Australian cricket team in India in 1996–97

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

Australian cricket team in India in 1996–97
 
  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)

Squads
 Australia[2]  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
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.

References
  1. "Australia in India, Oct 1996 (1 TEST)". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. "Australia Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "India Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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