Teams:

• Australia (Playing XI): Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Marcus North, Tim Paine (w), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger.
• India (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni (w/c), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma. Batsmen in the field for India are VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma while Bowlers from Australia are Mitchell Johnson and Marcus North.

VVS Laxman’s further participation in the ongoing first Test is under doubt due to his back injury and the team management will take a final call on his availability tomorrow.

Harbhajan Singh has been included in the playing eleven after the off-spinner passed the fitness test at his home ground. Pragyan Ojha has been included as the second spinner. In the fast bowling department, Ishant Sharma will partner Zaheer Khan with the new ball.

Australia are playing with three pacers – Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger and one spinner as Nathan Hauritz.

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Venue for matches 38, 45 & 49 – To be confirmed & subject to inspection

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By a coincidence, Virender Sehwag was playing his 221st match, exactly half of SR Tendulkar’s 442 matches. Their combined total is 663 matches. SR Tendulkar was playing his 431st innings in this game. The record for most innings played in One-day games is 432 and is credited to ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.

The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represent the 292nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games.

It also represents the 62nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games. The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 93rd occasion of SR Tendulkar being a partner in a three figure partnership in One-day games.

SR Tendulkar registered his 46th One-day hundred in this game. This was his fourth hundred against South Africa. The other three hundreds are – 122 at Vadodara on 17.03.00, 114 at Mumbai on 14.12.96 and 101 at Jo’burg on 05.10.01. SR Tendulkar’s 200 not out in this game represent his highest score against South Africa.

194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the ground record for the highest three figure partnership at Gwalior. The previous best was 190 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman against Australia on 26.10.03 194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 12th three figure partnership at Gwalior.

With 25 boundary fours in this innings of 200 not out, SR Tendulkar has now the record of most boundary fours in an innings. He wrested the record of 24 boundary fours of ST Jayasuriya in his knock of 157 against Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06 which was the previous record of most boundary fours in an innings.

SR Tendulkar with his score on 195 not out in this innings became the highest scorer in One-day games when he went past the scores of 194 not out by CK Coventry of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09 and 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97,

SR Tendulkar’s score of 200 not out in this innings became the highest scorer on Indian soil going past 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan against India at Chennai on 21.05.97. SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the history of One-day games to score 200 runs when he scored 200 not out in this game. It was an improvement over his 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad.

SR Tendulkar now owns the record for most 150 plus scores in One-day games. His 200 not out in this game was his fifth score of 150 plus runs. He wrested the record from ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who has scored four scores of 150 plus runs. Tendulkar’s five scores of 150 plus runs are – 200 not out vs South Africa at Gwalior on 24.02.10, 186 not out vs 175 vs Australia at Hyderabad on 05.11.09, 163 retd hurt vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.03.09 and 152 vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on 23.02.03.

This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in India’s innings. SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik added 194 runs for the second wicket and SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 101 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket – providing the 106th occasion of a team posting two or more three figure partnerships in its innings.

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