| Australian cricket team in India in 2007 | |||
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 29 September – 20 October 2007 | ||
| Captains | Ricky Ponting | MS Dhoni | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 7-match series 4–2 | ||
| Most runs | Andrew Symonds (365) | Sachin Tendulkar (278) | |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Johnson (14) | S. Sreesanth (9) | |
| Player of the series | Andrew Symonds (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ricky Ponting (76) | Gautam Gambhir (63) | |
| Most wickets | Michael Clarke (1) | Irfan Pathan (2) | |
| Player of the series | Gautam Gambhir (Ind) | ||
The Australian cricket team toured India from 29 September to 20 October 2007. Seven ODIs from 29 September to 17 October were played. The series also included a Twenty20 International match played on 20 October, at Mumbai. Australia won the ODI series 4–2, India won the T20I match.
Squads
ODI series
1st ODI
| 29 September (D/N) Scorecard |
Australia  307/7 (50 overs) |
v |  India9/1 (2.4 overs) |
| Michael Clarke 130 (132) S. Sreesanth 3/55 (10 overs) |
Gautam Gambhir 4* (10) Mitchell Johnson 1/1 (1 over) |
| No result M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match abandoned after 3.2 overs due to rain.
- MS Dhoni (Ind) captained India for the first time in ODIs.
2nd ODI
| 2 October Scorecard |
| Australia 306/6 (50 overs) |
v | India 222 (47.3 overs) |
| Brad Haddin 87* (69) S. Sreesanth 3/67 (9 overs) |
MS Dhoni 58 (78) Brad Hogg 3/40 (9.3 overs) |
| Australia won by 84 runs Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Aus) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
| 5 October Scorecard |
| Australia 290/7 (50 overs) |
v | India 243 (47.4 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 89 (67) Irfan Pathan 2/57 (10 overs) |
Yuvraj Singh 121 (115) Brett Lee 3/37 (8 overs) |
| Australia won by 47 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ricky Ponting (Aus) became the fifth captain to lead his team in 150 ODIs.
4th ODI
| 8 October Scorecard |
| India 291/4 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 283/7 (50 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 79 (119) James Hopes 2/43 (9 overs) |
Matthew Hayden 92 (92) Harbhajan Singh 2/43 (10 overs) |
| India won by 8 runs Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was India's first ODI win against Australia in 12 matches, their last win coming in January 2004.
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) reached 1,000 runs for a year for the seventh time.
- Matthew Hayden (Aus) reached 1,500 runs for the year, and became the seventh batsman to do so.
5th ODI
| 11 October Scorecard |
| India 148 (39.4 overs) |
v | Australia 149/1 (25.5 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 47 (74) Mitchell Johnson 5/26 (10 Overs) |
Adam Gilchrist 79* (77) RP Singh 1/15 (2 Overs) |
| Australia won by 9 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Aus) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- It was India's lowest total against Australia at home.
6th ODI
| 14 October Scorecard |
| Australia 317/8 (50 overs) |
v | India 299/7 (50 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 107* (88) Zaheer Khan 2/62 (10 overs) |
Sourav Ganguly 86 (111) Brad Hogg 4/49 (10 overs) |
| Australia won by 18 runs Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
7th ODI
| 17 October (D/N) Scorecard |
| Australia 193 (41.3 overs) |
v | India 195/8 (46 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 57 (78) Murali Kartik 6/27 (10 overs) |
Robin Uthappa 47 (59) Mitchell Johnson 3/30 (10 overs) |
| India won by 2 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Murali Kartik (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was India's first win against Australia batting second, since April 1998.
- Murali Kartik (Ind) returned the third best figures by an India bowler in ODIs, and the best against Australia.
- Adam Gilchrist (Aus) went past 450 dismissals in ODIs.
Murali Karthik took 6 wickets to blow Australia away for just 193, after they got to a good start. India faltered at the start of their reply and fell to 64/6. Robin Uthappa scored 47 but was dismissed LBW to Michael Clarke. In the end, Zaheer Khan and Murali Karthik held their nerves to guide India to victory.
Only T20
| 20 October Scorecard |
| Australia 166/5 (20 overs) |
v | India 167/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 76 (53) Irfan Pathan 2/34 (4 overs) |
Gautam Gambhir 63 (52) Michael Clarke 1/14 (2 overs) |
| India won by 7 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Murali Kartik (Ind) made his T20I debut.
See also
References
- "Prolific partnerships, and Ponting's captaincy record". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Hayden's run-glut, and the end of an Aussie streak". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- "Johnson and Gilchrist combine to flatten India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "A field day for left-arm bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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