The year 2009 has quite been a successful year for
Indian cricket. It’s the year when India touched the peak and
became the
‘numero uno’ in test cricket, edging
past South Africa. India is also placed at No. 2 in the ODI ranking
just behind Australia. In this year, India played 6 Test matches. It
won 3 and matches drew were also 3. In ODI, India played 29 matches.
It won 16 and lost 10, while 3 matches gave no result.
Performance of
Indian Cricket Team in 2009
Test
|
Versus
|
Series
|
Winner
|
Venue
|
Margin
|
|
New Zealand
|
3-match Test Series
|
India
|
New Zealand
|
1-0
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
3-match Test Series
|
India
|
India
|
2-0
|
ODI
|
Versus
|
Series
|
Winner
|
Venue
|
Margin
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
5-match ODI Series
|
India
|
Sri Lanka
|
4-1
|
|
New Zealand
|
5-match ODI Series
|
India
|
New Zealand
|
3-1
|
|
West Indies
|
4-match ODI Series
|
India
|
West Indies
|
2-1
|
|
Compaq Cup
|
Tri Series
|
India
|
Sri Lanka
|
Champion
|
|
Australia
|
7-match ODI Series
|
Australia
|
India
|
4-2
|
Major Players
|
Players
|
Tests (Runs/Wickets)
|
Average (Tests)
|
ODI (Runs/Wickets)
|
Average (ODI)
|
|
Sachin Tendulkar
|
541
|
67.62
|
964
|
56.70
|
|
M S Dhoni
|
369
|
92.25
|
1198
|
70.47
|
|
Rahul Dravid
|
747
|
83.00
|
180
|
36.00
|
|
Virender Sehwag
|
631
|
70.11
|
800
|
47.05
|
|
Yuvraj Singh
|
283
|
40.42
|
783
|
39.15
|
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
29 wkts
|
30.17
|
29 wkts
|
33.48
|
