Australia's national cricket team in India in the 2010/11 season

The Australian national cricket team's tour to India in the 2010/11 season took place from October 1st to October 24th, 2010. The international cricket tour was part of the 2010/11 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . India won the Test Series 2-0 and the ODI 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 India in the 2009/10 season . A tour with seven ODIs was originally planned, but four of these games were converted into two tests at India's request.

Stages

Mohali Visakhapatnam Bangalore Kochi Margao

Tour venues

The following stadiums were selected as the venues and announced on June 24, 2010.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	42,000	2nd test
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Kochi	75,000	1. ODI
Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium	Margao	19,000	3. ODI
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali	35,000	1st test
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	30,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

Australia named their test squad on September 2nd, India named their test squad on September 20, and ODI squad on October 12, 2010.

test		ODI
India	Australia	India	Australia
Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( K & wk ) Suresh Raina ( UK ) Rahul Dravid Gautam Gambhir Zaheer Khan VVS Laxman Amit Mishra Pragyan Ojha Cheteshwar Pujara Virender Sehwag Ishant Sharma Harbhajan Singh Sreesanth Sachin Tendulkar Murali Vijay	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Doug Bollinger Peter George Nathan Hauritz Josh Hazlewood Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Marcus North Tim Paine ( wk ) Steven Smith Shane Watson	Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( K & wk ) Suresh Raina ( UK ) Ravichandran Ashwin Shikhar Dhawan Ravindra Jadeja Virat Kohli Praveen Kumar Vinay Kumar Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel Rohit Sharma Yuvraj Singh Saurabh Tiwary Murali Vijay	Michael Clarke ( K ) Cameron White ( UK ) Doug Bollinger Callum Ferguson Nathan Hauritz James Hopes Michael Hussey Clint McKay Shaun Marsh Tim Paine ( wk ) James Pattinson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner

Tour matches

September 25-27 Scorecard	Mohali	Australians 505-8d (144.3) & 187-6d (41)	-	Indian Beard President's XI 177 (45.5) & 174-0 (36)
		draw

Testing

First test in Mohali

October 1st - 5th scorecard	Mohali	Australia 428 (151.4) & 192 (60.5)	-	India 405 (108.1) & 216-9 (58.4)
		India wins with 1 wicket

Second test in Bangalore

October 9-13 Scorecard	Bangalore	Australia 478 (141) & 223 (75.3)	-	India 495 (144.5) & 207-3 (45)
		India wins with 7 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kochi

June 17th scorecard	Kochi	India	-	Australia
		Game canceled

Second ODI in Visakhapatnam

October 20 scorecard	Visakhapatnam	Australia 289-3 (50)	-	India 292-5 (48.5)
		India wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Margao

October 24th scorecard	Margao	India	-	Australia
		Game canceled

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	2	4th	403	134.33	214	1	2
Shane Watson	Australia	2	4th	271	67.75	126	1	2
Ricky Ponting	Australia	2	4th	224	56.00	77	0	3
Tim Paine	Australia	2	4th	183	45.75	92	0	2
Murali Vijay	India	1	2	176	88.00	139	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Zaheer Khan	India	2	76.1	12	21.83	5/94	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	2	136	11	33.18	4/148	0	0
Pragyan Ojha	India	2	135.4	9	38.77	3/57	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	78.4	8th	32.62	5/64	1	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	2	82	6th	43.50	4/57	0	0
Nathan Hauritz	Australia	2	90	6th	65.00	2/116	0	0

ODI
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	India	1	1	118	118.00	118	1	0
Michael Clarke	Australia	1	1	111		111 *	1	0
Cameron White	Australia	1	1	89		89 *	0	1
Suresh Raina	India	1	1	71		71 *	0	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	1	1	69	69.00	69	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Clint McKay	Australia	1	10	3	18.33	3/55	0	0
John Hastings	Australia	1	10	2	22.00	2/44	0	0
Ashish Nehra	India	1	10	2	28.50	2/57	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	1	9	1	34.00	1/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Sachin Tendulkar

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Zaheer Khan
2nd test	Sachin Tendulkar
2. ODI	Virat Kohli

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australia agree to India Test proposal ( English ) Cricinfo. June 24, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
2. ↑ Hughes and Hauritz back for India Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. September 2, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
3. ↑ Yuvraj Singh dropped, Cheteshwar Pujara gets maiden call-up ( English ) Cricinfo. September 20, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
4. ^ Siddarth Ravindran: Dhawan picked, Tendulkar rested for Australia ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. October 12, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2010/11 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2010/11 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2010/11 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2010/11 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 10, 2016.