Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 1985/86 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Australia in the 1985/86 season took place from December 13, 1985 to January 6, 1986. The international cricket tour was part of the 1985/86 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1984/85 season in India .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3rd test

Squad lists

test
Australia	India
David Boon Allan Border Ray Bright Dave Gilbert Bob Holland David Hookes Merv Hughes Geoff Marsh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Wayne Phillips Bruce Reid Greg Ritchie Steve Waugh	Mohinder Amarnath Mohammad Azharuddin Roger Binny Sunil Gavaskar Kapil Dev Syed Kirmani Chetan Sharma Ravi Shastri Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Kris Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav

Testing

First test in Adelaide

December 13th - 17th Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 381 (149) & 17-0 (8)	-	India 520 (202)
		draw

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 262 (103.5) & 308 (123.5)	-	India 445 (148.2) & 59-2 (25)
		draw

Third test in Sydney

January 2-6 scorecard	Sydney	India 600-4d (169)	-	Australia 396 (179.3) & 119-6 (77) (f / o)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo