India vs Australia 1st Test Match Result - India Win by 1 Wicket

VVS Laxman overcame his sore back to become the hero of a nail-biting one-wicket victory for India, who retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in dramatic fashion, on the 5th day of the 1st Test at Mohali. on Tuesday, 5th October 2010. Zaheer Khan best performance by Man of The Match collects a stump after taking his 8 wicket and sealing India win Beat Australia.

Australia were in control. Laxman and Ishant had other ideas, and the rest is history. The great shame is that this is only a two-match series.

India began the day needing 161 runs and for an hour they were cruising, as Tendulkar and Laxman brought the target down with a rapidity that alarmed Ponting.

Match Summary:
Australia 1st Innings 428/all out; 151.4 overs (Watson 124, Paine 92, Khan 5-94)

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

Australia 2nd Innings 192/all out; 60.5 overs (Watson 56, Sharma 3-34, Khan 3-43)

India 2nd Innings 216/9 in 58.4 overs (Laxman 73, Hilfenhaus 4-57, Bollinger 3-32)

Toss - Australia, who chose to bat.

Man of the Match - Zaheer Khan (India)

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

Result - India won by 1 Wicket.

India vs Australia 1st Test Match Live Score - Ind vs Aus 1st Test Match Taem

2010 Test Series, host India and Australia 1st Test Matches Start Will be Played on Friday, 1st October to Tuesday, 5th October, 2010, at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. in the game and timing will be 04:00 GMT 09:30 local 09:30 IST.

India are the holders after their 2-0 win at home this time two years ago, but much has changed since then.

Australia entered that tour ranked No. 1 among Test teams and India were third.

India 1st Test Team, Playing Eleven at Mohali:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt and wk), Harbhajan Singh / Amit Mishra / Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha.

Australia 1st Test Team, Playing Eleven at Mohali:

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