Indian cricket team in Australia in 1991–92

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1991–92
Date 17 November 1991 - 15 March 1992 Location Australia Result Australia won the 5-match series 4-0
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Australia Allan Border	India Mohammad Azharuddin
Most runs
David Boon (556)	Sachin Tendulkar (368)
Most wickets
Craig McDermott (31)	Kapil Dev (25)
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The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1991–92 season, just before the 1992 Cricket World Cup. The team was led by Mohammed Azharuddin and played 5 test matches. Australia won the test series 4-0. The series is notable from an Indian point of view for Ravi Shastri's double hundred, Sachin Tendulkar's 114 on a bouncy pitch at Perth while the other Indian batsmen struggled and Kapil Dev becoming the first Indian bowler to take 400 wickets in Tests.

Test Series

First Test

29 Nov-2 Dec 1991 Scorecard	India 239 (88.1 overs)	v	Australia 340 (127.4 overs)	Australia won by 10 wickets Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: PJ McConnell, SG Randell Player of the match: Craig McDermott (AUS)
	Manoj Prabhakar 54 Craig McDermott 5/54 (28.1 overs)		Mark Taylor 94 Kapil Dev 4/80 (34 overs)
	156 (58.2 overs)		58/0 (24.5 overs)
	Ravi Shastri 41 Craig McDermott 4/47 (25 overs)		Mark Taylor 35* Manoj Prabhakar 0/3 (2 overs)
Australia won the toss and decided to field

Second Test

26–29 December 1991 scorecard	India 263 (93.2 overs)	v	Australia 349 (122 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: LJ King, TA Prue Player of the match: Bruce Reid (AUS)
	Kiran More 67 Bruce Reid 6/66 (26.2 overs)		Geoff Marsh 86 Kapil Dev 5/97 (35 overs)
	213 (88 overs)		128/2 (40 overs)
	Dilip Vengsarkar 54 Bruce Reid 6/60 (29 overs)		Mark Taylor 60 Venkatapathy Raju 1/17 (6 overs)
India won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test

2–6 January 1992 Scorecard	Australia 313 (124 overs)	v	India 483 (168.4 overs)	Match drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: PJ McConnell, SG Randell Player of the match: Ravi Shastri (IND)
	David Boon 129* Subroto Banerjee 3/47 (18 overs)		Ravi Shastri 206 Craig McDermott 4/147 (51 overs)
	173/8 (84 overs)
	Alan Border 53 Ravi Shastri 4/45 (25 overs)
India won the toss and decided to field

Fourth Test

25–29 January 1992 Scorecard	Australia 145 (66.4 overs)	v	India 225 (84.2 overs)	Australia won by 38 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: DB Hair, PJ McConnell Player of the match: Craig McDermott (AUS)
	Dean Jones 41 Venkatapathy Raju 3/11 (11.4 overs)		Kapil Dev 56 Craig McDermott 5/76 (31 overs)
	451 (186 overs)		333 (100.1 overs)
	David Boon 135 Kapil Dev 5/130 (51 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 106 Craig McDermott 5/92 (29.1 overs)
India won the toss and decided to field

Fifth Test

1–5 February 1992 Scorecard	Australia 346 (125.5 overs)	v	India 272 (89.5 overs)	Australia won by 300 runs Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Umpires: AR Crafter, TA Prue Player of the match: Mike Whitney
	David Boon 107 Manoj Prabhakar 5/101 (32.5 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 114 Mike Whitney 4/68 (23 overs)
	367/6 d. (113.3 overs)		141 (55.1 overs)
	Dean Jones 150* Kapil Dev 2/48 (28 overs)		K Srikkanth 38 Mike Whitney 7/27 (12.1 overs)
Australia won the toss and decided to bat

World Series Cup

Prior to the Test series, India also competed in the World Series Cup tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and the West Indies dropped Viv Richards, and were smarting from the recent retirements of Gordon Greenidge and Jeff Dujon, and had brought a comparatively inexperienced team. India won 3 of their 8 round robin matches and also tied one match against the West Indies. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2-0.

External sources

• CricketArchive
• Australia v India, 1991-1992

References

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack

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