Australia's national cricket team in India in the 2007-08 season
The Australian national cricket team's tour to India in the 2007-08 season took place from September 29 to October 20, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included seven ODIs and one Twenty20 . Australia won the ODI series 4–2, India the Twenty20 series 1–0.
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 2007 season in India . The world association ICC decided to bring forward rule changes in ODI cricket, which were planned for this tour from October 1, 2007.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stadiums were designated as venues for the tour and announced on June 12, 2007.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | 42,000 | 1. ODI |
| Sector 16 Stadium | Chandigarh | 30,000 | 4. ODI |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | 55,000 | 3. ODI |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Kochi | 75,000 | 2. ODI |
| Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai | 25,000 | 1. T20 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 33,000 | 7. ODI |
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Nagpur | 45,000 | 6. ODI |
| IPCL Sports Complex Ground | Vadodara | 20,000 | 5. ODI |
Squad lists
Australia named their squad on July 20, 2007. India named their squad on September 18, 2007.
| ODI | Twenty20 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 India
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 Australia
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India
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Australia
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One-day internationals
First ODI in Bangalore
| September 29 scorecard |
Bengaluru |
Australia 307-7 (50) |
- |
India 9-1 (2.4) |
| No result | ||||
Second ODI in Kochi
| October 2nd scorecard |
Kochi |
Australia 306-5 (50) |
- |
India 222 (47.3) |
| Australia wins with 84 runs | ||||
Third ODI in Hyderabad
| October 5th scorecard |
Hyderabad |
Australia 290-7 (50) |
- |
India 243 (47.4) |
| Australia wins with 47 runs | ||||
Fourth ODI in Mohali
| October 8th scorecard |
Chandigarh |
India 291-4 (50) |
- |
Australia 283-7 (50) |
| India wins with 8 runs | ||||
Fifth ODI in Vadodara
| October 11th scorecard |
Vadodara |
India 148 (39.4) |
- |
Australia 149-1 (25.5) |
| Australia wins with 9 wickets | ||||
During the game there were racist statements by the audience against the Australian player Andrew Symonds . After the same thing happened with the seventh ODI, the security concept for the final Twenty20 was revised.
Sixth ODI in Nagpur
| October 14 scorecard |
Nagpur |
Australia 317-8 (50) |
- |
India 299-7 (50) |
| Australia wins with 18 runs | ||||
Seventh ODI in Mumbai
| October 17th scorecard |
Mumbai (WS) |
Australia 193 (41.3) |
- |
India 195-8 (46) |
| India wins with 2 wickets | ||||
Twenty20 International in Mumbai
| October 20 scorecard |
Mumbai (BS) |
Australia 166-5 (20) |
- |
India 167-3 (18.1) |
| India wins with 7 wickets | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Andrew Symonds |
Australia
|
7th | 6th | 365 | 73.00 | 107 * | 1 | 3 |
| Matthew Hayden |
Australia
|
5 | 5 | 290 | 58.00 | 92 | 0 | 3 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
India
|
7th | 7th | 278 | 39.71 | 79 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Clarke |
Australia
|
7th | 6th | 222 | 37.00 | 130 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Gilchrist |
Australia
|
7th | 7th | 208 | 34.66 | 79 * | 0 | 2 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Mitchell Johnson |
Australia
|
7th | 57 | 14th | 18.57 | 5/26 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Hogg |
Australia
|
7th | 54.3 | 11 | 22.63 | 4/49 | 0 | 0 |
| Sreesanth |
India
|
4th | 36 | 9 | 27.11 | 3/55 | 0 | 0 |
| Murali Kartik |
India
|
4th | 36.5 | 8th | 20.50 | 6/27 | 1 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan |
India
|
7th | 61 | 8th | 44.37 | 2/61 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Ricky Ponting |
Australia
|
1 | 1 | 76 | 76.00 | 76 | 0 | 1 |
| Gautam Gambhir |
India
|
1 | 1 | 63 | 63.00 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| Robin Uthappa |
India
|
1 | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh |
India
|
1 | 1 | 31 | 31 * | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Clarke |
Australia
|
1 | 1 | 25th | 25 * | 0 | 0 | |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Irfan Pathan |
India
|
1 | 4th | 2 | 17.00 | 2/34 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke |
Australia
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 14.00 | 1/14 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
India
|
1 | 4th | 1 | 17.00 | 1/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus |
Australia
|
1 | 4th | 1 | 28.00 | 1/28 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Lee |
Australia
|
1 | 3.1 | 1 | 35.00 | 1/35 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh |
India
|
1 | 4th | 1 | 39.00 | 1/39 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| ODI |
 Andrew Symonds
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 2. ODI |
Brad Haddin
|
| 3. ODI |
Andrew Symonds
|
| 4. ODI |
 MS Dhoni
|
| 5. ODI |
Mitchell Johnson
|
| 6. ODI |
Andrew Symonds
|
| 7. ODI |
Murali Kartik
|
| 1. T20 |
Gautam Gambhir
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ICC's new ODI rules get early start ( English ) Cricinfo. September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Australia and Pakistan face packed schedule in India ( English ) Cricinfo. June 12, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Lee named in Twenty20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 20, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Dhoni to lead India's ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 18, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ BCCI steps up security for Twenty20 ( English ) Cricinfo. October 18, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Australia in India T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Australia in India T20I Match, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.