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| Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 13 December 1985 – 9 February 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | 3-match series drawn 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheIndian national cricket team touredAustralia in the 1985–86 season. They played 3Test matches. The Test series was drawn 0-0.Kapil Dev andKris Srikkanth were awarded as joint players of the series.
After the Test series India also competed in atri nation[1] ODI tournament.[2] with Australia andNew 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 theBoxing Day test atMelbourne in second test of the series.
27 November Scorecard |
Australian Capital Territory | v | |
29 November–2 December Scorecard |
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4 December Scorecard |
Victoria Country 116 (38 overs) | v | |
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 |
6–9 December Scorecard |
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13–17 December 1985 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Tony Crafter (Aus) andSteve Randell (Aus) Player of the match:Kapil Dev (Ind) |
26–30 December 1985 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Dick French (Aus) andRay Isherwood (Aus) Player of the match:Allan Border (Aus) |
2–6 January 1986 Scorecard |
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6/119 (77 overs) Geoff Marsh 28 (84) |
Match drawn Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Peter McConnell (Aus) andSteve Randell (Aus) Player of the match:K Srikkanth (Ind) |
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