Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86


Date	13 December 1985 – 9 February 1986
Location	Australia
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0

Teams

Australia

India

Captains

Allan Border

Kapil Dev

Most runs

David Boon (323)

Sunil Gavaskar (356)

Most wickets

Bruce Reid (11)

Shivlal Yadav (15)

← 1980–81 Series (previous)

(next) 1991-92 Series →

The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1985–86 season. They played 3 Test matches. The Test series was drawn 0-0.

After the Test series India also competed in a tri nation ODI tournament with Australia and New Zealand they won 5 of their 10 round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2-0.

One of cricket's most respected and important figures, Steve Waugh, made his debut on the Boxing Day test at Melbourne in second test of the series.

Tour matches

Limited overs: Australian Capital Territory vs Indians

27 November
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Australian Capital Territory	v	Indians

No result
Manuka Oval, Canberra

No toss.
12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Four-day: South Australia vs Indians

29 November–2 December
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South Australia	v	Indians
135 (60.3 overs) Peter Sleep 22 (64) Kapil Dev 4/24 (15 overs)		245 (87.2 overs) Ashok Malhotra 67 (140) Sam Parkinson 6/56 (21.2 overs)
438/8d (138 overs) Robert Zadow 120 (267) Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/124 (27 overs)		329/6 (89 overs) Kapil Dev 88 (117) Tim May 2/70 (18 overs)

Indians won by 4 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: MP O'Brien (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

South Australia won the toss and decided to bat.
12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Limited overs: Victoria Country vs Indians

4 December
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Victoria Country 116 (38 overs)	v	Indians 175/6 (50 overs)
G. Salmon 21 Roger Binny 3/17 (6 overs)		Dilip Vengsarkar 64* P. Newland 2/41 (11 overs)

Indians won by 6 wickets
Reid Oval, Warrnambool

Victoria Country played with 12 players, Indians with 11; both with 11 batting, 11 fielding.
Indians batted on after winning the match.

Four-day: Victoria vs Indians

6–9 December
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Victoria	v	Indians
233 (88.1 overs) Dean Jones 83 (190) Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/75 (28.1 overs)		182/7 (91 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 46 (190) Merv Hughes 3/42 (26 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: DW Holt (Aus) and Len King (Aus)

Victoria won the toss and decided to bat.
Denis Hickey and Geoff Parker (Victoria) made their first-class debuts.
Play was stopped before tea on the fourth day.

Four-day: Tasmania vs Indians

20–23 December
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Tasmania	v	Indians

No result
TCA Ground, Hobart

No toss.

Test Series

First Test

13–17 December 1985
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Australia	v	India
381 (149 overs) Greg Ritchie 128 Kapil Dev 8/106 (38 overs)		520 (202 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 166* Bruce Reid 4/113 (53 overs)
17/0 (8 overs) David Boon 11* Ravi Shastri 0/0 (1 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter, SG Randell
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

26–30 December 1985
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Australia	v	India
262 (103.5 overs) Greg Matthews 100* Ravi Shastri 4/87 (37 overs)		445 (148.2 overs) K Srikkanth 86 Bruce Reid 4/100 (38.2 overs)
308 (123.5 overs) Allan Border 163 Ravi Shastri 4/92 (47 overs)		59/2 (25 overs) K Srikkanth 38 Bruce Reid 2/23 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: RA French, RC Isherwood
Player of the match: Allan Border (AUS)

India won the toss and decided to field

Third Test

2–6 January 1986
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
600/4 d. (169 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 172 Dave Gilbert 2/135 (37 overs)		396 (179.3 overs) David Boon 131 Shivlal Yadav 5/99 (62.3 overs)
119/6 (77 overs) Geoff Marsh 28 Shivlal Yadav 3/19 (33 overs)

Match drawn
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: PJ McConnell, SG Randell
Player of the match: K Srikkanth (IND)

India won the toss and decided to bat

External sources

References

Wisden Cricketers Almanack

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