4th ODI India vs Australia at Melbourne 2008

Australia won the toss and elect to bat first

India's fast bowlers did a number on the Aussies, but victory didn't come easy as the visitors stumbled & scrambled their way to 160.

Match Result: India beat Australia by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Ishant Sharma



A
ustralia Innings

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Adam Gilchrist (W)	lbw b Sreesanth	0	3	0	0
Matthew Hayden	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	25	21	5	0
Ricky Ponting (C)	c Sachin Tendulkar b Ishant Sharma	9	15	0	0
Michael Clarke	c Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan	11	27	1	0
Andrew Symonds	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	14	24	1	0
Michael Hussey	not out	65	88	4	0
Brad Haddin	st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	5	31	0	0
Brett Lee	c MS Dhoni b Irfan Pathan	10	35	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	c Robin Uthappa b Sreesanth	3	8	0	0
Nathan Bracken	c Sachin Tendulkar b Sreesanth	1	9	0	0
Stuart Clark	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	0	1	0	0

Total: 159 for 10 in 43.1 overs Run Rate: 3.68 Extras : 16 (b - 1, w - 9, nb - 3, lb - 3, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/1 (Adam Gilchrist 0.3 ov.), 2/37 (Matthew Hayden 5.2 ov.), 3/47 (Ricky Ponting 7.2 ov.), 4/64 (Michael Clarke 12.5 ov.), 5/75 (Andrew Symonds 17.5 ov.), 6/92 (Brad Haddin 25.2 ov.), 7/145 (Brett Lee 38.2 ov.), 8/151 (Mitchell Johnson 40.4 ov.), 9/155 (Nathan Bracken 42.5 ov.), 10/159 (Stuart Clark 43.1 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Sreesanth	9	0	31	3	2	0
Ishant Sharma	9.1	1	38	4	2	3
Irfan Pathan	8	0	26	2	2	0
Harbhajan Singh	8	2	19	1	2	0
Virender Sehwag	5	0	24	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	2	0	11	0	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	6	0	0	0

India Innings

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Virender Sehwag	lbw b Nathan Bracken	11	19	2	0
Sachin Tendulkar	c Brett Lee b Mitchell Johnson	44	54	3	0
Irfan Pathan	lbw b Mitchell Johnson	18	30	1	0
Gautam Gambhir	c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee	21	43	2	0
Yuvraj Singh	c Michael Hussey b Stuart Clark	3	14	0	0
Rohit Sharma	not out	39	61	2	0
MS Dhoni (C) (W)	not out	17	54	0	0
Robin Uthappa
Harbhajan Singh
Sreesanth
Ishant Sharma

Total: 160 for 5 in 45.5 overs Run Rate: 3.49 Extras : 7 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/18 (Virender Sehwag 4 ov.), 2/54 (Irfan Pathan 11.2 ov.), 3/89 (Gautam Gambhir 22 ov.), 4/96 (Sachin Tendulkar 25.4 ov.), 5/102 (Yuvraj Singh 28.3 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Brett Lee	9	0	42	1	2	0
Nathan Bracken	10	0	35	1	1	0
Stuart Clark	10	1	26	1	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	10	1	24	2	1	0
Michael Clarke	4	0	12	0	0	0
Andrew Symonds	2.5	0	19	0	1	0