Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 2003/04 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Australia in the 2003/04 season took place from December 4 to January 6, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and comprised four tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament with New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2000/01 season in India .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 16, 2003.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	2nd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	4th test

Squad lists

India named their roster on November 15, 2003. Australia named their roster on November 27, 2003.

test
Australia	India
Steve Waugh ( K ) Andy Bichel Nathan Bracken Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) + Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Simon Katich Justin Langer Brett Lee Stuart MacGill Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Brad Williams	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Aakash Chopra Rahul Dravid Harbhajan Singh Murali Kartik Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Parthiv Patel ( wk ) Irfan Pathan Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar

Tour matches

November 25-27 Scorecard	Melbourne	Indians 266-9d (90) & 116-2 (42)	-	Victoria 518-8d (134)
		draw

November 29th - December 1st scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland Academy of Sport 304-6d (81) & 208-6d (52)	-	Indians 208-9d (73) & 121-4 (52)
		draw

December 19-21 Scorecard	Hobart	Australia A 311-5d (74.4) & 241-7d (65)	-	Indians 245 (82.5) & 66-2 (33)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 4-8 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 323 (78.1) & 284-3 (62)	-	India 409 (120.1) & 73-2 (16)
		draw

Second test in Adelaide

December 12-16 Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 556 (127) & 196 (56.2)	-	India 523 (161.5) & 233-6 (72.4)
		India wins with 4 wickets

Third test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	India 366 (103) & 286 (99.5)	-	Australia 558 (151.2) & 97-1 (22.2)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Fourth test in Sydney

January 2-6 scorecard	Sydney	India 705-7d (187.3) & 211-2d (43.2)	-	Australia 474 (117.5) & 357-6 (94)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ricky Ponting	Australia	4th	8th	706	100.85	257	2	2
Rahul Dravid	India	4th	8th	619	123.80	233	1	3
VVS Laxman	India	4th	7th	494	82.33	178	2	1
Virender Sehwag	India	4th	8th	464	58.00	195	1	1
Matthew Hayden	Australia	4th	8th	451	64.42	136	1	3
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Anil Kumble	India	3	206.1	24	29.58	8/141	3	1
Ajit Agarkar	India	4th	154.5	16	37.25	6/41	1	0
Stuart MacGill	Australia	4th	194.4	14th	50.78	4/86	0	0
Jason Gillespie	Australia	3	139.1	10	37.70	4/65	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	100.5	8th	59.50	4/201	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Rahul Dravid

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Sourav Ganguly
2nd test	Rahul Dravid
3rd test	Ricky Ponting
4th test	Sachin Tendulkar

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Perth to stage season opener, Sydney to host two Tests in season 2003-04 ( English ) Cricinfo. April 16, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ↑ Dileep Premachandran: Pathan in, Kartik out ( English ) Cricinfo. November 15, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Gillespie and MacGill return for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. November 27, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 4, 2017.