India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Fourth One day game at Mohali on 02.11.09 : Australia won by 24 runs and level the seven match series 2-2

India won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the 18^th occasion of India doing so against Australia in India-Australia one day series. Of the 18 occasions, India has won seven games, lost ten games and one game has ended as a no result game.

RT Ponting registered his 14^th fifty against India when he made 52 in this game and with it earned the record for most fifties by an Australian batsman against India. He went past AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden who had scored 13 fifties. Ponting’s 14 fifties are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	RT Ponting	62	Dunedin	22.02.95
2	RT Ponting	84	Kanpur	07.04.98
3	RT Ponting	115	Melbourne	12.01.00
4	RT Ponting	101	Vizag	03.04.01
5	RT Ponting	140*	Jo’burg	23.03.03
6	RT Ponting	108*	Bangalore	12.11.03
7	RT Ponting	88	Melbourne	06.02.04
8	RT Ponting	58	Mohali	29.10.06
9	RT Ponting	57	Mumbai	17.10.07
10	RT Ponting	124	Sydney	24.02.08
11	RT Ponting	65	Centurion	28.09.09
12	RT Ponting	74	Vadodara	25.10.09
13	RT Ponting	59	Delhi	31.10.09
14	RT Ponting	52	Mohali	02.11.09

At the end of this game, RT Ponting has the record for most runs as captain against India. His aggregate stood at 1213. He surpassed A Ranatunga’s record of 1179 runs when he was on 19 during the course of his knock of 52 in this game. Incidentally, RT Ponting and A Ranatunga are the only two captains who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against India as captains.

RT Ponting’s run out for 52 in this game provides the 16^th occasion of a captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against India in one day games.

No	Captains	Team	Runs	Ground	Date
1	Imran Khan	Pak	73	Nagpur	24.03.87
2	JG Wright	NZl	55	Sharjah	01.04.88
3	Javed Miandad	Pak	52	Sharjah	19.10.88
4	A Ranatunga	Srl	58	Pune	05.12.90
5	KR Rutherford	NZl	108	Vadodara	28.10.94
6	WJ Cronje	RSA	90	Sharjah	14.04.96
7	Aamer Sohail	Pak	78	Sharjah	15.04.96
8	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	105	Dhaka	01.06.00
9	MS Atapattu	Srl	50	Dambulla	18.07.04
10	MS Atapattu	Srl	65	Col-RPS	01.08.04
11	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	79	Abu Dhabi	19.04.06
12	M Jayawardene	Srl	71	Adelaide	19.02.08
13	KP Pietersen	Eng	63	Rajkot	14.11.08
14	BB McCullum	NZl	71	Christchurch	08.03.09
15	RT Ponting	Aus	65	Centurion	28.09.09
16	RT Ponting	Aus	52	Mohali	02.11.09

MS Atapattu and RT Ponting are the only two captains who have been dismissed run out on two occasions against India after scoring a fifty

No	Captains	Team	Runs	Ground	Date
1	MS Atapattu	Srl	50	Dambulla	18.07.04
2	MS Atapattu	Srl	65	Col-RPS	01.08.04
1	RT Ponting	Aus	65	Centurion	28.09.09
2	RT Ponting	Aus	52	Mohali	02.11.09

RT Ponting’s run out for 52 and CL Whites’s run out for 52 in this game provides the 67^th and 68^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out against India after scoring a fifty. Ponting’s run out dismissal for 52 and White’s run out dismissal for 62 in this game provides the eighth and ninth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against India.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	GR.03.sh	104	Jaipur	07.09.86
2	ME Waugh	126	Mumbai	27.02.96
3	ML Hayden	54	Kuala Lumpur	22.09.06
4	MJ Clarke	130	Bangalore	29.09.07
5	ML Hayden	54	Sydney	24.02.08
6	ML Hayden	55	Brisbane	04.03.08
7	RT Ponting	65	Centurion	28.09.09
8	RT Ponting	52	Mohali	02.11.09
9	CL White	62	Mohali	02.11.09

RT Ponting, CL White, GA Manou and DE Bollinger were dismissed run out in this game which swelled the number of run outs of Australian batsmen to 96 against India.

RT Ponting, CL White, GA Manou and DE Bollinger were dismissed run out in this game providing the 59^th occasion of four or more batsmen dismissed run out in the history of one day games.

As far as Australia is concerned, this is third occasion of four or more batsmen dismissed run out in an innings against India. Four batsmen were run out at Ahmedabad on 05.10.86, five batsmen were run out at Mumbai on 27.02.96 and four batsmen were run out on 02.11.09

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	GR.03.sh	43	Ahmedabad	05.10.86
2	AR Border	43	Ahmedabad	05.10.86
3	GM Ritchie	22	Ahmedabad	05.10.86
4	GC Dyer	6	Ahmedabad	05.10.86
1	ME Waugh	126	Mumbai	27.02.96
2	SR Waugh	7	Mumbai	27.02.96
3	MG Bevan	6	Mumbai	27.02.96
4	S Lee	9	Mumbai	27.02.96
5	DW Fleming	0	Mumbai	27.02.96
1	RT Ponting	52	Mohali	02.11.09
2	CL White	62	Mohali	02.11.09
3	GA Manou	7	Mohali	02.11.09
4	DE Bollinger	0	Mohali	02.11.09

RT Ponting’s run out for 52 in this game provides the ninth occasion of an Australian captain run out in a one day game against India. Ponting’s run out dismissal provides 62^nd occasion of an Australian captain run out in a one day game against various oppositions.

RT Ponting’s run out for 52 in this game provides the 16^th occasion of his run out dismissal while leading Australia. AR Border has more run out dismissals as captain – 22 run out dismissals.

Captains who have been dismissed run out on 15 or more occasions in the history of one day games are – AR Border of Australia {22}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {22}, SP Fleming of New Zealand {16}, RT Ponting of Australia {16} and Wasim Akram of Pakistan {16}.

A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka has scored eight fifties in his 22 run outs, while RT Ponting has scored seven fifties in his 16 run outs

A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka
No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	58	Ind	Pune	05.12.90
2	50	NZl	Dunedin	06.02.91
3	74	Pak	Col-SSC	22.08.94
4	60	RSA	Bloemfontein	15.12.94
5	59	Pak	Kolkata	27.05.97
6	58	RSA	Nottingham	14.08.98
7	76	Eng	Melbourne	19.01.99
8	50	Ken	Southampton	30.05.99

RT Ponting of Australia
No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	63	Zim	Adelaide	26.01.04
2	78	Win	Melbourne	14.01.05
3	53	NZl	Christchurch	22.02.05
4	66	ICC	Melbourne/CS	07.10.05
5	86	Eng	North Sound	08.04.07
6	65	Ind	Centurion	28.09.09
7	52	Ind	Mohali	02.11.09

Australia’s all out for 250 in this game provides the 25^th occasion of Australia dismissed all out against India. It also represents the 10^th occasion of its dismissed all out while batting first and fourth occasion when Australia were inserted by India.

Australia all out when it was inserted by India
No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	163	49.3	Ind	Melbourne	03.03.85
2	Aus	139	42.3	Ind	Sharjah	29.03.85
3	Aus	161	44.2	Ind	Melbourne	16.01.86
4	Aus	250	49.2	Ind	Mohali	02.11.09

With two dismissals in this game – one caught and one stumped – MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 198 dismissals at the end of this game {149 caught and 49 stumped} from 149 one day matches.

RT Ponting’s 52 in this game was his 101^st fifty in one day games – 28 centuries and 73 half centuries.

RT Ponting with 52 in this game registered his 45^th half century while leading Australia. Coupled with 20 hundreds, at the end of this game, he has 65 fifties to his credit as Australia’s captain. His 65 fifties and 45 half centuries constitute a record for most hundreds and most half centuries for a captain in the history of one day games.

RT Ponting’s 52 in this game represent his 25^th fifty when he lost the toss as captain. It was also his 34^th fifty {09 hundreds and 25 half centuries}. His 34 fifties and 25 half centuries are a record for most fifties and most half centuries for a captain who has lost the toss.

Yuvraj Singh and R Jadeja were run out in this game providing the 93^rd and 94^th occasion of Indian batsmen dismissed run out against Australia. Yuvraj Singh was run out against Australia for the second occasion, the first being at Margao on 06.04.01.

Yuvraj Singh was run out for the 10^th occasion in his ODI career. He became the 22^nd Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on ten or more occasions in one day games.

India’s all out for 226 in this game provides the 42^nd occasion of India being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games.

Australia and India were dismissed all out in this game providing the seventh occasion of both the teams being dismissed on seven occasions which are tabulated below

No	Team	Runs	Overs	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	Ind	247	55.5	v Aus	Chelmsford	20 Jun 1983
1	Aus	129	38.2	v Ind	Chelmsford	20 Jun 1983
2	Ind	193	47.4	v Aus	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 1986
2	Aus	141	43.3	v Ind	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 1986
3	Aus	258	50.0	v Ind	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
3	Ind	242	48.0	v Aus	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
4	Ind	315	49.5	v Aus	Bangalore	25 Mar 2001
4	Aus	255	43.3	v Ind	Bangalore	25 Mar 2001
5	Aus	288	48.3	v Ind	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
5	Ind	270	49.0	v Aus	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
6	Aus	213	48.1	v Ind	K Lumpur	22 Sep 2006
6	Ind	195	43.5	v Aus	K Lumpur	22 Sep 2006
7	Aus	250	49.2	v Ind	Mohali	02 Nov 2009
7	Ind	226	46.4	v Aus	Mohali	02 Nov 2009

SR Tendulkar with 40 runs in this game has an aggregate of 2820 runs against Australia. He needs 29 runs more to surpass the record of most runs against a specific opposition held by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who has an aggregate of 2848 runs against India.

RT Ponting with his 52 runs in this game has now 1975 run aggregate against India and require 25 more runs to complete 2000 runs and with it a record of becoming the first Australian batsman to aggregate 2000 runs against India ands also against a specific opposition.

SR Tendulkar’s 40 in this game contained six boundary fours. He now has 300 boundary fours against Australia. He became the second batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 300 boundary fours against a specific opposition. The other batsman is Sri Lanka’s ST Jayasuriya who has 322 boundary fours against India

SR Tendulkar ended this game with an aggregate of 16993 runs and requires seven more runs to become the first batsman in the history of one day game to complete 17000 runs. His break up of 16993 runs read as under

No	Opp	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	Aus	65	64	1	2820	143	44.76
2	Ban	10	9	1	354	82*	44.25
3	Ber	1	1	1	57	57*	–
4	Eng	36	36	4	1335	105*	41.71
5	Ire	1	1	0	4	4	4.00
6	Ken	10	9	3	647	146	107.83
7	Nam	1	1	0	152	152	152.00
8	Net	1	1	0	52	52	52.00
9	NZl	42	41	3	1750	186*	46.05
10	Pak	67	65	4	2389	141	39.16
11	RSA	52	52	0	1655	122	31.82
12	Srl	74	70	8	2749	138	44.33
13	UAE	2	2	0	81	63	40.50
14	Win	38	38	9	1571	141*	54.17
15	Zim	34	33	5	1377	146	49.17
	Tot	434	423	39	16993	186*	44.25

MG Johnson returned with figures of 9.0-0-74-0 in this game providing the 42^nd occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game against various oppositions.

MG Johnson conceded seventy plus runs for the sixth occasion in his one day career. He is now on par with B Lee who has also leaked seventy plus runs on six occasions. MG Johnson and B Lee share the Australian record for conceding seventy plus runs on most occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MG Johnson	3	81	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
2	MG Johnson	0	70	Ind	Sydney	02.03.08
3	MG Johnson	1	71	RSA	Sydney	23.01.09
4	MG Johnson	2	80	Eng	Nottingham	15.09.09
5	MG Johnson	3	75	Ind	Nagpur	28.10.09
6	MG Johnson	0	74	Ind	Mohali	02.11.09
1	B Lee	0	70	Zim	Melbourne	21.01.01
2	B Lee	1	72	Zim	Perth	04.02.01
3	B Lee	1	85	Pak	Cardiff	09.06.01
4	B Lee	1	83	Ind	Brisbane	18.01.04
5	B Lee	1	85	NZl	Wellington	07.12.05
6	B Lee	2	71	NZl	Melbourne	04.02.07

MG Johnson became the fourth bowler in the history of one day games to concede seventy plus runs on six or more occasions. The other three are B Lee of Australia {six}, Naved-ul-Hasan of Pakistan {six} and Waqar Younis of Pakistan {seven}

MG Johnson’s figures of 9.0-0-74-0 in this game represent the 14^th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in a one day game. It was the second occasion for MG Johnson to concede seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket. NW Bracken is the other Australian bowler who has conceded seventy plus runs without a wicket on two separate occasions.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	NW Bracken	0	75	NZl	Perth	28.01.07
2	NW Bracken	0	70	RSA	Perth	20.01.09
1	MG Johnson	0	70	Ind	Sydney	02.03.08
2	MG Johnson	0	74	Ind	Mohali	02.11.09

MG Johnson with his bowling figures of 9.0-0-74-0 in this game provided the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs against India. The following table lists out all the ten occasions.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	McDermott	0	75	Jaipur	07.09.86
2	Kasprowicz	3	71	Dhaka	28.10.98
3	Harvey	2	71	Bangalore	12.11.03
4	Lee	1	83	Brisbane	18.01.04
5	Bracken	1	78	Chandigarh	08.10.07
6	Johnson	0	70	Sydney	02.03.08
7	Watson	2	70	Vadodara	25.10.09
8	Hilfenhaus	1	83	Nagpur	28.10.09
9	Johnson	3	75	Nagpur	28.10.09
10	Johnson	0	74	Mohali	02.11.09

MG Johnson’s none for 74 in this game provides the third occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs without a wicket against India. It was the second such occasion for MG Johnson to concede seventy plus runs without a wicket against India, the first occasion being his none for 70 at Sydney on 02.03.08.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	McDermott	0	75	Jaipur	07.09.86
2	Johnson	0	70	Sydney	02.03.08
3	Johnson	0	74	Mohali	02.11.09

MG Johnson became the seventh bowler in the history of one day games to concede seventy plus runs against a specific country on three or more occasions. He has conceded seventy plus runs on three occasions against India

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	Johnson	0	70	Sydney	02.03.08
2	Johnson	3	75	Nagpur	28.10.09
3	Johnson	0	74	Mohali	02.11.09

MG Johnson became the first Australian bowler to concede seventy plus runs against a specific opposition on three occasions. The seven bowlers list who have conceded seventy plus runs against a specific country on three or more occasions are as under

No	Bowler	Team	Opp	70+ runs on
1	Nehra	Ind	Pak	04 occasions
2	Snedden	NZl	Eng	03 occasions
3	Patterson	Win	Pak	03 occasions
4	WaqarYounis	Pak	Srl	03 occasions
5	vanderWaath	RSA	Aus	03 occasions
6	Gillespie	NZl	Aus	03 occasions
7	Johnson	Aus	Ind	03 occasions