All you wanted to know about the India-Australia series

Summary of Series results

1947-48: AUSTRALIA v INDIA
Result: Australia 4-0 (5 matches)

Test	Winner	Margin	Scores
1st	Australia	innings & 226 runs	Aus 382-8d, Ind 58, Ind 98
2nd	Drawn		Ind 188, Aus 107, Ind 61-7
3rd	Australia	233 runs	Aus 394, Ind 291-9d, Aus 255-4d, Ind 125
4th	Australia	innings & 16 runs	Aus 674, Ind 381, Ind 277
5th	Australia	innings & 177 runs	Aus 575-8d, Ind 331, Ind 67

Captains: DG Bradman (Aus), L Amarnath (Ind)

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More statistics:

• Captaincy records
• Highest Team Totals
• Lowest Team Totals
• Format of runs scored and wickets lost
• Highest Individual Innings
• Centuries in both innings of a Test
• Nervous 90s
• Top scorers
• Highest partnership for each wicket
• Best bowling
• Most wickets
• Most dismissals by a keeper
• Most dismissals
• Most catches by a fielder

Captaincy records India:

Captain	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Toss won	Toss lost
Pataudi (Nawab of) jr	11	2	7	2	0	6	5
SM Gavaskar	9	3	1	5	0	5	4
M Azharuddin	8	2	5	1	0	5	3
SC Ganguly	7	3	2	2	0	3	4
Kapil Dev	6	0	0	5	1	2	4
L Amarnath	5	0	4	1	0	1	4
BS Bedi	5	2	3	0	0	2	3
GS Ramchand	5	1	2	2	0	4	1
SR Tendulkar	4	1	3	0	0	2	2
PR Umrigar	3	0	2	1	0	3	0
CG Borde	1	0	1	0	0	0	1

Australia

Captain	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Won	Lost
AR Border	11	4	0	6	1	6	5
RB Simpson	10	6	3	1	0	6	4
SR Waugh	10	5	3	2	0	5	5
WM Lawry	7	5	1	1	0	3	4
KJ Hughes	6	0	2	4	0	3	3
R Benaud	5	2	1	2	0	1	4
DG Bradman	5	4	0	1	0	4	1
MA Taylor	4	1	3	0	0	2	2
GS Chappell	3	1	1	1	0	1	2
IW Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
RR Lindwall	1	0	0	1	0	0	1

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Highest Team Totals
India

Score	Overs	RpO	Venue	Season
705-7d	187.3	3.76	Sydney	2003-04
657-7d	178	3.69	Calcutta	2000-01
633-5d	159	3.98	Calcutta	1997-98
600-4d	169	3.55	Sydney	1985-86
523	161.5	3.23	Adelaide	2003-04
520	202	2.57	Adelaide	1985-86
517-5d	170	3.04	Mumbai WS	1986-87
510-7d	144.2	3.53	Delhi	1979-80
501	165	3.04	Chennai	2000-01

Australia

Score	Overs	RpO	Venue	Season
674	201.5	3.34	Adelaide	1947-48
575-8d	170.4	3.37	Melbourne	1947-48
574-7d	170.5	3.36	Chennai	1986-87
558	151.2	3.69	Melbourne	2003-04
556	127	4.38	Adelaide	2003-04
552-5d	140.2	3.93	Sydney	1999-00
529	140.3	3.77	Melbourne	1967-68
528	149.4	3.53	Adelaide	1980-81
523-7d	180	2.91	Mumbai BS	1956-57
505	150	3.37	Adelaide	1977-78

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Lowest Team Totals
India

Score	Overs	RpO	Venue	Season
58	28.3	2.04	Brisbane	1947-48
67	32.2	2.07	Melbourne	1947-48
98	66.3	1.47	Brisbane	1947-48
110	38.1	2.88	Adelaide	1999-00
125	34.3	3.62	Melbourne	1947-48

Australia

Score	Overs	RpO	Venue	Season
83	48.4	1.71	Melbourne	1980-81
105#	57.4	1.82	Kanpur	1959-60
107	61.4	1.74	Sydney	1947-48
107	58.2	1.83	Delhi	1969-70
125	60.2	2.07	Kanpur	1979-80
# one batsman absent hurt

Highest Match Aggregate: 1747 for the loss of 25 wickets at Sydney in 2003-04
Lowest Match Aggregate: 538 runs for the loss of 28 wickets at Brisbane in 1947-48

This is how two teams have scored their runs

For	Runs scored	Wkts lost	Batsmen	Extras	Wd	NB	Byes	LB	Pen
India	31692	1036	29927	1765	42	705	488	530	0
Australia	33187	956	31545	1642	39	507	435	651	10

This is how two teams have lost their wickets

For	Inns	Wkts	NO	RH/ill	Bowled	Caught	Ct Kpr	Ct Field	C&B	Handled	Hit Wkt	LBW	Run-Out	St
India	1183	1036	145	2	198	672	182	461	29	0	5	118	28	15
Australia	1109	956	150	2	197	523	116	375	32	1	5	149	41	40

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Individual Hundreds
India: 50
Australia: 67

Highest Individual Innings:
India:

Batsman	Score	Venue	Season
VVS Laxman	281	Calcutta	2000-01
SR Tendulkar	241*	Sydney	2003-04
R Dravid	233	Adelaide	2003-04
RJ Shastri	206	Sydney	1991-92

Australia:

Batsman	Score	Venue	Season
RT Ponting	257	Melbourne	2003-04
RT Ponting	242	Adelaide	2003-04
JL Langer	223	Sydney	1999-00
KJ Hughes	213	Adelaide	1980-81
DM Jones	210	Chennai	1986-87
GS Chappell	204	Sydney	1980-81
ML Hayden	203	Chennai	2000-01
DG Bradman	201	Adelaide	1947-48

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Centuries in both innings of a Test:
India:

Batsman	Scores	Venue	Season
VS Hazare	116 & 145	Adelaide	1947-48

Australia:

Batsman	Scores	Venue	Season
DG Bradman	132 & 127*	Melbourne	1947-48

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Nervous 90s:
India: 14
Australia: 14

99s:
India:

Batsman	Venue	Season
Pankaj Roy	Delhi	1959-60
AL Wadekar	Melbourne	1967-68

Australia:

Batsman	Venue	Season
WA Brown	Melbourne	1947-48
IM Chappell	Calcutta	1969-70
ML Hayden	Brisbane	2003-04

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Top scorers in India-Australia Tests
India:

Batsman	Runs	M	Inn	NO	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
SR Tendulkar	1789	19	35	4	241*	57.71	7	6	4
SM Gavaskar	1550	20	31	1	172	51.67	8	4	2
GR Viswanath	1538	18	31	2	161*	53.03	4	9	1
VVS Laxman	1334	12	22	1	281	63.52	4	5	1
R Dravid	1313	14	26	3	233	57.09	2	7	1
DB Vengsarkar	1304	24	38	4	164*	38.35	2	7	1

Australia:

Batsman	Runs	M	Inn	NO	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
AR Border	1567	20	35	5	163	52.23	4	9	2
RT Ponting	1230	14	25	3	257	55.91	4	4	4
DC Boon	1204	11	20	3	135	70.82	6	2	0
RB Simpson	1125	11	21	0	176	53.57	4	6	0
SR Waugh	1090	18	31	5	150	41.92	2	5	3
ML Hayden	1000	7	14	2	203	83.33	3	5	0

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Highest partnership for each wicket
India:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		Venue	Season	From	To
1st	192	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Mumbai WS	1979-80	0-0	192-1
2nd	224	SM Gavaskar	M Amarnath	Sydney	1985-86	191-1	415-2
3rd	159	SM Gavaskar	GR Viswanath	Delhi	1979-80	108-2	267-3
4th	353	SR Tendulkar	VVS Laxman	Sydney	2003-04	194-3	547-4
5th	376	VVS Laxman	R Dravid	Calcutta	2000-01	232-4	608-5
6th	298*	DB Vengsarkar	RJ Shastri	Mumbai WS	1986-87	219-5	517-5
7th	132	VS Hazare	HR Adhikari	Adelaide	1947-48	139-6	271-7
8th	127	SMH Kirmani	KD Ghavri	Mumbai WS	1979-80	327-7	454-8
9th	81	SR Tendulkar	KS More	Perth	1991-92	159-8	240-9
10th	94	SM Gavaskar	NS Yadav	Adelaide	1985-86	426-9	520-10

Australia:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		Venue	Season	From	To
1st	217	DC Boon	GR Marsh	Sydney	1985-86	0-0	217-1
2nd	236	SG Barnes	DG Bradman	Adelaide	1947-48	20-1	256-2
3rd	222	AR Border	KJ Hughes	Chennai	1979-80	75-2	297-3
4th	178	DM Jones	AR Border	Chennai	1986-87	282-3	460-4
5th	239	SR Waugh	RT Ponting	Adelaide	1999-00	52-4	291-5
6th	197	ML Hayden	AC Gilchrist	Mumbai WS	2000-01	99-5	296-6
7th	108	SR Waugh	SK Warne	Adelaide	1999-00	298-6	406-7
8th	117	SM Katich	JN Gillespie	Sydney	2003-04	350-7	467-8
9th	133	SR Waugh	JN Gillespie	Calcutta	2000-01	269-8	402-9
10th	77	AR Border	DR Gilbert	Melbourne	1985-86	231-9	308-10

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Five wickets in an innings:
India: 47
Australia: 37

Best bowling in an innings
India:

Bowler	Wkts	Runs	Balls	Venue	Season
JM Patel	9	69	215	Kanpur	1959-60
Harbhajan Singh	8	84	251	Chennai	2000-01
Kapil Dev	8	106	228	Adelaide	1985-86
A Kumble	8	141	281	Sydney	2003-04
Ghulam Ahmed	7	49	123	Calcutta	1956-57
BS Bedi	7	98	300	Calcutta	1969-70
Harbhajan Singh	7	123	227	Calcutta	2000-01
Harbhajan Singh	7	133	230	Chennai	2000-01

Australia:

Bowler	Wkts	Runs	Balls	Venue	Season
MR Whitney	7	27	73	Perth	1991-92
RR Lindwall	7	38	133	Adelaide	1947-48
RR Lindwall	7	43	137	Madras (Corp)	1956-57
GD McKenzie	7	66	172	Melbourne	1967-68
G Dymock	7	67	172	Kanpur	1979-80
R Benaud	7	72	177	Madras (Corp)	1956-57
AK Davidson	7	93	345	Kanpur	1959-60
JD Higgs	7	143	249	Chennai	1979-80

Best bowling in a match:
India:

Bowler	Wkts	Runs	Venue	Season	Inns1		Inns2
Harbhajan Singh	15	217	Chennai	2000-01	7 wkts	133 runs	8 wkts	84 runs
JM Patel	14	124	Kanpur	1959-60	9	69	5	55
Harbhajan Singh	13	196	Calcutta	2000-01	7	123	6	73
BS Chandrasekhar	12	104	Melbourne	1977-78	6	52	6	52
A Kumble	12	279	Sydney	2003-04	8	141	4	138
RG Nadkarni	11	122	Madras (Corp)	1964-65	5	31	6	91
Ghulam Ahmed	10	130	Calcutta	1956-57	7	49	3	81
EAS Prasanna	10	174	Chennai	1969-70	4	100	6	74
BS Bedi	10	194	Perth	1977-78	5	89	5	105

Australia:

Bowler	Wkts	Runs	Venue	Season	Inns1		Inns2
AK Davidson	12	124	Kanpur	1959-60	5	31	7	93
BA Reid	12	126	Melbourne	1991-92	6	66	6	60
G Dymock	12	166	Kanpur	1979-80	5	99	7	67
ERH Toshack	11	31	Brisbane	1947-48	5	2	6	29
MR Whitney	11	95	Perth	1991-92	4	68	7	27
R Benaud	11	105	Calcutta	1956-57	6	52	5	53
GD McKenzie	10	91	Madras (Corp)	1964-65	6	58	4	33
GD McGrath	10	103	Sydney	1999-00	5	48	5	55
AA Mallett	10	144	Chennai	1969-70	5	91	5	53
GD McKenzie	10	151	Melbourne	1967-68	7	66	3	85
CJ McDermott	10	168	Adelaide	1991-92	5	76	5	92
GRJ Matthews	10	249	Chennai	1986-87	5	103	5	146

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Most wickets in India-Australia Tests:
India:

Bowler	Wkts	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	5WI	10WM	Ave.
Kapil Dev	79	20	4746	198	2003	8-106	7	0	25.35
A Kumble	61	10	3651	119	1706	8-141	6	1	27.97
EAS Prasanna	57	13	4331	173	1637	6-74	5	1	28.72
BS Bedi	56	12	4033	176	1395	7-98	5	1	24.91
NS Yadav	55	13	3995	181	1583	5-99	1	0	28.78
BS Chandrasekhar	38	9	2513	67	1067	6-52	3	1	28.08
DR Doshi	38	9	2930	127	1070	6-103	2	0	28.16
Harbhajan Singh	35	5	1455	48	850	8-84	4	2	24.29
KD Ghavri	32	12	2424	77	1197	5-107	1	0	37.41
J Srinath	30	11	2428	75	1270	4-130	0	0	42.33
RG Nadkarni	30	11	2217	113	739	6-91	3	1	24.63

Australia:

Bowler	Wkts	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	5WI	10WM	Ave.
R Benaud	52	8	2953	198	956	7-72	5	1	18.38
GD McKenzie	47	10	2563	106	967	7-66	4	2	20.57
GD McGrath	37	7	1712	106	595	5-48	2	1	16.08
RR Lindwall	36	10	2085	91	725	7-38	2	0	20.14
CJ McDermott	34	9	2150	98	980	5-54	3	1	28.82
AN Connolly	31	10	2169	100	765	4-31	0	0	24.68
AK Davidson	30	6	1607	95	473	7-93	2	1	15.77

Hat-tricks
India: 1 (Harbhajan Singh in Calcutta in 2000-01 series)
Australia: Nil

Most dismissals by a keeper in an innings
India:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Venue	Season
P Sen	4	4	0	Melbourne	1947-48
NS Tamhane	4	2	2	Madras (Corp)	1956-57
SMH Kirmani	4	4	0	Delhi	1979-80
CS Pandit	4	4	0	Sydney	1991-92
MSK Prasad	4	4	0	Adelaide	1999-00

Australia:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Venue	Season
RW Marsh	5	5	0	Sydney	1980-81
ATW Grout	4	4	0	Madras (Corp)	1964-65
SJ Rixon	4	4	0	Brisbane	1977-78
SJ Rixon	4	4	0	Perth	1977-78
D Tallon	4	3	1	Melbourne	1947-48
ATW Grout	4	4	0	Delhi	1959-60
AC Gilchrist	4	4	0	Mumbai WS	2000-01
IA Healy	4	4	0	Brisbane	1991-92
KJ Wright	4	4	0	Calcutta	1979-80
WB Phillips	4	4	0	Adelaide	1985-86
WB Phillips	4	4	0	Melbourne	1985-86

Most dismissals by a keeper in a match
India:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Venue	Season
SMH Kirmani	6	6	0	Delhi	1979-80
CS Pandit	6	6	0	Sydney	1991-92
MSK Prasad	6	6	0	Adelaide	1999-00

Australia:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Venue	Season
RW Marsh	8	7	1	Sydney	1980-81
ATW Grout	6	6	0	Calcutta	1959-60
SJ Rixon	6	6	0	Perth	1977-78
KJ Wright	6	6	0	Calcutta	1979-80
IA Healy	6	6	0	Brisbane	1991-92
IA Healy	6	6	0	Perth	1991-92
AC Gilchrist	6	6	0	Mumbai WS	2000-01
AC Gilchrist	6	6	0	Melbourne	2003-04

Most dismissals in India-Australia matches
India:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Tests
SMH Kirmani	41	29	12	17
FM Engineer	18	11	7	9
NR Mongia	17	15	2	6

Australia:

Keeper	Dis	Ct	St	Tests
AC Gilchrist	34	32	2	10
IA Healy	26	26	0	9
SJ Rixon	22	22	0	5
ATW Grout	20	18	2	5
BN Jarman	19	17	2	7
RW Marsh	16	15	1	3

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Most catches by a fielder in an innings
India:

Fielder	Ct	Venue	Season
K Srikkanth	5	Perth	1991-92
Note : on 10 further occasions a fielder has taken three catches in an innings

Note: On 10 further occasions a fielder has taken three catches in an innings

Australia:

Fielder	Ct	Venue	Season
AK Davidson	4	Delhi	1959-60
ML Hayden	4	Brisbane	2003-04
DF Whatmore	4	Kanpur	1979-80
ME Waugh	4	Chennai	2000-01
ME Waugh	4	Melbourne	1999-00

Most catches by a fielder in a match
India:

Fielder	Ct	Venue	Season
DF Whatmore	6	Kanpur	1979-80
ME Waugh	6	Chennai	2000-01
RN Harvey	5	Kanpur	1959-60
RB Simpson	5	Sydney	1967-68

Australia:

Fielder	Ct	Venue	Season
ED Solkar	5	Chennai	1969-70
K Srikkanth	5	Perth	1991-92
R Dravid	5	Chennai	1997-98

Most catches in India-Australia matches
India:

Fielder	Catches	Tests	CpT
R Dravid	19	14	1.36
SM Gavaskar	19	20	0.95
DB Vengsarkar	18	24	0.75
Kapil Dev	16	20	0.80
GR Viswanath	15	18	0.83

Australia:

Fielder	Catches	Tests	CpT
ME Waugh	29	14	2.07
RB Simpson	21	11	1.91
RN Harvey	17	10	1.70
IM Chappell	17	9	1.89
IR Redpath	17	10	1.70
RT Ponting	17	14	1.21

Most Appearances
India:
DB Vengsarkar 24
SM Gavaskar 20
Kapil Dev 20

Australia:
AR Border 20
SR Waugh 18