India’s Kapi(ta)l doesn’t favour Australia

India made just one Ch(et)ange to their playing eleven – Laxman Sivaramakrishnan made way for Sharma. Australia made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Peter Taylor made way for One-day International debutant Andrew Zesers. 

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper won the toss, inserting the Indians. Krishnamachari, who faced (Srikkan)thirty-seven balls, scored 26. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Greg Dyer. Craig McDermott broke the 50-run stand. 

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 72 balls, scored 61. His innings included seven boundaries. Simon O’Donnell broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 75. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 70 balls, scored 51. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Tom Moody. McDermott broke the 42-run stand.

Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, faced five balls, scoring three. He was caught by Dyer. McDermott broke the 11-run partnership. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 60 balls, scored 63. He scored three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by O’Donnell. The fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 65, was broken by Reid.

The S(hastr)ixth-wicket pair put on 31. Ravi, whose innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just eight. He was caught by Steve Waugh off his own bowling.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the player of the match, faced 45 balls. He scored 54, including five boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Kiran More, who faced four balls, scoring five.

Australia conceded 18 extras. India scored 289 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Moody, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Zesers bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. O’Donnell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45 and picked up a scalp.

Reid bowled 10 overs, conceding 65. He picked up a wicket. Waugh bowled 10 overs, conceding 59. He picked up a scalp. McDermott, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 61 and picked up three scalps.

Marsh scored 33 (Ge)off 56 balls. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was stumped by More. Maninder Singh broke the 88-run stand. David Boon, who faced 59 balls, scored 62. His innings included seven fours. He was caught by More. Shastri broke the 16-run stand.

Border, who faced 24 balls, scored 12. He was caught by Manoj. Singh broke the third-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth 31. Dean Jones, who faced 55 balls, scored 36. He was caught by Dev. Singh broke the 29-run stand. The fifth-wicket stand was worth three. Moody, who faced six balls, scored just a couple. He was run out.

O’Donnell, who faced 10 balls, scored five. Azharuddin broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 15. Dyer faced 12 balls, scoring 15. His innings included a six. He was caught by Dev. Prabhakar broke the 32-run stand.

McDermott, who faced five balls, scored four. Azharuddin caught him off him own bowling, breaking the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth 13. Waugh faced 52 balls, scoring 42. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Sidhu. Dev broke the four-run stand. Zesers, who faced 11 balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Reid, who bowled six balls, scored a run. He was caught by Sidhu. Azharuddin broke the two-run stand. India conceded 19 extras. Australia were dismissed for 233 off 49 overs. India won by 56 runs. Sharma bowled 7.1 wicketless overs, conceding 37. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a wicket.

Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 56 and picked up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, conceded 35 and picked up a wicket. Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 34 and picked up three wickets. Azharuddin bowled 3.5 overs, conceded 19 and picked up three scalps.