India will have to make nothing less than 400 runs if they want to win...damn aussies. :)
Terrific batting performence by India…but this will be a good match since Aussie batting line-up is strong and well-capable of reaching this total.
India 303/4 (50.0 ov)
Dravid 74 and Laxman 103 not out. He got his centuary of the last ball of the Indian innings. Well played :k:
australia 78/1 in 10 overs :k:
100 for hayden 
australia are 200/4 in 33 overs
303 is a good total too :k:
Australia 233/6
Need 71 off 66 balls
Aus 64 runs off 54 balls with 4 wickets in hand and the last hope in Bevan still out there.
Aus need 38 off 24 balls with 2 wickets in hand. Bevan still there.
India win by 20 runs. Well played. Congrats. :k:
:bhangra:
Good bowling by Young Guns.. Balaji,Rohan and Irfan.
Irfan is really showing what he is. a good player in making.
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I agree, Pathan bowled well, and so did Balaji :k: Very well played by the Indians. This is the first time India has beaten Australia in Australia since 1991-1992. This goes to show the strength of the current Indian Team.
heaving sigh of relief- I didn't see the second innings but what a terrific effort by Pathan and Balaji. Shows our bowling future is not bleak, but Nehra's certainly is. Senior bowler and taking only 1 wkt? Well, I hope these fellows continue the good work.
Adds even more weight to the fact tht India is gonna whoop our asses so hard when they come to Pak. :(
very well batted vvs laxman, he is a class act, a proven performer god know's why india dropped him from their world squad in feb' last year
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Adds even more weight to the fact tht India is gonna whoop our asses so hard when they come to Pak. :(
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amen to that!
dream on!!! 
i could not believe my eyes - in a day where Balaji was hero and Lee was hammered - i think Lee seriously needs more relax time - Steven Waugh was right about him - now i fear Lee's future - he has never exceeded so many runs.
Damien Martyn has to go - he has been a disappointment for a while - Rohan Gavaskar made his ODI debut with a wicket of Symonds which turned out to be a winning point for him and India!
Zimbabwe - well i think their top order seriously need to put some runs on board to remain in the competition.
Depleted India keen to keep Zimbabwe down
Ashish Shukla (PTI)
Brisbane, January 19
Fresh from their landmark victory against Australia in their own den, India will miss the services of an injured Sachin Tendulkar as they go into the triangular one-day series match against minnows Zimbabwe on Tuesday, hoping to join the world champions atop the points table.
The visitors are down to their last fit man but Zimbabwe does not hold any terror to them in Tuesday's floodlit match at the Gabba.
Though Tendulkar has been ruled out for the match due to an ankle injury, the Indians were unlikely to risk either Virender Sehwag or Ajit Agarkar against the Zimbabweans as all three are under physio Andrew Leipus' attention and in various stages of mend.
It leaves captain Sourav Ganguly with narrow choices and forces his hand on Sanjay Bangar or Parthiv Patel, the two players who figure last in his scheme of things in the present series.
The Indians were in the second position on the table with 12 points from three outings and will be keen to garner the maximum six points to catch up with Australia who have 18 points from four matches. Zimbabwe were yet to open their account having lost all the three matches by huge margins.
Bangar appears more withdrawn into his shell after the disaster at Melbourne in the series opener when he ran out his captain and contributed little with either bat or ball.
Patel is a specialist wicketkeeper and a batsman who gave glimpses of flowering in the productive Test series but he takes a man out for Ganguly since Rahul Dravid juggles with the two jobs competently.
Ganguly is also unlikely to disturb the bowling combination which stood up to the heat against Australia yesterday, which means left-arm spinner Murali Kartik and Amit Bhandari may not get a look-in.
Irfan Pathan, Laxmipathy Balaji and Ashish Nehra gelled well against Australia yesterday and get their captain's vote. Anil Kumble has made the spinner's slot all for himself because of his riches in the Tests.
Bangar and Patel add up to the 14 who are up for selection and Ganguly, despite his reluctance, will have to make his choice between them.
There is another issue of openers to sort out and Ganguly admits he has not made up his mind on his partner for tomorrow's match.
"I sure will be opening, but we will have to wait and see who comes out as my partner," Ganguly said. Laxman's reluctance to open is well known and so is Dravid's and the lot could fall on the young shoulders of Yuvraj Singh or Hemang Badani.
The challenge presents both Yuvraj and Badani an opportunity to show that there is more to them than a few slogs in the lower order. Batting up the order, both could have a chance to build their innings rather than run helter-skelter or heave a few big hits to the outfield.
Rohan Gavaskar might have got his first chance due to a late entry in the injury dossier, in this case Virender Sehwag, but by the evidence of yesterday, starts as an automatic choice against Zimbabwe.
The young man with the famous surname showed a cool head in everything he was required to do, whether with the bat, ball or in the field. He plucked two catches, both eye-catching when he caught Andrew Symonds in his follow through and then when he held on to a good hit from Ian Harvey at the square-leg fence. His throwing and the commonsense he displayed in the three balls he faced has prepared everyone to have a longer look at him.
Zimbabwe is relying too heavily on Heath Streak for a decent batting and bowling performance, but the skipper doing all the job is unlikely to happen everytime.
In the absence of Andy Flower, who quit the team protesting against the Robert Mugabe regime, it is high time the talented likes of Stuart Carlisle, Sean Ervine, Grant Flower, and Andy Blignaut came good.
So vast is the gulf between the two teams in terms of batting might that even a deficient India is capable of either setting up a huge total or chasing one themselves under the lights.
India (from): Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Hemang Badani, Rohan Gavaskar, Parthiv Patel, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Laxmipathy Balaji and Sanjay Bangar.
Zimbabwe: Visu Sibanda, Staurt Carlistle, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Mark Vermuelen, Grant Flower, Heath Streak, Tatenda Taibu, Andy Blignaut, Raymond Price, Douglas Hondo and Sean Ervine.
:flower1: points table and how the point system is worked out!!! :flower1:](http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OD_TOURNEYS/VBS/wci/VBS_JAN-FEB2004_TABLE.html)
6th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, 20 Jan 2004
- India won the toss and elected to bat first *
latest score India 40/0 (8.2 ov)
@ crease r *gulli’ ** 19 & *Patel ** 19
fall of 1st indian wicket, patel is out in the following fashion:
** 8.6 Streak to Patel, OUT: awful swing at a good length delivery,
head was in the air, feet did not move and the only result
was the ball crashing into the stumps. **
India 41/1, Partnership of 41
PA Patel b Streak 19 (29b 3x4 0x6)
vvs laxman into bat
latest score: India 49/1 (10.0 ov)
@ crease: gulli' 21* & lax' 5*