Laxman's magic touch with the bat produced his maiden ODI hundred. He played an elegant innings of 101 off 107 balls, lacing his knock with 10 boundaries. He was particularly severe on Shane Warne and the part-time bowling of Symonds and Lehmann. Laxman's knock came to end when he skied a catch to Gilchrist off Harvey's bowling. Dravid (31) and Laxman added 97 runs for the fourth wicket in 16 overs. That was the last significant contribution with the bat as the middle and lower order failed to make an impact on the splendid start. Badani (7) and Yuvraj Singh (17) could not keep the momentum going. Dahiya remained unbeaten on 15 as India finished on 265/6 in 50 overs.