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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
424 & 169 Series badge AUS
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Overs: 61.0 RR: 2.77 vs spin: 2.92
vs seam: 2.13
 Overs: 58.0 RR: 3.36 vs spin: 2.84
vs seam: 5.67
Wed 25/03/98 India v Australia, 3rd Test, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 8 wickets
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India - 1st Inns 424 (123.2; RR: 3.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
VVS Laxman c Taylor b Kasprowicz 6 24 1 0 25.00
NS Sidhu b Warne 74 135 8 3 54.81
RS Dravid b Warne 23 94 4 0 24.47
SR Tendulkar b Dale 177 207 29 3 85.51
M Azharuddin c Healy b Lehmann 40 114 2 0 35.09
SC Ganguly lbw b Dale 17 39 3 0 43.59
NR Mongia c Ponting b Warne 18 34 2 0 52.94
A Kumble c Waugh b Robertson 39 59 4 1 66.10
Harvinder Singh lbw b Dale 0 1 0 0 0.00
SLV Raju c Lehmann b Robertson 5 24 1 0 20.83
Harbhajan Singh not out 4 19 0 0 21.05
Extras (6b, 6lb, 0w, 9nb) 21  
TOTAL 424 all out (123.2 overs; RR: 3.44)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (VVS Laxman 8.1 ov), 109-2 (NS Sidhu 39.6 ov), 110-3 (RS Dravid 41.4 ov), 249-4 (M Azharuddin 76.5 ov), 294-5 (SC Ganguly 91.3 ov), 353-6 (NR Mongia 101.5 ov), 390-7 (SR Tendulkar 110.2 ov), 390-8 (Harvinder Singh 110.3 ov), 415-9 (SLV Raju 117.5 ov), 424-10 (A Kumble 123.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 29.0 4 76 1 2.62 0 5
AC Dale 23.0 6 71 3 3.09 0 2
SK Warne 35.0 9 106 3 3.03 0 2
GS Blewett 14.0 3 50 0 3.57 0 1
GR Robertson 11.2 1 58 2 5.27 0 0
ME Waugh 4.0 0 24 0 6.00 0 0
DS Lehmann 7.0 1 27 1 3.86 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 400 (111.3; RR: 3.59)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater c Mongia b Singh 91 117 14 2 77.78
MA Taylor c Mongia b Kumble 14 43 1 0 32.56
GS Blewett b Singh 4 25 0 0 16.00
ME Waugh not out 153 267 13 4 57.30
DS Lehmann c Laxman b Singh 52 67 8 0 77.61
RT Ponting c Tendulkar b Kumble 16 30 0 0 53.33
IA Healy c Mongia b Kumble 4 5 1 0 80.00
SK Warne c Singh b Raju 33 52 3 1 63.46
GR Robertson c Azharuddin b Kumble 4 33 0 0 12.12
MS Kasprowicz lbw b Kumble 4 26 0 0 15.38
AC Dale c Laxman b Kumble 5 9 0 0 55.56
Extras (12b, 5lb, 0w, 3nb) 20  
TOTAL 400 all out (111.3 overs; RR: 3.59)

Fall of wickets

68-1 (MA Taylor 15.6 ov), 77-2 (GS Blewett 22.4 ov), 143-3 (MJ Slater 36.6 ov), 249-4 (DS Lehmann 62.2 ov), 274-5 (RT Ponting 69.5 ov), 286-6 (IA Healy 71.6 ov), 350-7 (SK Warne 89.4 ov), 378-8 (GR Robertson 101.6 ov), 394-9 (MS Kasprowicz 109.2 ov), 400-10 (AC Dale 111.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Harvinder Singh 7.0 0 44 1 6.29 0 2
SC Ganguly 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 2
A Kumble 41.3 8 98 6 2.39 0 0
SLV Raju 37.0 7 118 1 3.19 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 23.0 1 112 2 4.87 0 1
VVS Laxman 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 169 (61.0; RR: 2.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
VVS Laxman c Ponting b Warne 15 41 2 0 36.59
NS Sidhu c Lehmann b Warne 44 62 6 1 70.97
RS Dravid c Healy b Robertson 6 31 0 0 19.35
SR Tendulkar c & b Kasprowicz 31 64 4 0 48.44
M Azharuddin b Kasprowicz 18 53 2 0 33.96
SC Ganguly b Robertson 16 55 0 0 29.09
NR Mongia not out 12 37 0 0 32.43
A Kumble lbw b Robertson 9 14 2 0 64.29
Harvinder Singh lbw b Kasprowicz 0 8 0 0 0.00
SLV Raju b Kasprowicz 2 5 0 0 40.00
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Kasprowicz 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (5b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb) 16  
TOTAL 169 all out (61.0 overs; RR: 2.77)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (VVS Laxman 12.6 ov), 61-2 (NS Sidhu 20.2 ov), 92-3 (RS Dravid 27.4 ov), 111-4 (SR Tendulkar 37.5 ov), 127-5 (M Azharuddin 43.5 ov), 144-6 (SC Ganguly 53.4 ov), 158-7 (A Kumble 57.3 ov), 159-8 (Harvinder Singh 58.6 ov), 163-9 (SLV Raju 60.1 ov), 169-10 (Harbhajan Singh 61.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 18.0 5 28 5 1.56 0 1
AC Dale 5.0 1 21 0 4.20 0 0
SK Warne 25.0 6 80 2 3.20 0 5
GR Robertson 12.0 2 28 3 2.33 0 0
GS Blewett 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 195-2 (58.0; RR: 3.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor not out 102 193 17 0 52.85
MJ Slater c Azharuddin b Tendulkar 42 73 3 1 57.53
GS Blewett lbw b Kumble 5 23 0 0 21.74
ME Waugh not out 33 59 4 0 55.93
RT Ponting  
DS Lehmann  
IA Healy  
SK Warne  
GR Robertson  
MS Kasprowicz  
AC Dale  
Extras (8b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 195-2 (58.0 overs; RR: 3.36)

Fall of wickets

91-1 (MJ Slater 28.6 ov), 114-2 (GS Blewett 37.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Harvinder Singh 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
A Kumble 22.4 5 63 1 2.86 0 0
SLV Raju 15.0 4 37 0 2.47 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 6.0 1 24 0 4.00 0 0
SR Tendulkar 11.2 1 41 1 3.73 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Bangalore, 3rd Test

Date

Wednesday March 25, 1998

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Umpires

DR Shepherd, VK Ramaswamy

India Team

Playing XI

NS Sidhu, M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar, SLV Raju, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, NR Mongia, RS Dravid, VVS Laxman, Harvinder Singh, Harbhajan Singh

Australia Team

Playing XI

IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, MJ Slater, GS Blewett, GR Robertson, RT Ponting, MS Kasprowicz, DS Lehmann, AC Dale