Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81

The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1-1.

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81
Date	22 November 1980 – 11 February 1981
Location	Australia
Result	3-match series drawn 1-1
Teams  Australia  India Captains Greg Chappell Sunil Gavaskar Most runs Greg Chappell (368) Sandeep Patil (311) Most wickets Dennis Lillee (21) Kapil Dev (14)
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Test series summary

First Test

2–4 January 1981 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
201 (53.2 overs) Sandeep Patil 65 (78) Len Pascoe 4/61 (19 overs)		406 (109.1 overs) Greg Chappell 204 (296) Kapil Dev 5/97 (36.1 overs)
201 (62 overs) Syed Kirmani 43* (39) Jim Higgs 4/45 (18 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 4 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Mel Johnson (Aus) and Rex Whitehead Player of the match: Greg Chappell (Aus)

• India won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

23–27 January 1981 Scorecard

Australia	v	India
528 (149.4 overs) Kim Hughes 213 (301) Shivlal Yadav 4/143 (42.4 overs)		419 (137.4 overs) Sandeep Patil 174 (240) Dennis Lillee 4/80 (34 overs)
221/7d (90 overs) Kim Hughes 53 (121) Dilip Doshi 3/49 (33 overs)		135/8 (75 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 37 (82) Len Pascoe 3/32 (11 overs)

Match drawn Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: Kim Hughes (Aus)

• India won the toss and decided to field

Third Test

7–11 February 1981 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
237 (84 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 114 (222) Dennis Lillee 4/65 (25 overs)		419 (156.3 overs) Allan Border 124 (265) Dilip Doshi 3/109 (52 overs)
324 (109.1 overs) Chetan Chauhan 85 (198) Dennis Lillee 4/104 (32.1 overs)		83 (48.4 overs) Doug Walters 18* (60) Kapil Dev 5/28 (16.4 overs)

India won by 59 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Mel Johnson (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and decided to field
• Allan Border (Aus) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.^[1]
• Dennis Lillee (Aus) claimed his 250th wicket in Tests.^[1]

ODI series

India also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and New Zealand. India won three of their ten-round robin matches but failed to qualify for the five-match final in which Australia defeated New Zealand 3–1.

Further reading

• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1981
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981