“To score a 100 in Australia was something I always wanted to do. To do it on a special occasion makes you feel even nicer. It’s going to be tough from here but we are all prepared,” he said.

Scoreboard

Australia vs India: Sydney, March 2

Australia:

A Gilchrist c Yuvraj b Kumar 7, M Hayden c Chawla b Harbhajan 82, R Ponting b Kumar 1, M Clarke c Dhoni b I Sharma 4, A Symonds c Kumar b Harbhajan 31, M Hussey run out 45, J Hopes c Dhoni b Yuvraj 15, B Hogg not out 23, B Lee c R Sharma b Pathan 17, M Johnson not out 6

Extras (b-1, w-7) 8

TOTAL (for 8 wkts): 239

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-19, 3-24, 4-124, 5-135, 6-173, 7-212, 8-231

Bowling: Kumar 10-1-49-2, I Sharma 8-0-32-1, Pathan 7-0-63-1, Harbhajan 10-0-38-2, Chawla 10-0-33-0, Yuvraj 4-0-18-1, Sharma 1-0-5-0

India:

R Uthappa c Hussey b Hopes 17, S Tendulkar not out 117, G Gambhir run out 3, Yuvraj Singh b Hogg 10, R Sharma b Hopes 66, MS Dhoni not out 15

Extras (b-4 lb-2 w-6 nb-2) 14

TOTAL (4 wickets; 45.5 overs): 242

Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-56, 3-87, 4-210

Bowling: Lee 9-0-33-0, Bracken 8-0-42-0, Johnson

10-0-70-0, Hopes 8.5-0-42-2, Hogg 7-0-38-1, Clarke 3-0-11-0

Result: India won by six wickets