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Cricket World Cup 2003

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Australia innings:

Batsman Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Strike Rate
AC Gilchrist c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 57 66 48 8 1 118.75
ML Hayden c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 37 93 54 5 0 68.51
RT Ponting Not out 140 138 121 4 8 115.70
DR Martyn Not out 88 112 84 7 1 104.76

India Bowling:

Bowler Overs Maiden Runs Wickets Economy Rate Extras Given
Zaheer Khan 7 0 67 0 9.57 (2 nb, 6 w)
J Srinath 10 0 87 0 8.70 (3 nb, 2 w)
A Nehra 10 0 57 0 5.70 (3 w)
Harbhajan Singh 8 0 49 2 6.12
V Sehwag 3 0 14 0 4.66
SR Tendulkar 3 0 20 0 6.66 (1 w)
D Mongia 7 0 39 0 5.57 (2 nb)
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 12 0 6.00
India innings:
Batsman Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Strike Rate
SR Tendulkar c & b McGrath 4 2 5 1 80.00
V Sehwag Run out (Lehmann) 82 107 81 10 3 101.23
SC Ganguly c Lehmann b Lee 24 44 25 3 1 96.00
M Kaif c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 4 3 0.00
Rahul Dravid
b Bichel 47 87 57 2 82.45
Yuvraj Singh
c Lee b Hogg 24 48 34 1 70.58
D Mongia c Martyn b Symonds 12 18 11 2 109.09
Harbhajan Singh c McGrath b Symonds 7 12 8 87.50
Z Khan c Lehmann b McGrath 4 20 8 50.00
J Srinath b Lee 1 6 4 25.00
A Nehra Not out 8 7 4 2 200.00
Extras: (b 4, lb 4, w 9, nb 4) – 21
2003 Cricket World Cup teams: 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were divided into two Pools – Pool A and Pool B. Pool A 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were Australia, India, Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan, Netherlands and Namibia. Pool B 2003 Cricket World Cup teams include Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Canada and Bangladesh.

India at the 2003 World Cup

Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup
Like in the previous World Cup, India were beginning their 2003 Cricket World Cup Campaign on a string of poor performances. The World Cup consisted of a similar format to the previous world cup. The Indian team was somewhat stronger than the team representing them in the 1999 World Cup, but still contained the batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, now accompanied by rising talents Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif and Virender Sehwag. India were placed in Group A, accompanied by Holland, Australia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, England and rivals Pakistan. The Top 3 in the pool would advance to the Super Six section of the tournament.
The Indian Squad that were the Runners-up of the 2003 World Cup comprised:
• Ajit Agarkar
• Sanjay Bangar
• Rahul Dravid (wicketkeeper)
• Sourav Ganguly (captain)
• Mohammad Kaif
• Zaheer Khan
• Anil Kumble
• Dinesh Mongia
• Ashish Nehra
• Parthiv Patel (reserve wicketkeeper)
• Virender Sehwag
• Harbhajan Singh
• Yuvraj Singh
• Javagal Srinath
• Sachin Tendulkar
• India's record: 9−2 (runner-up)
• Australia's record: 11−0 (champions)