Gillespie and Ponting were elated after claiming the all- important scalp of the Little Master. Ahead of the match, Ponting had told the media that his team hoped to claim Tendulkar cheaply. The fruition of their dreams then meant that Australia were well on their way to inflicting yet another heavy thrashing on Sourav Ganguly's Men in Blue. The 27-year-old Gillespie, who had claimed Rahul Dravid with his very first ball earlier, would go on to end up with flattering figures of 10-2-13-3.