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Disaster Down Under: Team India's marksheet

Last updated on: January 30, 2012 09:05 IST


India suffered its second successive overseas series whitewash on Saturday after Australia won th fourth and final Test of the series in Adelaide by 298 runs. It gave the hosts a 4-0 series sweep.

On of the main reasons for the poor showing in the Tests Down Under was the inability of the once-famed batting line-up to deliver.

Most of the batsmen, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, and veterans Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman failed to come to terms with pace and bounce of the wickets.

While Dhoni scored 102 runs from six innings at an average of 20.40, Sehwag (198) and Gambhir (181) were a disaster at the top, averaging a mere 24.75 and 22.62 respectively.

Here's a look at the players' showing in the four Tests. 

Virat Kohli

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 300

Hs: 116

Avg: 37.50

100: 1

50: 1

0: 1

Ct/St: 3

Sachin Tendulkar


Sachin Tendulkar

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 287

Hs: 80

Avg: 35.87

100: 0

50: 2

0: 0

Ct/St: 3

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Virender Sehwag


Virender Sehwag

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 198

Hs: 67

Avg: 24.75

100: 0

50: 2

0: 1

Ct/St: 3

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Rahul Dravid


Rahul Dravid

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 194

Hs: 68

Avg: 24.25

100: 0

50: 1

0: 0

Ct/St: 0

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Gautam Gambhir


Gautam Gambhir

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 181

Hs: 83

Avg: 22.62

100: 0

50: 1

0: 1

Ct/St: 1

R Ashwin


R Ashwin

Matches: 3

Innings: 6

NO: 1

Runs: 163

Hs: 62

Avg: 32.60

100: 0

50: 1

0: 0

Ct/St: 1

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VVS Laxman


VVS Laxman

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 155

Hs: 66

Avg: 19.37

100: 0

50: 1

0: 1

Ct/St: 6

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MS Dhoni


MS Dhoni

Matches: 3

Innings: 6

NO: 1

Runs: 102

Hs: 57

Avg: 20.40

100: 0

50: 1

0: 0

Ct/St: 8/0

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Zaheer Khan


Zaheer Khan

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 0

Runs: 69

Hs: 35

Avg: 8.62

100: 0

50: 0

0: 3

Ct/St: 0

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Ishant Sharma


Ishant Sharma

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 1

Runs: 49

Hs: 16

Avg: 7.00

100: 0

50: 0

0: 2

Ct/St: 0

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Wriddhiman Saha


Wriddhiman Saha

Matches: 1

Innings: 1

NO: 0

Runs: 38

Hs: 35

Avg: 19.00

100: 0

50: 0

0: 0

Ct/St: 2/0

Umesh Yadav


Umesh Yadav

Matches: 4

Innings: 8

NO: 5

Runs: 28

Hs: 21

Avg: 9.33

100: 0

50: 0

0: 1

Ct/St: 1

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Vinay Kumar


Vinay Kumar

Matches: 1

Innings: 2

NO: 0

Runs: 11

Hs: 6

Avg: 5.50

100: 0

50: 0

0: 0

Ct/St: 0

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