Australian national cricket team in India for the 2004/05 season

The Australian national cricket team's tour to India in the 2004/05 season took place from October 6 to November 5, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004/05 international cricket season and consisted of four tests . Australia won the series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003/04 season in Australia .

Stages

Bangalore Chennai Mumbai (WS) Nagpur

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 19, 2004.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	42,000	1st test
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	46,000	2nd test
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	33,000	4th test
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000	3rd test

Squad lists

Australia named their roster on September 9, 2004. India named their roster on October 1, 2004.

test
India	Australia
Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Rahul Dravid ( UK ) Ajit Agarkar Aakash Chopra Gautam Gambhir Harbhajan Singh Mohammad Kaif Dinesh Karthik Murali Kartik Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Parthiv Patel ( wk ) Irfan Pathan Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( VK & wk ) Michael Clarke Jason Gillespie Nathan Hauritz Matthew Hayden Michael Kasprowicz Simon Katich Justin Langer Darren Lehmann Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Shane Warne

Tour matches

September 30th - October 2nd scorecard	Mumbai (BS)	Australians 302-7d (101) & 207-2 (54)	-	Mumbai 255 (92.2)
		draw

Testing

First test in Bangalore

October 6-10 scorecard	Bangalore	Australia 474 (130) & 228 (78.1)	-	India 246 (89.2) & 239 (87.4)
		Australia wins with 217 runs

The Indian Virender Sehwag was fined for clearly showing contrary opinion to a referee's decision.

Second test in Chennai

October 14-18 scorecard	Chennai	Australia 235 (71.3) & 369 (133.5)	-	India 376 (134.3) & 19-0 (3)
		draw

Third test in Nagpur

October 26-29 Scorecard	Nagpur	Australia 398 (100.2) & 329-5d (98.1)	-	India 185 (91.5) & 200 (53.3)
		Australia wins with 342 runs

Fourth test in Mumbai

November 3rd - 5th scorecard	Mumbai	India 104 (41.3) & 205 (68.2)	-	Australia 203 (61.3) & 93 (30.5)
		India wins with 13 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Damien Martyn	Australia	4th	8th	444	55.50	114	2	2
Michael Clarke	Australia	4th	8th	400	57.14	151	1	2
Virender Sehwag	India	4th	8th	299	42.71	155	1	1
Simon Katich	Australia	4th	8th	276	39.42	99	0	2
Matthew Hayden	Australia	4th	8th	244	30.50	58	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Anil Kumble	India	4th	197.3	27	25.37	7/48	3	1
Harbhajan Singh	India	3	178.5	21st	24.00	6/78	3	1
Jason Gillespie	Australia	4th	132.5	20th	16.15	5/56	1	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	4th	141	14th	25.42	4/55	0	0
Shane Warne	Australia	3	140	14th	30.07	6/125	1	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Damien Martyn

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Michael Clarke
2nd test	Anil Kumble
3rd test	Damien Martyn
4th test	Murali Kartik

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ India announce Test itineraries ( English ) Cricinfo. July 19, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
2. ↑ Australia pick spin-heavy squad for India ( English ) Cricinfo. September 9, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2016.
3. ^ Tendulkar in squad for first two Tests against Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. October 1, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
4. ↑ Sehwag fined 65% of match fee for dissent ( English ) Cricinfo. October 10, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 6, 2017.