IND vs AUS 2nd Test Preview at Bangalore - India vs Australia Teams for Second Test

After a thrilling nail-biting 1st test between bitter rivals India and Australia, teams are ready for the second and final test match starting from Saturday, 9th October to Wednesday, 13th Oct, 2010 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengalure and timing will be 4:00 GMT, 9:30 IST. India leading the 2 match series by 1-0.

India will be high on confidence after moral boosting win and they already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy even they lost and they will be happy for even a draw but a 2-0 win will improve their points. Gautam Gambhir and 1st test hero Ishant Sharma out due to injury, and likely replace by M Vijay and Sreesanth respectively. Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund and Saurashtra quick bowler Jaidev Unadkat picked as backup.

Australia already lost Border-Gavaskar Trophy will try to level the series as Ricky Ponting finding his 1st win in India. Watson is in good form but Katich didn't contributed as expected while North failed in both innings. Doug Bollinger didn't bowl on the final session and his inclusion is doubtful.

Indian Playing 11 for 2nd Test at Bangalore:

Virender Sehwag, M Vijay/Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C & wk), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Jaidev Unadkat/Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha/Amit Mishra.

Australian Playing 11 for 2nd Test at Bangalore

Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (C), Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Michael Hussey, Tim Paine (wk), Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger/James Pattinson, Nathan Hauritz

Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - Sehwag Test Player and de Villiers ODI

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has won his first ICC award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy being elected as Cricketer of the Year during the 2010 ICC Award ceremony in Bangalore. India's Virender Sehwag won the Test Cricketer of the Year award and South Africa's AB de Villiers claiming the ODI player of the Year award.

Sachin Tendulkar, beat Virender Sehwag, Hashim Amla and Graeme Swann the other nominees in the Cricketer of the Year category. During the year for award August 24, 2009 to August 10, 2010 - Tendulkar scored 1064 runs at an average of 81.84 in ten Tests, also made 914 runs in 17 ODIs at 65.28, on his way to scored first double century of ODI against South Africa in Gwalior.

Indian captain MS Dhoni appointed as captain of the Test Team of the Year, which included Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Swann, Tendulkar, Amla, Simon Katich, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, James Anderson and Doug Bollinger.

Australian ODI captain Ricky Ponting appointed as captain of the ODI Team of the Year, leading a side comprising Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, Dhoni, Daniel Vettori, Stuart Broad, Bollinger and Ryan Harris.

New Zealand's T20 opener, Brendon McCullum, won the award for the best Twenty20 Performance of the Year for his 116 not out against Australia in Christchurch in February, beat edged out Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene and Ryan McLaren.

England fast bowler Steven Finn won the award for Emerging Player of the Year, has taken 32 wickets in 8 matches since his debut. Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate won the Associate Player of the Year award.

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award goes to New Zealand for the second time in a row. Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar won the Umpire of the Year Award for the second time in a row.

ICC Award Ceremony 2010 Summary:

ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (India)

ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Virender Sehwag (India)

ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2010 - AB de Villiers (South Africa)

ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2010 - Steven Finn (England)

ICC Test Team Captain of the Year 2010 - MS Dhoni (India)

ICC ODI Team Captain of the Year 2010 - Ricky Ponting (Australia)

ICC Twenty20 Performance of the Year 2010 - Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

ICC Associate Player of the Year 2010 - Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)

ICC Umpire of the Year 2010 - Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

ICC Woman Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Shelley Nitschke (Australia)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Team 2010 - New Zealand

Ind vs Aus 1st Test 5th Day Video Highlight - Laxman & Ishant Batting on Day 5 Video

Watch and enjoy the video highlights of day 5 of the 1st test which India won by just 1 wicket in a thrilling match thanks to Laxman and Ishant put 81 runs for the 9th wicket.

India vs Australia First Test 5th Day Video Highlight:

India vs Australia 1st Test Match Photos, Images - Zaheer Khan Man of the Match

VVS Lalxman become demises as he again comes between win and australia as India won the 1st test by 1 wicket in a nail-biting finish and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in dramatic fashion in Mohali. Ricky Ponting has to wait more to register his first win as captain. Zaheer Khan is Man of the Match for his 8 wickets in the match.

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IND v AUS 1st Test Result - Laxman and Ishant stars in India's 1 wicket win in a thriller

Two injured players VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma put a 81 runs 9th wicket partnership and India clinched an unbelievable victory over Australia by 1 wicket on the 5th and final day of the 1st test on Tuesday, 5th October, 2010 at Mohali. India now leading the 2 match series by 1-0.

India started the 5th day with 161 more runs with 6 wickets in hand but soon thei most trusted batsman Tendulkar out on 38 runs followed by Dhoni, zaheer and Harbhajan and India were struggling on 124/8. But Laxman once again proved the line between win and loss for Australia played brilliantly with injury with another injured bowler Ishant and took the score to 205 runs. Then last man Ojha played crucial inning and helps India with a thrilling historic 1 wicket win.

Zaheer Khan got Man of the Match for his 5 wickets in the 1st inning and 3 wickets in 2nd inning.

Match Summary:

Australia 1st Innings - 428 all out in 151.4 overs (Watson 126, Paine 92, Zaheer 5-94)

India 1st Innings - 405 all out in 108.1 overs (Tendulkar 98, Raina 86, Dravid 77, Johnson 5-64)

Australia 2nd Innings - 192 all out in 60.5 overs (Watson 56, shant 3-34, Zaheer 3-43)

India 2nd Innings - 216/9 in 58.4 overs (Laxman 73*, Ishant 31, Hilfenhaus 4-57)

Toss - Australia, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Zaheer Khan (India)

Result - India won by 1 wicket

Series - India led the 2-match series 1-0