Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
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India’s performance
2005-12
Mar 03 2017: The Times of India
WILL INDIA BLOOM IN GARDEN CITY?
As the hosts get ready to restore parity in the series against Australia, TOI looks at the last five Tests played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Vs Pakistan, March 24-28, 2005
An epic double hundred by Younis Khan helped Pakistan to 570. Sehwag responded with a blazing 201 and India reached 449.With just a day and a half remaining, a draw seemed the most likely result.Pakistan declared their second innings at 261 for 2 and set India 383 to win in a minimum of 96 overs. But Sehwag's run out when India were 87, changed the game as India lost by 168 runs.
Vs Pakistan, March 8-12, 2007
Sourav Ganguly slammed 239, Yuvraj Singh struck a sublime 169 as India amassed 626. Misbah ul-Haq held fort for the visitors and scored 133 to keep India at bay as Pakistan came within 89 runs of India's score. With the hosts leading the series 1-0, skipper Kumble avoided erring on the side of adventure and declared after lunch on Day 5 setting Pakistan an improbable 374 to win in a session and a half. The result was a draw.
Vs Australia, October 9-13, 2008
Ricky Ponting's first Test ton on Indian soil and Mike Hussey's polished 146 helped Australia score 430. At 7-232, a big lead for Australia looked imminent. But India's unlikely heroes with the bat proved to be Zaheer Khan (57*) and Harbhajan Singh (54) as the pair added 80 runs in 23 overs to eat out time. Australia declared their second innings at 228 for 7, setting India 299 to win in 83 overs. The match ended in a draw
Vs Australia, October 9-13, 2010
A ton from Marcus North (128) enabled Australia to 478. Sachin Tendulkar, enjoying a profitable second wind, struck a sublime 214 to help India score 495. It was a disappointing return considering they were 4-411. A fine spell of bowling on the fifth morning from Zaheer Khan enabled India to get rid of Australia for 223 leaving India with a target of 207 in 78 overs. A counterattacking second innings half century from debutant Cheteshwar Pujara (72 off 89 balls) took India to a seven-wicket win.
Vs New Zealand, August 31 to September 3, 2012
Ross Taylor's blazing 113 (127 balls) helped the Kiwis to 365 despite Pragyan Ojha picking 5-99. Tim Southee then ran in like the wind and his 7-64 helped the Kiwis to bowl out the hosts for 353.The Kiwis, despite getting decent starts never found anyone to get past 30s and 40s and were bowled out for 248. India were chasing 261 in a day and two and a half sessions. At 5-166, India were rocking, but in Dhoni (48*) and Kohli (51*) they had two men with big hearts and strong minds. They put that to use to guide the team to a thrilling fivewicket win.
