Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 2011-12 season
The Indian national cricket team's tour to Australia in the 2011/12 season took place from December 26, 2011 to February 3, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 International Cricket Season and included four Tests and two Twenty20s . Australia won the Test Series 4-0, while the Twenty20 Series 1-1 ended in a draw.
prehistory
Australia previously played a tour against New Zealand , India against the West Indies . The last tour between the two teams took place in India in the 2009/10 season . Immediately afterwards, both teams played a three-nation tournament together with Sri Lanka .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 14, 2011.
city | Stadion | capacity | Games |
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Adelaide | Adelaide oval | 53,583 | 4th test |
Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 100.024 | 1st test; 2. T20 |
Perth | WACA Ground | 20,000 | 3rd test |
Sydney | ANZ stadium | 82,500 | 1. T20 |
Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground | 48,000 | 2nd test |
Squad lists
India named its Test squad on November 26, 2011 and its limited overs squad on January 15, 2012. Australia named its Test squad on December 24, 2011 and its Twenty20 squad on January 23, 2012.
test | Twenty20 | ||
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Tour match
December 15-16 Scorecard |
Canberra |
![]() 398-6d (86) |
- |
![]() 320-6 (83.1) |
draw |
December 19-21 Scorecard |
Canberra |
![]() 269 (79.1) & 90-2d (30) |
- |
![]() 215-7d (59) & 100-0 (30) |
draw |
Testing
First test in Melbourne
December 26th - 30th scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 333 (110) & 240 (76.3) |
- |
![]() 282 (94.1) & 169 (47.5) |
Australia wins with 122 runs |
Second test in Sydney
January 3-7 Scorecard |
Sydney (SCG) |
![]() 191 (59.3) & 400 (110.5) |
- |
![]() 659-4d (163) |
Australia wins with one innings and 68 runs |
Indian player Virat Kohli was fined for making abusive gestures towards the audience.
Third test in Perth
January 13-17 Scorecard |
Perth |
![]() 161 (60.2) & 171 (63.2) |
- |
![]() 369 (76.2) |
Australia wins with one innings and 37 runs |
The Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was banned for the fourth test because the game was too slow. He and the team were also fined.
Fourth test in Adelaide
January 24-28 Scorecard |
Adelaide |
![]() 604-7d (157) & 167-5d (46) |
- |
![]() 272 (95.1) & 201 (67.4) |
Australia wins with 298 runs |
Twenty20 Internationals
First Twenty20 in Sydney
February 1st scorecard |
Sydney (ANZ) |
![]() 171-4 (20) |
- |
![]() 140-6 (20) |
Australia wins with 31 runs |
Second Twenty20 in Melbourne
February 3rd scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 131 (19.4) |
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![]() 135-2 (19.4) |
India wins with 8 wickets |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Michael Clarke |
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4th | 6th | 626 | 125.20 | 329 * | 2 | 0 |
Ricky Ponting |
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4th | 6th | 544 | 108.80 | 221 | 2 | 3 |
Virat Kohli |
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4th | 8th | 300 | 37.50 | 116 | 1 | 1 |
Michael Hussey |
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4th | 6th | 293 | 58.60 | 150 * | 1 | 1 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
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4th | 8th | 287 | 35.87 | 80 | 0 | 2 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Ben Hilfenhaus |
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4th | 168 | 27 | 17.22 | 5/75 | 2 | 0 |
Peter Siddle |
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4th | 124 | 23 | 18.65 | 5/49 | 1 | 0 |
Zaheer Khan |
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4th | 147 | 15th | 31.80 | 4/77 | 0 | 0 |
Umesh Yadav |
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4th | 118 | 14th | 39.35 | 5/93 | 1 | 0 |
James Pattinson |
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2 | 75 | 11 | 23.36 | 4/43 | 0 | 0 |
Twenty20s | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Matthew Wade |
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2 | 2 | 104 | 52.00 | 72 | 0 | 1 |
Gautam Gambhir |
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2 | 2 | 76 | 76.00 | 56 * | 0 | 1 |
MS Dhoni |
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2 | 2 | 69 | 48 * | 0 | 0 | |
David Hussey |
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2 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Virat Kohli |
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2 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Rohit Sharma |
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2 | 7.2 | 3 | 18.66 | 2/29 | 0 | 0 |
David Hussey |
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2 | 4th | 2 | 6.00 | 2/4 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Christian |
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1 | 4th | 2 | 17.50 | 2/35 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Hogg |
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2 | 7th | 2 | 20.00 | 1/19 | 0 | 0 |
Vinay Kumar |
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2 | 8th | 2 | 26.50 | 1/25 | 0 | 0 |
Praveen Kumar |
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2 | 6th | 2 | 27.50 | 2/21 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
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test |
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Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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3rd test |
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4th test |
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1. T20 |
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2. T20 |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tri-series returns to Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. June 14, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Harbhajan left out of Australia tour ( English ) Cricinfo. November 26, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Tendulkar back in ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 15, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Hilfenhaus to play, Christian left out ( English ) Cricinfo. December 24, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled ( English ) Cricinfo. January 23, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Sidharth Monga: Kohli fined over gesture to crowd ( English ) Cricinfo. January 5, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Dhoni banned from Adelaide Test for slow over-rate ( English ) Cricinfo. January 15, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Records / India in Australia T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Records / India in Australia T20I Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 10, 2016.