Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01
| Australian cricket team in India in 2001 | |||
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 17 February 2001 – 6 April 2001 | ||
| Captains | Steve Waugh | Sourav Ganguly | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Matthew Hayden (549) | VVS Laxman (503) | |
| Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (17) | Harbhajan Singh (32) | |
| Player of the series | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Matthew Hayden (303) | VVS Laxman (291) | |
| Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (10) | Javagal Srinath (9) | |
| Player of the series | Matthew Hayden (Aus) | ||
The Australian cricket team toured India from February to April 2001 for a three Test series and a five match ODI series.
The Indian cricket team at the time was depleted, without leading leg spinner Anil Kumble. On the spinning tracks of India, this left them at a disadvantage, with the other spinners who had filled the void during the earlier part of the season being Sunil Joshi, Sarandeep Singh and Murali Kartik, all having played less than 10 Tests each.
Harbhajan Singh, whose previous best Test figures were only 3/30, was entrusted with a heavy burden, having been recalled at the behest of captain Sourav Ganguly after previous instances of indiscipline. He was to lead the spin attack against an Australian team which had set a world record with 15 consecutive Test victories, and was searching for its first series victory on Indian soil since 1969. In the first Test, his spinning partner was Rahul Sanghvi, a debutant.
The start of the First Test in Mumbai was overshadowed by the death of Sir Donald Bradman, universally regarded as the greatest batsman in cricket history. After a minute's silence, Australian captain Steve Waugh won the toss and elected to field on a pitch offering assistance to the bowling team. Ganguly stated that he would have done likewise. The Australian fast bowlers quickly removed India's top order, with both openers and Rahul Dravid removed in the first hour's play with only 31 runs scored. After Ganguly was removed with the score on 55, the Indians progressed to be 4/62 at lunch.Sachin Tendulkar lead a counterattack in the hour after lunch, scoring 53 runs in 53 balls to take the score to 4/130 before V. V. S. Laxman was removed. The innings lost momentum when Tendulkar was dismissed for 76 to leave the score at 6/139. India were eventually bowled out in the final session for 176. Shane Warne took 4/47 while Glenn McGrath managed 3/19. In reply, Australia reached 1/49 at stumps, losing Michael Slater.
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