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| Venue | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 29th, 30th, 31st October, 1st, 2nd November 2008 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pakistan), BF Bowden (New Zealand) |
| TV umpire | SL Shastri |
| Referee | BC Broad (England) |
| Reserve Umpire | SN Bandekar |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 296/3 (Gambhir 149*, Laxman 54*; 89 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 50/0 (Hayden 16*, Katich 29*; 15 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 338/4 (Clarke 21*, Watson 4*; 105 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 43/2 (Gambhir 21*, Dravid 5*; 13 overs) |
| Player of the Match | VVS Laxman |
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| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | b Watson | 206 | 380 | 550 | 26 | 1 | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Lee | 1 | 2 | 10 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Hayden b Johnson | 11 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Haddin b Johnson | 68 | 126 | 188 | 11 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 200 | 301 | 465 | 21 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Ponting b Katich | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| +MS Dhoni | c Haddin b Watson | 27 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 1 | |
| *A Kumble | lbw b Johnson | 45 | 73 | 84 | 7 | - | |
| Z Khan | not out | 28 | 21 | 23 | 5 | - | |
| I Sharma | did not bat | ||||||
| A Mishra | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 703 minutes, 161 overs) | 613 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Dravid, 10.4 ov), 3-157 (Tendulkar, 51.5 ov), 4-435 (Gambhir, 123.6 ov), 5-444 (Ganguly, 126.2 ov), 6-481 (Dhoni, 133.4 ov), 7-579 (Kumble, 155.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 30 | 2 | 119 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Clark | 33 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnson | 32 | 4 | 142 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Watson | 20 | 4 | 66 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| White | 15 | 1 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 14 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Katich | 15 | 3 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ponting | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | lbw b Sehwag | 83 | 154 | 247 | 13 | 1 | |
| SM Katich | b Mishra | 64 | 116 | 152 | 10 | - | |
| *RT Ponting | b Sehwag | 87 | 165 | 224 | 14 | - | |
| MEK Hussey | b Sehwag | 53 | 146 | 187 | 7 | - | |
| MJ Clarke | c Khan b Mishra | 112 | 253 | 357 | 6 | 1 | |
| SR Watson | b Sehwag | 36 | 62 | 84 | 8 | - | |
| +BJ Haddin | st Dhoni b Kumble | 17 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |
| CL White | b Sehwag | 44 | 95 | 120 | 5 | 1 | |
| B Lee | lbw b Kumble | 8 | 47 | 47 | - | - | |
| MG Johnson | c and b Kumble | 15 | 12 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| SR Clark | not out | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (28 b, 17 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) | 57 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 745 minutes, 179.3 overs) | 577 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-123 (Katich, 34.1 ov), 2-202 (Hayden, 57.2 ov), 3-284 (Ponting, 85.4 ov), 4-326 (Hussey, 101.6 ov), 5-399 (Watson, 122.1 ov), 6-426 (Haddin, 131.5 ov), 7-532 (White, 162.5 ov), 8-555 (Lee, 175.4 ov), 9-567 (Clarke, 178.1 ov), 10-577 (Johnson, 179.3 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 23 | 5 | 86 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Sharma | 25 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kumble | 43.3 | 9 | 112 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Mishra | 47 | 12 | 144 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Sehwag | 40 | 9 | 104 | 5 | - | - | |
| Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | lbw b Johnson | 36 | 107 | 170 | 5 | - | |
| V Sehwag | b Lee | 16 | 17 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| I Sharma | c Ponting b Clark | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | b Lee | 11 | 37 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Hayden b White | 47 | 120 | 159 | 4 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 59 | 130 | 167 | 7 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 32 | 53 | 81 | 3 | 1 | |
| +MS Dhoni | did not bat | ||||||
| *A Kumble | did not bat | ||||||
| Z Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| A Mishra | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 338 minutes, 77.3 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Sehwag, 8.2 ov), 2-34 (Sharma, 9.1 ov), 3-53 (Dravid, 20.4 ov), 4-93 (Gambhir, 36.5 ov), 5-145 (Tendulkar, 57.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 17 | 3 | 48 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Clark | 12 | 6 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 20.3 | 7 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Katich | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| White | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watson | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | not out | 16 | 29 | 27 | 4 | - | |
| SM Katich | not out | 14 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| *RT Ponting | did not bat | ||||||
| MEK Hussey | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Haddin | did not bat | ||||||
| CL White | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 27 minutes, 8 overs) | 31 | |||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mishra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |