Gambhir (63 runs) |
| Most wickets (Twenty20s) | Michael Clarke (1 wicket) | Irfan Pathan (2 wickets) |
The Australian cricket team toured India from 29 September to 20 October 2007. Seven ODIs from 29 September to 17 October were played. The series also included a Twenty20 International match played on 20 October, at Mumbai. Australia won the ODI series 4-2, India won the Twenty20 match.
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Squads
ODI series
1st ODI
| September 29 (scorecard) |
Australia  307/7 |
v |  India9/1 |
Match Abandoned M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Suresh Shastri (IND) |
| Michael Clarke 130 (132) Sreesanth 3/55 (10 overs) |
Gautam Gambhir 4* (10) Mitchell Johnson 1/1 (1 over) |
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Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
They were 90/4 at one stage, but Brad Haddin and Micheal Clarke built a 144 run partnership to take Australia to 307/7
2nd ODI
| October 2 (scorecard) |
Australia 306/6 |
v | India 222/10 |
Australia won by 84 runs Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Suresh Shastri (IND) Man of the Match: Brad Haddin |
| Brad Haddin 87* (69) Sreesanth 3/67 (9 overs) |
MS Dhoni 58 (78) Brad Hogg 3/40 (9.3 overs) |
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3rd ODI
| October 5 (scorecard) |
Australia 290/7 |
v | India 243/10 |
Australia won by 47 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Suresh Shastri (IND) Man of the Match: Andrew Symonds |
| Andrew Symonds 89 (67) Irfan Pathan 2/57 (10 overs) |
Yuvraj Singh 121 (115) Brett Lee 3/37 (8 overs) |
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4th ODI
| October 8 (scorecard) |
India 291/4 |
v | Australia 283/7 |
India won by 8 runs Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Suresh Shastri (IND) Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Sachin Tendulkar 79 (119) James Hopes 2/43 (9 overs) |
Matthew Hayden 92 (92) Harbhajan Singh 2/43 (10 overs) |
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5th ODI
| October 11 (Scorecard) |
India 148/10 |
v | Australia 149/1 |
Australia won by 9 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara, India Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Amiesh Saheba (IND) Man of the Match: Mitchell Johnson |
| Sachin Tendulkar 47 (74) Mitchell Johnson 5/26 (10 Overs) |
Adam Gilchrist 79* (77) R. P. Singh 1/15 (2 Overs) |
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6th ODI
| October 14 (Scorecard) |
Australia 317/8 |
v | India 299/7 |
Australia won by 18 runs Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Amiesh Saheba (IND) Man of the Match: Andrew Symonds |
| Andrew Symonds 107 * (88) Zaheer Khan 2/62 (10 overs) |
Sourav Ganguly 86 (111) Brad Hogg 4/49 (10 overs) |
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7th ODI
| October 17 (scorecard) |
Australia 193 |
v | India 195/8 |
India won by 2 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Amiesh Saheba (IND) Man of the Match: Murali Kartik |
| Ricky Ponting 57 (78) Murali Kartik 6/27 (10 overs) |
Robin Uthappa 47 (59) Mitchell Johnson 3/30 (10 overs) |
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Murali Karthik took 6 wickets to blow Australia away for just 193, after they got to a good start. India faltered at the start of their reply and fell to 64/6. Robin Uthappa scored 47 but was dismissed LBW to Michael Clarke. In the end, Zaheer Khan and Murali Karthik held their nerves to guide India to victory.
Twenty20 Match
| October 20 (scorecard) |
Australia 166/5 |
v | India 167/3 |
India won by 7 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) and Suresh Shastri (IND) Man of the Match: Gautam Gambhir |
| Ricky Ponting 76 (53) Irfan Pathan 2/34 (4 overs) |
Gautam Gambhir 63 (52) Michael Clarke 1/14 (2 overs) |
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References
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External links
- Cricinfo: Australia in India
- India vs Australia 2007 Cricket Series in India
- India vs Australia 2008 Cricket Series in India
- India vs Australia 2007 Cricket Series in India news, live scores, videos and more
See also
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