VB SeriesFinal · ODI
Australia beat India by 7 wickets in the final - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . India won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Final, ODI · VB Series 2003/04
- Date
- (Fri 6 Feb, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 7 wickets
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Umpires
- Simon Taufel (Australia), Steve Bucknor
- TV umpire
- Daryl Harper (Australia)
- Match referee
- Clive Lloyd
Head to head (ODI)
Played 155 · IND won 59 · AUS won 86 · No result 10
Last 5 meetings
- Match 11 · VB Series · IND 203 v AUS 204/5Australia won by 5 wickets
- Match 7 · VB Series · IND 296/4 v AUS 225/8Australia won by 2 wickets (DLS method)
- Match 5 · VB Series · IND 303/4 v AUS 284India won by 19 runs
- Match 1 · VB Series · AUS 288 v IND 270Australia won by 18 runs
- Final · TVS Cup (India) · IND 198 v AUS 235/5Australia won by 37 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs ZIM · IND 136/6 v ZIM 135India won by 4 wickets (with 117 balls remaining)
- L vs AUS · IND 203 v AUS 204/5Australia won by 5 wickets
- W vs ZIM · IND 280/7 v ZIM 277/6India won by 3 runs
- L vs AUS · IND 296/4 v AUS 225/8Australia won by 2 wickets (DLS method)
- W vs ZIM · IND 255/6 v ZIM 231/9India won by 24 runs
Top players in this fixture
IND v AUS ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar IND | 42 | 2122 | 143 | 50.52 | 89.39 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 29 | 1270 | 111 | 43.79 | 98.45 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 31 | 1170 | 140 | 43.33 | 82.57 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 31 | 1081 | 101 | 49.14 | 75.81 |
| Rahul Dravid IND | 26 | 800 | 80 | 30.77 | 69.99 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath IND | 29 | 33 | 4.89 |
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 21 | 32 | 4.55 |
| Ajit Agarkar IND | 18 | 32 | 5.83 |
| Anil Kumble IND | 27 | 29 | 4.88 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 10 | 20 | 4.23 |
ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 116
- Average 1st-innings score
- 211
- Won batting first
- 56
- Won chasing
- 56
- Highest total
- 338/6 by Australia ()