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India v Australia @ Eden Gardens, Kolkata
11, 12, 13, 14, 15 March 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SK Bansal, P Willey
Third Umpire: SN Bandekar
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: India won by 171 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Slater | c Nayan Mongia b Zaheer Khan | 42 | 99 | 134 | 7 | 1 |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c sub b Harbhajan Singh | 97 | 157 | 242 | 14 | 3 |
| 3. Justin Langer | c Nayan Mongia b Zaheer Khan | 58 | 91 | 131 | 9 | 1 |
| 4. Mark Waugh | c Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 22 | 31 | 50 | 4 | - |
| *5. Steve Waugh | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 110 | 203 | 305 | 11 | 1 |
| 6. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 12 | 22 | 1 | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Sadagoppan Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Michael Kasprowicz | lbw b Sourav Ganguly | 7 | 28 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | c Sadagoppan Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 46 | 147 | 190 | 8 | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | not out | 21 | 28 | 37 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-103 (Michael Slater), 2-193 (Matthew Hayden), 3-214 (Justin Langer), 4-236 (Mark Waugh), 5-252 (Ricky Ponting), 6-252 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-252 (Shane Warne), 8-269 (Michael Kasprowicz), 9-402 (Jason Gillespie), 445 (Steve Waugh). |
| Extras | 19b, 10lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 36 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 131.5 ovs) 445 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 28.4 | 6 | 89 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 30 | 5 | 95 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 13.2 | 3 | 44 | 1 | (0w,5nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 20 | 2 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 37.5 | 7 | 123 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shiv Sunder Das | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 20 | 48 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 2. Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Ricky Ponting b Jason Gillespie | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b Shane Warne | 25 | 82 | 115 | 4 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 10 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - |
| *5. Sourav Ganguly | c Steve Waugh b Michael Kasprowicz | 23 | 51 | 61 | 4 | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 59 | 83 | 122 | 12 | - |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Kasprowicz | 2 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Harbhajan Singh | c Ricky Ponting b Jason Gillespie | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 9. Zaheer Khan | b Glenn McGrath | 3 | 19 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. Venkatapathy Raju | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 4 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 7 | 23 | 47 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 2-34 (Shiv Sunder Das), 3-48 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-88 (Rahul Dravid), 5-88 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-92 (Nayan Mongia), 7-97 (Harbhajan Singh), 8-113 (Zaheer Khan), 9-129 (Venkatapathy Raju), 171 (VVS Laxman). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 58.1 ovs) 171 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 14 | 8 | 18 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 11 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 13 | 2 | 39 | 2 | (0w,7nb) |
| Shane Warne | 20.1 | 3 | 65 | 2 | (0w,5nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shiv Sunder Das | hit wicket b Jason Gillespie | 39 | 99 | 125 | 7 | - |
| 2. Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Mark Waugh b Shane Warne | 30 | 43 | 66 | 6 | - |
| 3. VVS Laxman | c Ricky Ponting b Glenn McGrath | 281 | 452 | 631 | 44 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie | 10 | 23 | 26 | 2 | - |
| *5. Sourav Ganguly | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 48 | 81 | 128 | 8 | - |
| 6. Rahul Dravid | run out (Steve Waugh > Michael Kasprowicz > ) | 180 | 353 | 446 | 20 | - |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | b Glenn McGrath | 4 | 10 | 18 | - | - |
| 8. Zaheer Khan | not out | 23 | 15 | 19 | 3 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | not out | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 10. Venkatapathy Raju | ||||||
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-52 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 2-97 (Shiv Sunder Das), 3-115 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-232 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-608 (VVS Laxman), 6-624 (Nayan Mongia), 7-629 (Rahul Dravid). |
| Extras | 6b, 12lb, 2w, 14nb, 0pen) 34 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 178 ovs, 737 mins) 657 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 39 | 12 | 103 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 31 | 6 | 115 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 34 | 3 | 152 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 18 | 1 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 35 | 6 | 139 | 0 | (0w,13nb) |
| Ricky Ponting | 12 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Matthew Hayden | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Slater | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Justin Langer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Hayden | lbw b Sachin Tendulkar | 67 | 118 | 198 | 6 | - |
| 2. Michael Slater | c Sourav Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 43 | 79 | 92 | 7 | - |
| 3. Justin Langer | c Sadagoppan Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 28 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 4. Mark Waugh | lbw b Venkatapathy Raju | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| *5. Steve Waugh | c sub b Harbhajan Singh | 24 | 58 | 54 | 4 | - |
| 6. Ricky Ponting | c Shiv Sunder Das b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | lbw b Sachin Tendulkar | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Jason Gillespie | c Shiv Sunder Das b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 38 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 9. Shane Warne | lbw b Sachin Tendulkar | 0 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 13 | 56 | 64 | 2 | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 12 | 27 | 32 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-74 (Michael Slater), 2-106 (Justin Langer), 3-116 (Mark Waugh), 4-166 (Steve Waugh), 5-166 (Ricky Ponting), 6-167 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-173 (Matthew Hayden), 8-174 (Shane Warne), 9-191 (Jason Gillespie), 212 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 6b, 0lb, 0w, 8nb, 5pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 68.3 ovs, 272 mins) 212 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 8 | 4 | 30 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 30.3 | 8 | 73 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 15 | 3 | 58 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 11 | 3 | 31 | 3 | (0w,6nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Shiv Sunder Das, Sadagoppan Ramesh, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Venkatapathy Raju, Venkatesh Prasad