India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Sixth One day game: at Guwahathi on 08.11.09. Australia won the match by six wickets and lead the seven match series 4-2

Australia won the seven match series by 4-2 when they won the sixth one day game at Guwahathi by six wickets.

G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, SK Raina and MM Patel scored zeroes in India’s innings providing the 81^st occasion of four or more batsman scoring ducks in an innings. As far as India is concerned, this instance provides third such occasion. The other two occasions were – against Pakistan at Sharjah on 07.04.95 {M Prabhakar, VG Kambli, J Srinath and A Kumble scored zeroes} and against Pakistan at Hyderabad-Sind on 28.09.97 {SC Ganguly, SS Karim. RK Chauhan and NM Kulakarni scored zeroes}.

DE Bollinger captured 5 for 35 in this game providing the 319^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 57^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game.

DE Bollinger captured 5 for 35 in this game providing the 47th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against India in one day games. His figures also represent the 11th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game against India. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	GS Chappell	5	15	Sydney	08.01.81
2	KH MacLeay	6	39	Nottingham	13.06.83
3	BA Reid	5	53	Adelaide	26.01.86
4	TM Alderman	5	32	Christchurch	03.03.90
5	DW Fleming	5	36	Mumbai	27.02.96
6	B Lee	5	27	Adelaide	26.01.00
7	B Lee	5	38	Kuala Lumpur	22.09.06
8	MG Johnson	5	26	Vadodara	11.10.07
9	B Lee	5	27	Brisbane	03.02.08
10	B Lee	5	58	Sydney	24.02.09
11	DE Bollinger	5	35	Guwahati	08.11.09

DE Bollinger’s five for 35 in this game represent his second five wicket haul in one day games after his 7.4-0-35-5 against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 01.05.09.

DE Bollinger returned with figures of 10.0-4-35-5 in this game providing the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler bowling four or more maiden over when he has captured five or more wickets. The following table lists out the five occasions

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W
				Opp	Ground	Date
1	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6
				Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
2	GS Chappell	11.0	5	20	5
				Eng	Birmingham	04.06.77
3	GS Chappell	9.5	5	15	5
				Ind	Sydney	08.01.81
4	GD McGrath	7.0	4	15	7
				Nam	Pot’sroom	27.02.03
5	DE Bollinger	10.0	4	35	5
				Ind	Guwahati	08.11.09

DE Bollinger five for 35 in this game provides the ninth occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures represent the third occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets against India. The other two are – BA Reid {5 for 53 at Adeliade on 26.01.86} and MG Johnson {5 for 26 at Vadodara on 11.10.07}

DE Bollinger five for 35 in this game provides the 32nd occasion of an left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of one day games. His figures represent the sixth occasion of a left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets against India. The six bowlers are

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Ground	Date
No	RO Collinge	5	23	NZl	Ch’church	21.02.76
1	BA Reid	5	53	Aus	Adelaide	26.01.86
2	WPUJC Vaas	5	14	Srl	Sharjah	29.10.00
3	MG Johnson	5	26	Aus	Vadodara	11.10.07
4	T Thushara	5	47	Srl	Col-RPS	27.08.08
5	DE Bollinger	5	35	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09

RA Jadeja scored 57 in this game which represents his second half century in one day games. He has scored 60 not out on his debut against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 08.02.09

Praveen Kumar registered his maiden half century in one day games when he made 54 not out in this game. His previous best was 40 not out at Vadodara in the first one dayers of the ongoing series on 25.10.09.

RA Jadeja and Praveen Kumar added 74 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represent the second best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia. The best eight wicket partnership is 84 runs between Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar at Vadodara on 25.10.09. In fact these two partnerships are the two fifty plus runs partnerships posted by Indian batsmen against Australia.

Praveen Kumar’s 54 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against Australia while batting at number nine. The previous best was also by Praveen Kumar who had made 40 not out at Vadodara on 25.10.09. Praveen Kumar earned the distinction of scoring the first half century by an Indian batsman while batting at number nine against Australia

Praveen Kumar’s 54 not out in this game represent the third half century by an Indian batsman while batting at number nine against various oppositions in one day games. The other two are – 69 by Jai P Yadav against New Zealand at Bulawayo on 26.08.05 and 53 not out by S Madanlal against England at The Oval on 04.06.82

India’s all out for 170 in this game represent the 44^th occasion of India being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games. It also represents the 18^th occasion of India being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games when it batted first.

MS Dhoni completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 5 during his knock of 24 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1019.

SR Watson completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 26 during his knock of 49 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1013. SR Watson became the third Australian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in 2009 after RT Ponting and MEK Hussey.

MS Dhoni and SR Watson became the fourth and fifth batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009. The complete list read thus – RT Ponting of Australia {1198}, MEK Hussey {1166}, H Masakadza of Zimbabwe {1076}, MS Dhoni of India {1019} and SR Watson of Australia {1013}

MS Dhoni’s 1019 runs in 2009 provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year which are listed below

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	37	37	1241	1999
2	A Flower	Zim	33	33	1060	2001
3	AC Gilchrist	Aus	31	30	1098	2003
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	36	33	1333	2006
5	MS Dhoni	Ind/Asia	37	33	1103	2007
6	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	26	1097	2008
7	MS Dhoni	Ind	26	22	1019	2009

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper batsman in the history of one day game to aggregate 1000 plus runs in three separate calendar years. His 1019 runs in 2009 game him this distinction.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	MS Dhoni	Ind/Asia	37	33	1103	2007
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	26	1097	2008
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	26	22	1019	2009

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in three consecutive calendar years. He amassed 1103 runs in 2007, 1097 in 2008 and 1019 in 2009

MS Dhoni with 1000 plus runs in three separate calendar years wrested the record from AC Gilchrst of Australia who had aggregated 1000 plus runs in two separate calendar years

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	37	37	1241	1999
2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	31	30	1098	2003

India deployed nine bowers in Australia’s innings providing the eleventh occasion of a team deploying nine bowlers in an innings. The complete list is as under

No	Team	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	BU
1	NZl	2	Srl	Auckland	28.03.83	9
2	Eng	2	Srl	Peshawar	13.10.87	9
3	NZl	2	Pak	Christchurch	18.03.92	9
4	Srl	2	NZl	Col-RPS	13.12.92	9
5	Win	2	Eng	Trinidad	08.04.98	9
6	Pak	2	Ban	Dhaka	16.03.99	9
7	Win	2	Ban	Dhaka	08.10.99	9
8	Ind	2	Win	Vadodara	18.11.02	9
9	Ind	1	Srl	Col-RPS	08.02.09	9
10	Zim	2	Ken	Harare	12.10.09	9
11	Ind	2	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09	9

Of these eleven occasions, India has deployed nine bowlers on three occasions which is a record in this category of statistics. New Zealand and West Indies are the two teams which have deployed nine bowlers on two occasions

No	Team	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	BU
1	Ind	2	Win	Vadodara	18.11.02	9
2	Ind	1	Srl	Col-RPS	08.02.09	9
3	Ind	2	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09	9
1	NZl	2	Srl	Auckland	28.03.83	9
2	NZl	2	Pak	Christchurch	18.03.92	9
1	Win	2	Eng	Trinidad	08.04.98	9
2	Win	2	Ban	Dhaka	08.10.99	9