Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
2 March 2008
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe
Match Result: India won by 6 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Yuvraj Singh b Praveen Kumar | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Piyush Chawla b Harbhajan Singh | 82 | 88 | 115 | 10 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | b Praveen Kumar | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 4. Michael Clarke | c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | c Praveen Kumar b Harbhajan Singh | 31 | 44 | 71 | 4 | - | |
| 6. Mike Hussey | run out (MS Dhoni > Irfan Pathan) | 45 | 67 | 87 | 2 | - | |
| 7. James Hopes | c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 37 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Brad Hogg | not out | 23 | 31 | 47 | - | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | - | |
| 10. Mitchell Johnson | not out | 6 | 3 | 12 | - | - | |
| 11. Nathan Bracken |
| FOW | 1-16 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-19 (Ricky Ponting), 3-24 (Michael Clarke), 4-124 (Andrew Symonds), 5-135 (Matthew Hayden), 6-173 (James Hopes), 7-212 (Mike Hussey), 8-231 (Brett Lee). |
| Extras | 1b, 0lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Praveen Kumar | 10 | 1 | 49 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Irfan Pathan | 7 | 0 | 63 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Piyush Chawla | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rohit Sharma | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Robin Uthappa | c Mike Hussey b James Hopes | 17 | 33 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 117 | 120 | 235 | 10 | - | |
| 3. Gautam Gambhir | run out (Mitchell Johnson > James Hopes) | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| 4. Yuvraj Singh | b Brad Hogg | 10 | 21 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Rohit Sharma | b James Hopes | 66 | 87 | 108 | 6 | - | |
| *+6. MS Dhoni | not out | 15 | 12 | 21 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Ishant Sharma | |||||||
| 8. Harbhajan Singh | |||||||
| 9. Piyush Chawla | |||||||
| 10. Praveen Kumar | |||||||
| 11. Irfan Pathan |
| FOW | 1-50 (Robin Uthappa), 2-56 (Gautam Gambhir), 3-87 (Yuvraj Singh), 4-210 (Rohit Sharma). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 6w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 45.5 ovs, 235 mins) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (3w,2nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 0 | 70 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 8.5 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, James Hopes, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken
India: Robin Uthappa, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan
