The series is now level at 2-2. Sehwag seemed that he would make short work of the target but Australia did splendidly to recover from his assault. The Tendulkar wicket was where this game began to turn decisively and the lack of partnerships hurt India. Tendulkar's 40 was their highest score.

I wonder why Siddle bowled only five overs, quite inexplicable, unless he had a niggle of course. The rest of the bowlers, barring Johnson, had a good day. Bollinger and Hauritz were terrific and Watson redeemed himself at the death after his loose spell in Vadodara.

"We failed as a batting unit, but we bowled really well," says MS Dhoni. "It was a fantastic one-day wicket. The ball was coming on ... This was one of the best fielding efforts in the last one and a half years."

"It looked like we were going to get 300 but we didn't capitalise. India bowled well. We fielded and bowled outstandingly," says Ponting.

Shane Watson is the Man of the Match for his three wickets and 49 runs. Way to go Watto! That's it from us at Cricinfo today. Thank you for your emails. The next game is on November 5. Cheers.