Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81
Date 22 November 1980 - 11 February 1981
Location Australia Australia
Result 3-match series drawn 1-1
Teams
 Australia  India
Captains
Australia Greg Chappell India Sunil Gavaskar
Most runs
Greg Chappell (368) Sandeep Patil (311)
Most wickets
Dennis Lillee (21) Kapil Dev (14)
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The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1-1.

Test series summary

First Test

2–4 January 1981
Scorecard
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201 (53.2 overs)
Sandeep Patil 65
Len Pascoe 4/61 (19 overs)
406 (109.1 overs)
Greg Chappell 204
Kapil Dev 5/97 (36.1 overs)
201 (62 overs)
Syed Kirmani 43
Jim Higgs 4/45 (18 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 4 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

23–27 January 1981
Scorecard
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528 (149.4 overs)
Kim Hughes 213
Shivlal Yadav 4/143 (42.4 overs)
419 (137.4 overs)
Sandeep Patil 174
Denis Lillee 4/80 (34 overs)
221/7 d. (90 overs)
Kim Hughes 53
Dilip Doshi 3/49 (33 overs)
135/8 (75 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 37
Len Pascoe 3/32 (11 overs)
Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter, RV Whitehead
  • India won the toss and decided to field

Third Test

7–11 February 1981
Scorecard
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237 (84 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 114
Denis Lillee 4/65 (25 overs)
419 (156.3 overs)
Allan Border 124
Dilip Doshi 3/109 (52 overs)
324 (109.1 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 85
Denis Lillee 4/104 (32.1 overs)
83 (48.4 overs)
Doug Walters 18*
Kapil Dev 5/28 (16.4 overs)
India won by 59 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead
  • Australia won the toss and decided to field

India also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and New Zealand. India won 3 of their 10 round robin matches but failed to qualify for the 5 match final in which Australia defeated New Zealand 3-1.

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