Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 1999/2000 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Australia in the 1999/2000 season took place from December 10, 1999 to January 4, 2000. The international cricket tour was part of the 1999/2000 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 3–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against Pakistan , India a tour against New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1997/98 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

India named its roster on November 2, 1999. Australia named its roster on December 6, 1999.

test
Australia	India
Greg Blewett Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Michael Kasprowicz Justin Langer Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Michael Slater Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Ajit Agarkar Vijay Bharadwaj Rahul Dravid Devang Gandhi Sourav Ganguly Hrishikesh Kanitkar Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Mannava Prasad Sadagoppan Ramesh Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar

Tour matches

November 26-29 Scorecard	Brisbane	Indians 277 (91.3) & 204 (70.3)	-	Queensland 401 (101.4) & 82-0 (20.5)
		Queensland wins with 10 wickets

December 2-5 scorecard	Sydney	Indians 185 (73.1) & 331 (110.3)	-	New South Wales 231 (61.4) & 192 (83)
		Indians wins with 93 runs

December 7th scorecard	Canberra	Prime Minister's XI 334-5 (50)	-	Indians 170 (44.4)
		Prime Minister's XI wins with 164 runs

December 17-20 scorecard	Hobart	Indians 316-9d (124) & 130-3 (61)	-	Tasmania 584-5d (168)
		draw

Testing

First test in Adelaide

December 10-14 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 441 (125.3) & 234-8d (89.5)	-	India 285 (113.4) & 100 (38.1)
		Australia wins with 285 runs

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 405 (118.1) & 208-5d (59)	-	India 238 (76.1) & 195 (89.3)
		Australia wins with 180 runs

Third test in Sydney

January 2-4 scorecard	Sydney	India 150 (67.5) & 261 (58)	-	Australia 552-5d (140.2)
		Australia wins with one innings and 141 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Partab Ramchand: Faulty team selection may prove to be a handicap ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 1999. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
2. ↑ Australian XII to play India in the First Ansett Australia Test ( English ) Cricinfo. December 6, 1999. Retrieved July 18, 2017.