India In Australia Cricket Series 2011-12

4 TESTS AND 2 T20IS

India will take Australia on, in a Border Gavaskar Trophy four Test match cricket series [1 2 3 4] and India vs Australia T20I Series in Australia from Dec 26 2011 - Feb 3 2012. India has not lost to Australia since the Sydney test in 2008, winning 5 and drawing 3 matches afterwards including two 2-0 series wins in India.
The India vs Australia series will be followed by a Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series, which includes Sri Lanka.
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Collective batting failure in Australia

	Melbourne		Sydney		Perth		Adelaide
Player	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs
Gambhir	3	13	0	83	31	14	34	3
Sehwag	67	7	30	4	0	10	18	62
Dravid	68	10	5	29	9	47	1	25
Tendulkar	73	32	41	80	15	8	25	13
Laxman	2	1	2	66	31	0	18	35
Kohli	11	0	23	9	44	75	116	22
Dhoni (3 tests)	6	23	57*	2	12	2	DNP	DNP
Saha (1 test)	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	35	TBP
Ashwin (3 tests)	31	30	20	62	DNP	DNP	5	TBP
V Kumar (1 test)	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	5	6	DNP	DNP
Z Khan	4	6*	0	35	2	0	0	TBP
Ishant Sharma	11	6	0	11	3	0	16	TBP
U Yadav	2*	21	0	0*	4*	0*	0*	TBP
Extras	4	13	13	19	5	9	4	TBP
Total	282	169	191	400	161	171	272	TBP

Highest score from each innings in bold, and highest individual scores of each player from the series in italics.
Virat Kohli has been India's leading scorer in the series with 300 runs in four Tests at 37.5, just above Sachin Tendulkar who scored 287 runs at 35.8. Sachin's performance can be rated well short of his high standards. Rahul Dravid scored 194 runs at an average of 24.25 while VVS Laxman struggled the most of the big three, scoring 155 with an average of only 19.37.

Fourth Test, India vs Australia at Adelaide

Adelaide Test, Jan 24-28, 2012

4th Test, Day 4 : India 166/6, trailing by 334

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4th test, day 4: India 272 (Kohli 116, Siddle 5-49) and 166/6 (Sehwag 62) trail Australia 604/7 decl (Ponting 221, Clarke 210) and 167/5 decl (Ponting 60*) by 334 runs

4th Test, Day 3: Australia 50/3 lead India by 382 runs

‎ ‎India began on 61-2 in reply to Australia's 604-7 but struggled against paceman Peter Siddle, who took 5-49. Virat Kohli scored his maiden Test century, but the young India batsman complained bitterly about the comments he received after almost running himself out on 99. Kohli, playing in his eighth Test match, was last out for 116 as the tourists crumbled for 272.

Australia decided against enforcing the follow-on and reached stumps on 50-3 in their second innings, an overall lead of 382 runs.

4th test, day 3: Australia 604/7 decl (Ponting 221, Clarke 210) and 50/3 lead India 272 (Kohli 116, Siddle 5-49) by 382 runs

4th Test, Day 2: India 61/2 trail Australia 604/7 decl

‎ ‎Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting (221 from 404) and current skipper Michael Clarke (210 from 275) hit masterful double centuries to drive Australia to 604/7 declared before their bowlers reduced India to 61/2 at the end of second day of the fourth test in Adelaide on Wednesday.

4th test, day 2: India 61/2 (Gambhir 30*, Sachin 12*) trail Australia 604/7 decl (Ponting 221, Clarke 210) by 543 runs

4th Test, Day 1: Australia, aiming for 4-0 whitewash, plunder India (335/3)

‎ ‎Australia’s Ricky Ponting (137 off 254 balls) became only the third player in history to pass 13,000 Test runs on Tuesday as he and captain Michael Clarke (140 off 188 balls) shared in a ground record fourth wicket partnership, plundering 251 runs in 64.1 overs. It was Ponting's 41st Test century - his second in three innings - while Clarke hit his 19th Test ton, which follows an unbeaten triple hundred in the second Test in Sydney.

Reported earlier: Australian skipper and selector Michael Clarke has left out paceman Mitchell Starc for the fourth cricket Test against India starting on Tuesday in Adelaide. Offspinner Nathan Lyon comes back into the team with the pace trio of Siddle, Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris. Both teams are expecting the flat batting track in Adelaide to last five days. India is playing spinner Ravi Ashwin instead of medium-pacer Vinay Kumar, while Wriddhiman Saha replaces banned wicketkeeper/batsman and skipper MS Dhoni.

India XI: Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Australia XI: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon

4th test, day 1: Australia 335/3 in 90 ov (Ponting 137*, Clarke 140*) vs India

India Team Selection

ODI and T20I squad

Irfan Pathan stages a comeback, Tendulkar retained

Sachin Tendulkar will get another chance to complete his 100th 100, as he was recalled to the team, while paceman Praveen Kumar and spinner Rahul Sharma were also included in India's 17-member squad for the next month's tri-series in Australia.

India ODI and T20I squad: M S Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Unesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan.

Third Test, India vs Australia at Perth

Perth Test, Jan 13-17, 2012

3rd Test, Day 3: Australia demolish India within 2½ days [IND-AUS:0-3 (3/4)]

‎Australia thrashed India by an innings and 37 runs well inside three days in the third Test in Perth, making the visitors suffer their second successive overseas series defeat. India were bowled out for just 171 runs with two days and nearly two sessions to spare. They lost their final four wickets off only seven balls without any addition to the total to surrender the series and Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

VVS Laxman is going to be the first veteran head to roll in a batting revamp after scores of 2,1, 2, 66, 31 and 0 in the current series. India has not had a single century-maker in the past three Tests. Meanwhile, ICC has handed a one-match ban to India skipper MS Dhoni for slow over rate, meaning he won't play when the two sides meet in Adelaide for the fourth and final Test which starts on January 24.

India XI: Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Kohli, Dhoni (C/W), Z Khan, V Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Yadav

Australia XI: Warner, Cowan, S Marsh, Ponting, Clarke (C), M Hussey, Haddin (W), Siddle, Harris, Starc, Hilfenhaus

‎3rd test, day 3: Australia 369 (Warner 180, Cowan 74) beat India 161 (Kohli 44, Hilfenhaus 4-43) and 171 (Kohli 75, Hilfenhaus 4-54) by an innings and 37 runs

Second Test, India vs Australia at SCG

Sydney Test, Jan 3-7, 2012

2nd Test, Day 4: Australia win by an innings and 68 runs [IND-AUS:0-2 (2/4)]

‎Captain Michael Clarke, who scored an unbeaten 329 in the first innings, removed Sachin Tendulkar for 80 to spark a dramatic middle-order collapse after lunch on the fourth day of the second cricket test. Ben Hilfenhaus finished with 5-106 as India were bowled out for 400 after tea at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Ashwin delayed the inevitable, scoring 62, but Australia won by an innings and 68 runs and are 2-0 up.

2nd Test, Day 4: India 191 (Dhoni 57*, Tendulkar 41, Sehwag 30, Pattinson 4-43) and 400 (Gambhir 83, Sachin 80, Laxman 66, Ashwin 62) lost to Australia 659/4 decl in 163 overs (Clarke 329*, Hussey 150*, Ponting 134) by an innings and 68 runs

First Test, India vs Australia at MCG

Melbourne Test, Dec 26-30, 2011

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1st Test, Day 4: Australia knock out India [IND-AUS:0-1 (1/4)]

James Pattinson (4/53) and Peter Siddle (3/42) tore through India's much-vaunted batting line-up to help Australia register a crushing 122-run win on day four of the first Test at the MCG. India had never chased down a target at the MCG and they had no chance after losing Dravid (10), Laxman (1) and Kohli (0) in a span of 11 runs. Half the side was cleaned up inside 70 runs by Australia's fast men. Pattinson was named man of the match.

Tendulkar top-scored with 32 (46 balls) and left the field to a standing ovation given this is certainly his last Test at the MCG. Earlier resuming on 179/8, with Mike Hussey on 79 and Pattinson three, Australia lost Hussey for 89 after the pair added 18 runs. Pattinson (37 not out from 81 balls) along with the tail, was instrumental in adding 61 vital runs before Australia was bowled out for 240.

1st Test, Day 4: Australia 333 (Cowan 68, Ponting 62, Zaheer 4-77) and 240 (Ponting 60, Hussey 89, Umesh Yadav 4-70) beat India 282 (Tendulkar 73, Dravid 68, Sehwag 67) and 169 (Sachin 32, Ashwin 30) by 122 runs

India in Australia, 2011-2012

India vs Australia 4 Test match cricket series (Border Gavaskar Trophy) and 2 T20Is

India Test squad for the Australia tour

The Indian fast bowling contingent for the four-Test series that begins in Melbourne on December 26 comprises of veteran Zaheer Khan (provided he is fit), two fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav, and two controlled seamers Vinay and Mithun.

Indians are scheduled to play two two-day warm-up matches against Chairman's XI before the Test series against Australia’s national side commences. CA has put up two completely different teams for the warm-up games - the first one kicks-off on Thursday, December 15 followed by the second one on Monday, December 19, 2011.

India Squad: MS Dhoni (captain/keeper), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane

Cricket Austraia Squad for First game: Ed Cowan (captain), Joe Burns, Tom Cooper, Alex Doolan, Peter George, Jake Haberfield, Josh Lalor, Tim Ludeman, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Mennie, Wes Robinson, Dean Solway.

Cricket Austraia Squad for First game: David Warner (captain), Doug Bollinger, Cameron Boyce, Tom Cooper, Trent Copeland, Alex Doolan, Peter George, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Josh Lalor, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Marsh.

Date and Time	Match	Venue
Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 30 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local | 18:30 EST -1d	1st Test - Australia vs India	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local | 18:30 EST -1d	2nd Test - Australia vs India	Sydney Cricket Ground
Fri Jan 13 - Tue Jan 17 02:30 GMT | 10:30 local | 21:30 EST -1d	3rd Test - Australia vs India	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Tue Jan 24 - Sat Jan 28 00:00 GMT | 10:30 local | 19:00 EST -1d	4th Test - Australia vs India	Adelaide Oval
Wed Feb 1 D/N 08:35 GMT | 19:35 local | 03:35 EST	1st T20I - Australia vs India	Stadium Australia, Sydney
Fri Feb 3 D/N 08:35 GMT | 19:35 local | 03:35 EST	2nd T20I - Australia vs India	Melbourne Cricket Ground

India vs West Indies 2011-12 Cricket Series in India

India vs West Indies ODI and Test Series, 2011

India won the 5 match ODI series 4-1
• Chennai (5th ODI): India 267/6 in 50 ov (Gambhir 31, Tiwary 104 rtd-hrt, Kohli 80) beat West Indies 233 in 44.1 ov (Pollard 119, Russell 53) by 34 runs
• Indore (4th ODI): India 418/5 in 50 overs (Gambhir 67, Sehwag 219, Raina 55) beat West Indies 265 all out in 49.2 ov (Ramdin 96) by 153 runs
• Ahmedabad (3rd ODI): West Indies 260/5 (Samuels 58, Sammy 41*, Russell 40*) beat India 244 (Rohit 95, Rampaul 4-57) by 16 runs
• Vizag (2nd ODI): India 270/5 (Kohli 117, Rohit 90*) beat West Indies 269/9 (Rampaul 86*, Simmons 78, Yadav 3-38) by five wickets
• Cuttack (1st ODI): India 213 for 9 (Rohit 72, Roach 3-46) beat West Indies 211 for 9 (Bravo 60) by one wicket

India won the 3-Tests series 2-0
• Mumbai Third Test, Day five: West Indies 590 and 134 drew with India 482 (Ashwin 103, Tendulkar 94, Dravid 82) and 242/9 (Sehwag 60, Kohli 63)
• Kolkota Second Test, Day four: India 631/7 decl (Laxman 176*, Dhoni 144, Dravid 119) beat West Indies 153 (Ojha 4-64, Yadav 3-23) and (f/o) 463 (Bravo 136, Samuels 84, Yadav 4-80) by an innings and 15 runs
• Delhi First Test, Day four: India 209 (Sehwag 55, Dravid 54, Sammy 3-35) and 276 for 5 (Tendulkar 76, Laxman 58*, Sehwag 55) beat West Indies 304 (Chanderpaul 118, Brathwaite 63, Ojha 6-72) and 180 (Chanderpaul 47, Ashwin 6-47) by five wickets

India Vs England ODI and T20I, 2011

India vs England ODI Series and Twenty20 International

England won the only T20I
• Culcutta T20I: England 121/4 (Pietersen 53, Patel 21) beat India 120/9 (Raina 39, Dhoni 21, Ashwin 17*, Finn 3-22, Bopara 2-16, Bresnan 2-19) by 6 wickets

India completed a rare series whitewash over England 5-0 in the ODIs
• Culcutta (5th ODI): India 271/8 in 50 ov (Dhoni 75*, Rahane 42, Gambhir 38) beat England 176 (Jadeja 4-33, Kieswetter 63) by 95 runs
• Mumbai (4th ODI): India 223/4 in 40.1 ov (Raina 82, Kohli 86*) beat England 220 (Bresnan 45, Pietersen 41, Aaron 3-24, Ashwin 3-38) by 6 wickets
• Mohali (3rd ODI): India 300/5 in 49.2 ov (Rahane 91, Gambhir 58) beat England 298/4 in 50.0 ov (Jonathan Trott 98*, Samit Patel 70*)
• Delhi (2nd ODI): India 238/2 in 36.4 ov (Kohli 112*, Gambhir 84*) beat England 237 (Pietersen 46, SR Patel 42, R Vinay Kumar 4-30) by 8 wickets
• Hyderabad (1st ODI): India 300 for 7 (Dhoni 87*, Raina 61) bt England 174 (Cook 60)

Nokia Champions League T20 2011

CLT20 2011 Final: Mumbai Indians take title

India-England Cricket series 2011 in England

India vs England ODI Series 2011

England beat India 3-0 out of the 5-ODIs
• 5th ODI, Cardiff: England 241 for 4 (Trott 63, Cook 50, Bairstow 41*) beat India 304 for 6 (Kohli 107, Dravid 69) by six wickets (D/L method)
• 4th ODI, Lord's: India 280 for 5 (Raina 84, Dhoni 78*) tied with England 270 for 8 in 48.5 overs (Bopara 96, Bell 54) (D/L method)
• 3rd ODI, The Oval: England 218 for 7 (Kieswetter 51, Bopara 40, Ashwin 3-40) beat India 234 for 7 (Jadeja 78, Dhoni 69, Anderson 3-48) by three wickets (D/L method)
• 2nd ODI, Southampton: England 188 for 3 (Cook 80*, Kieswetter 46, Ashwin 2-42) beat India 187 for 8 (Rahane 54, Raina 40, Swann 3-33) by seven wickets
• 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street: England 27 for 2 (Trott 14*, Bell 2*) in 7.2 overs vs India 274 for 7 (Parthiv 95, Kohli 55) - match abandoned

England beat India in the only T20I
• Twenty20 international, Old Traffford: England 169 for 4 (Morgan 49) beat India 165 (Rahane 61, Dernbach 4-22) by six wickets

England whitewashed India 4-0 in the Test series
• Fourth Test, The Oval, day five: India 300 (Dravid 146*, Bresnan 3-54) and 283 (Tendulkar 91, Mishra 84) lose to England 591 for 6 dec by an innings and 8 runs
• Third Test, Edgbaston, day four: England 710 for 7 dec (Cook 294, Morgan 104) beat India 224 (Dhoni 77, Broad 4-53, Bresnan 4-62) and 244 (Dhoni 74*, Anderson 4-85) by an innings and 242 runs
• Second Test, Trent Bridge, day four: England 221 (Broad 64, Praveen 3-45) and 544 (Bell 159, Pietersen 63, Morgan 70, Prior 73, Bresnan 90, Praveen 4-124) beat India 288 (Dravid 117, Laxman 54, Yuvraj 62, Broad 6-46) and 158 (Tendulkar 56, Bresnan 5-48) by 319 runs
• First Test, Lords, day five: England 474 for 8 decl. (Pietersen 202*, Trott 71, Praveen 5-106) and 269 for 6 decl. (Prior 103*, Broad 74*, Ishant 4-59) beat India 286 (Dravid 103*, Broad 4-37, Tremlett 3-80) and 261 (Raina 78, Laxman 56, Anderson 5-65, Broad 3-57) by 196 runs

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka

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India vs Sri Lanka - ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 Final

ICC World Cup 2011 Final IND vs SRL Saturday, 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

ICC World Cup Final, India vs Sri Lanka - India power to World Cup triumph

India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating final to deliver World Cup glory to their cricket-mad population for the first time since 1983. Sri Lanka smashed 91 from their last 10 overs to post 274-6 in Mumbai, with Mahela Jayawardene making a superb 103. India lost Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar early on but Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Dhoni rebuilt the innings. Gambhir was out for 97, but captain Dhoni's brilliant unbeaten 91 led India to a famous win with 10 balls to spare.

India 277 for 4 (Gambhir 97, Dhoni 91*) beat Sri Lanka 274 for 6 (Jayawardene 103*, Sangakkara 48) by six wickets