Australian cricket team in India in 2004–05

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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Australia in India in 2004-05
| team1_image = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name = India
| team2_image = Flag of Australia.svg
| team2_name = Australia
| from_date = October
| to_date = November 2004
| team1_captain = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (1st and 2nd Tests)<br />[[Rahul Dravid]] (3rd and 4th Tests)
| team2_captain = [[Adam Gilchrist]] (1st-3rd Tests)<br />[[Ricky Ponting]] (4th Test)
| no_of_tests = 4
| team1_tests_won = 1
| team2_tests_won = 2
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Virender Sehwag]] (299)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Damien Martyn]] (444)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Anil Kumble]] (27)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Jason Gillespie]] (20)
| player_of_test_series = [[Damien Martyn]] (Aus)
}}
The [[Australia national cricket team]] toured [[India]] in the 2004–05 season and played a four-match [[Test cricket|Test series]], during October and November 2004, against [[India national cricket team|India]], Australia winning the series 2–1 with one match drawn, their first series win on Indian soil since their [[Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1969–70|1969-70 tour]]. The future Australian Test captain, [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]], made his Test debut in the first match, scoring 151 in the first innings. In the fourth match of the series, Clarke took 6 wickets for 9 runs in the second innings.

==Tour match==

===First class: Mumbai v Australians===
{{Test match
| date = 30 September-2 October
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS|name=Australians}}
| team2 = [[Mumbai]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 302/7d (101 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Damien Martyn]] 71 (150)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ramesh Powar]] 2/104 (29 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 255 (92.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Amol Muzumdar]] 52 (96)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Glenn McGrath]] 4/25 (21.2 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 207/2 (54 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Justin Langer]] 108 (151)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ramesh Powar]] 1/85 (16 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/142084.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Tej Handu]] (Ind) and [[Krishna Hariharan]] (Ind)
| toss = Australians won the toss and elected to bat
| rain = Rain on Day 4 prevented play until 13:40
| notes = First class debut for VA Indulkar (Ind)
}}

==Test series==

===1st Test===

{{Test match
| date = 6 October 2004
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Australia}}
| team2 = {{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 474 (130 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] 151 (248)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 5/146 (49 overs

| score-team2-inns1 = 246 (89.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 46 (125)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Glenn McGrath]] 4/55 (25 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 228 (78.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Damien Martyn]] 45 (139)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 6/78 (30.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 239 (87.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 60 (188)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jason Gillespie]] 3/33 (14.4 overs)

| result = Australia won by 217 runs
| venue = [[M Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI)
| motm = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64099.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] (Aus) made his Test debut and scored his first century in Tests.
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date = 14 October 2004
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Australia}}
| team2 = {{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 235 (71.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Justin Langer]] 71 (113)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 7/48 (17.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 376 (134.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 155 (221)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shane Warne]] 6/125 (42.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 369 (133.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Damien Martyn]] 104 (210)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 6/133 (47 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 19/0 (3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 12[[not out|*]] (10)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chepauk]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen]] (SA) and [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Anil Kumble]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64100.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = No play was possible on day 5.
| notes = [[Anil Kumble]] became the second India player to claim 400 wickets in Tests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kumble joins 400 club |url=http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2004/oct/06spec1.htm |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref>
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date = 26 October 2004
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Australia}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 398 (100.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Damien Martyn]] 114 (165)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 4/95 (26.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 185 (91.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mohammad Kaif]] 55 (151)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jason Gillespie]] 5/56 (22.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 329/5 dec (98.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Simon Katich]] 99 (157)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 2/64 (21.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 200 (53.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 58 (94)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jason Gillespie]] 4/24 (16 overs)
| result = Australia won by 342 runs
| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] (Pak) and [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Damien Martyn]] (Aus)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64101.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===4th Test===
{{Test match
| date = 3 November 2004
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|Australia}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 104 (41.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 31[[not out|*]] (104)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jason Gillespie]] 4/29 (12 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 203 (61.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Damien Martyn]] 55 (114)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 5/90 (19 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 205 (68.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 69 (127)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] 6/9 (6.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 93 (30.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Matthew Hayden]] 24 (30)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 5/29 (10.5 overs)

| result = India won by 13 runs
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] (Pak) and [[Rudi Koertzen]] (SA)
| motm = [[Murali Kartik]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64102.html Scorecard]
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Nathan Hauritz]] (Aus), [[Dinesh Karthik]] (Ind) and [[Gautam Gambhir]] (Ind) made their Test debuts.
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/series/61430.html Series home on CricInfo]
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| before = [[Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01|2000–01]]
| title = Australian cricket team in India
| after = [[Australian cricket team in India in 2007|2007]]
}}
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