India vs Australia, 2nd Test at Kolkata, Mar 18 1998, Australia tour of India

RESULT
2nd Test, Eden Gardens, March 18 - 21, 1998, Australia tour of India
233 & 181
633/5d

India won by an innings and 219 runs

Player Of The Match
3/80 & 3/44
javagal-srinath
Australia 1st Innings
India 1st Innings
Australia 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Australia 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Dravid b Srinath063000.00
c †Mongia b Ganguly321490014.28
b Srinath011000.00
lbw b Srinath1019272052.63
run out (Dravid/Kumble)8017522913045.71
b Kumble601271497047.24
c Laxman b Kumble16120016.66
c Azharuddin b Kumble1117232064.70
lbw b Ganguly29991273029.29
c Azharuddin b Ganguly2583923030.12
not out 027000.00
Extras(lb 2, nb 12)14
TOTAL89.4 Ov (RR: 2.59, 367 Mins)233
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Slater, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Greg Blewett, 0.6 ov), 3-15 (Mark Waugh, 6.4 ov), 4-29 (Mark Taylor, 9.2 ov), 5-141 (Ricky Ponting, 46.4 ov), 6-151 (Ian Healy, 50.1 ov), 7-168 (Shane Warne, 56.1 ov), 8-178 (Steve Waugh, 62.5 ov), 9-232 (Michael Kasprowicz, 87.5 ov), 10-233 (Gavin Robertson, 89.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1708034.70---010
13.452832.04---01
28114431.57---01
20603.00---00
1724202.47---00
1123002.72---00
10101.00---00
India 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Healy b Robertson9516122516059.00
lbw b ME Waugh9715220416063.81
c & b Blewett8615020912057.33
c Blewett b Kasprowicz798610912291.86
not out 16324631118366.26
c sub (DS Lehmann) b Robertson651281756150.78
not out 3044565068.18
Extras(b 2, lb 7, nb 9)18
TOTAL159 Ov (RR: 3.98, 647 Mins)633/5d
Fall of wickets: 1-191 (Navjot Sidhu, 49.2 ov), 2-207 (VVS Laxman, 54.1 ov), 3-347 (Sachin Tendulkar, 81.3 ov), 4-400 (Rahul Dravid, 101.4 ov), 5-558 (Sourav Ganguly, 144.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
34612213.58---03
1225004.16---00
2036513.25---00
42414703.50---07
33216324.93---00
1817714.27---03
Australia 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
run out (Laxman/†Mongia)451161875038.79
b Srinath514220035.71
lbw b Srinath2576942032.89
c Laxman b Kumble056000.00
c Srinath b Kumble925401036.00
lbw b Srinath381041186036.53
lbw b Kumble331381735023.91
c & b Kumble933441027.27
c Azharuddin b Kumble033000.00
c Raju b Chauhan1024301041.66
not out 02-000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 3, nb 3)7
TOTAL88.4 Ov (RR: 2.04, 364 Mins)181
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Michael Slater, 4.1 ov), 2-55 (Greg Blewett, 26.3 ov), 3-56 (Mark Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-81 (Ricky Ponting, 35.6 ov), 5-91 (Mark Taylor, 41.3 ov), 6-133 (Ian Healy, 68.5 ov), 7-158 (Shane Warne, 79.2 ov), 8-158 (Gavin Robertson, 79.5 ov), 9-181 (Steve Waugh, 87.6 ov), 10-181 (Michael Kasprowicz, 88.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1964432.31---02
40902.25---01
31106252.00---00
18.444212.25---00
1672001.25---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Wed, 18 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 233
Thu, 19 Mar - day 2 - India 1st innings 369/3 (Rahul Dravid 76*, Mohammad Azharuddin 9*, 90 ov)
Fri, 20 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 38/1 (Mark Taylor 11*, Greg Blewett 19*, 19 ov)
Sat, 21 Mar - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 181 (88.4 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
  • Lunch: India 95/0 (Laxman 47*, Sidhu 42*; 29 overs)
  • Tea: India 228/2 (Dravid 16*, Tendulkar 12*; 58 overs)
  • Laxman and Sidhu are the second opening pair to be dismissed in the nineties in the same test innings (first, SM Gavaskar and CPS Chauhan, India v Pakistan at Lahore, 1978-79).
MATCH DETAILS
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Series
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Series resultIndia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match numberTest no. 1409
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
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