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