The series as the Indians were bowled out for 400 and gave the Aussies 2 – 0 lead in the
Four match series.
Michael Clarke,Australian tema captain was declared Man of the match for his magnificent innings of 329 who was delighted with victory. Carrying on from their overnight score of 114 for 2,
India started off in convincing fashion through Tendulkar, who struck boundaries at will through the offside.
However, the visitors lost
Gautam Gambhir soon after. A leading edge from his bat off the bowling of Peter
Siddle ended in the hands of
David Warner, who completed an easy catch at backward point. Gambhir departed after playing a useful hand of 83 from 142 balls, and struck 11 boundaries on the way.
Tendulkar continued to be in great touch, bringing up his 65th half-century in Tests with a glance down to fine leg and exhibited the 'daylight' that has existed between him and the rest of the Indian batsman in the series so far.
He and
VVS Laxman were in complete control, taking the team's score to 243 for 3 at lunch. After losing just Gambhir's wicket in the first session, the turn of events post lunch was truly disastrous to the Indian cause.
With his score on 80, Tendulkar frame a Clarke delivery to Hussey at first fall, Laxman, who had brought up his half-century a little while earlier, was then cleaned up by Hilfenhaus, as he played across the line to a delivery that pitched on off-stump and held its line.The Aussie fast bowler got into the act again, getting the wicket of Dhoni although there was some confusion as to whether it was a bump ball or not, but replays confirmed that Dhoni had digged the ball straight into the hands of the bowler.
After terrorising the Indian batsmen in the first innings, Pattinson finally got his first wicket in the second essay by trapping
ViratKohli lbw to a delivery that kept low. A few lusty hits by
Zaheer Khan made for some interesting viewing, but with seven wickets down the writing was very much on the wall for the Indians.
The fireworks from Zaheer finally come to an end when he was dismissed by Siddle, who picked up his second wicket of the innings. Zaheer's innings lasted 26 balls which yielded 35 runs and included five fours and a six, before he backed away to a short delivery from Siddle only to hit it as far as
Shaun Marsh in the cover region, who took a fine running catch.
Meanwhile with wickets falling at the other end,
R Ashwin, who had brought up his fifty holed out to Lyon, who ran from mid-on to bring an end to
India's misery. Ashwin made 62 before he became Hilfenhaus' fifth wicket.
