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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

IND vs AUS 2nd Test Result - India won by 7 wickets, won series by 2-0 - Sachin MOM & MOS


IND vs AUS 2nd Test Result - India won by 7 wickets, won series by 2-0

India comfortably beat Australia in the 2nd test by 7 wickets on the 5th and final day with much ease against thrilling 1st test and proved they are the no.1 team on Wednesday, 13th October, 2010 at Bangalore. India won the 2 match series by 2-0.

India finished the Australian inning in the morning to 223 runs and set a target of 207 runs in more than 75 overs. India then lost Sehwag early but debutant Pujara who promoted up in the order played brilliantly under pressure with 72 runs off just 89 balls and took the match away from Australians. M Vijay also contributed 37 runs and then veterans Tendulkar 53* and Dravid 21* takes the team to victory.

Ricky Ponting's bad luck continues to win a test in India as captain and lost 4 matches in a row. But 2 match series was very competitive with high level performance from both sides with result on last day.

Sachin Tendulkar got Man of the Match for his 214 runs in 1st inning and unbeaten 53 runs in the 2nd inning. He also won Man of the Series award for his 403 runs at an average of 134.43 in 2 matches.

Match Summary:

Australia 1st Innings - 478 all out in 141 overs (Watson 57, Ponting 77, North 128, Harbhajan 4-148)

India 1st Innings - 495 all out in 144.5 overs (Vijay 139, Tendulkar 214, Johnson 3-105)

Australia 2nd Innings - 223 all out in 75.2 overs (Ponting 72, Zaheer 3-41, Ojha 3-57)

India 2nd Innings - 207/3 in 45 overs (Pujara 72, Tendulkar 53*)

Toss - Australia, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Man of the Seies- Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Result - India won by 7 wicket

Series - India won the 2-match series 2-0