Australian cricket team in India in 2012–13
| Australian cricket team in India in 2012–13 | |||
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 12 February 2013 – 26 March 2013 | ||
| Captains |
Michael Clarke (1st-3rd Test) Shane Watson (4th Test) |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 4-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Michael Clarke (286) | Murali Vijay (430) | |
| Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (15) | Ravichandran Ashwin (29) | |
| Player of the series | Ravichandran Ashwin (India) | ||
The Australian cricket team toured India from 12 February to 26 March 2013, played a four-match Test series against India. India won the four Test series in a 4–0 whitewash to win the Border–Gavaskar Trophy. During the 1st Test, Mahendra Singh Dhoni set the highest score by an Indian Test captain, scoring 224 runs, beating the previous record held by Sachin Tendulkar.
Australia introduced two debutants, Moisés Henriques and Glenn Maxwell while India also introduced two debutants, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ajinkya Rahane.
India lost the toss and were asked to bowl on a pitch that will soon be a ripper for spinners. Aus got off to a quick start but started to struggle as spinners were introduced and lost 2 wickets before lunch. Post lunch it was Ashwin show completely as the off spinner picked 3 quick wickets. but resistance from Henriques and Clarke helped Aus reach 380. India had a poor start and lost openers quickly. However, MS Dhoni along with tail-ender Bhuvneshvar had a 9th wicket record partnership which took India's total to more than 500. In the second innings, the Indian spinners stuck regularly and besides Henriques no other Aussie showed any resistance to leave India with a small target. Sachin Tendulkar finished the match by hitting two sixes off consecutive balls.
India again lost the toss but this time the pacers extracted early movement which aided the spinners and resulted in low 1st innings total for Australia. Clarke and Wade had a useful partnership but the constant loss of wickets meant Clarke declared early. India in their first innings thanks to Pujara and Vijay for the partnership of 370 runs due to which India scored 500+ again and the spinners in the 2nd innings dismissed Australia cheaply. This match marked the last test in the career of Sehwag .
The first day was lost to rain and thanks to Smith and Starc's batting Australia got a healthy first innings total. India, however, with Dhawan's quickfire debut century and steady batting from Vijay got a small lead. In the second innings the Indian bowlers again dismissed the Australian's for a low score and India won on the last day with less than 4 overs left.
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