Top 10 cricket matches at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Wankhede Stadium
The magnificent Wankhede stadium hosting a World Cup match in 2011

#9 India vs Australia - 2007 ODI

Murali Kartik delivered with both ball and bat

Another low-scoring thriller but this time the result went in India's favour in the 50-over format. And it is a match that left-arm spinner Murali Kartik would never ever forget in his life. He barely got opportunities in the presence of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble those days but when he got one at the Wankhede on that eventful day, he grabbed it with both hands.

The full house crowd witnessed another massive collapse as Australia went from 117 for 2 in the 20th over to be dismissed for 193 thanks to Kartik's magic. He registered his career-best figures by picking up six wickets for just 27 runs.

Ricky Ponting was the only batsman to register a half-century in the game. The chase began in disastrous fashion for India as they lost Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Karthik for ducks very early. They were staring at defeat after losing the sixth wicket with just 64 on the board before Robin Uthappa and Harbhajan Singh inspired an epic comeback. They put on 65 for the seventh wicket before Uthappa fell for 47 opening the doors for the visitors.

Tailenders Zaheer Khan and Kartik had other ideas though as they remained unbeaten until the end with an unbeaten 52-run stand to steer India to a memorable 2-wicket win. It came too late in the series though as the visitors had already wrapped up the series win before this contest.

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