Australian cricket team in India in 1996–97

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Border–Gavaskar Trophy 1996–97
  Flag of Australia.svg Flag of India.svg
  Australia India
Dates 5 – 14 October 1996
Captains Mark Taylor Sachin Tendulkar
Test series
Result India won the 1-match series 1–0
Player of the series Nayan Mongia (Ind)

The Australian cricket team toured India in October 1996 for a one-off Test match. [1]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [2] Flag of India.svg  India [3]

Tour match

5–7 October
Scorecard
v
358/8d (91 overs)
Michael Bevan 100* (99)
Dodda Ganesh 5/103 (21 overs)
262 (79.5 overs)
Pankaj Dharmani 130* (170)
Mark Waugh 6/68 (16.5 overs)
99/2 (32 overs)
Mark Taylor 41 (77)
David Johnson 1/23 (10 overs)
Match drawn
Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Umpires: Subroto Porel (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
  • Australians won the toss and elected to bat.

Only Test

10–13 October 1996
Scorecard
v
India  Flag of India.svg
182 (73 overs)
Michael Slater 44 (96)
Anil Kumble 4/63 (24 overs)
361 (131.4 overs)
Nayan Mongia 152 (366)
Paul Reiffel 3/35 (17 overs)
234 (108.3 overs)
Steve Waugh 67* (221)
Anil Kumble 5/67 (41 overs)
58/3 (13.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 21* (29)
Paul Reiffel 2/24 (6 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Peter Willey (Eng) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Nayan Mongia (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Brad Hogg (Aus) and David Johnson (Ind) both made their Test debuts.

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References

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