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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Australian cricket team in India in 1964-65
| team1_image = Flag of Australia.svg
| team1_name = Australia
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 2 October
| to_date = 22 October 1964
| team1_captain = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]]
| team2_captain = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]]
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 1
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] (292)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]] (270)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Graham McKenzie]] (13)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] (17)
}}

The [[Australian national cricket team]] played three [[Test cricket|Test]] matches in [[India]] against the [[India national cricket team]] in 1964–65. The three-Test series was drawn, with the Australians taking the first Test, the Indians winning the second, and the third match drawn.

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!{{cr|IND}}<ref name="INDsquad">{{cite news |title=Strong batting side chosen for 1st Test, Inderjit only new 'cap' |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=30 September 1964 |page=12}}</ref>
!{{cr|AUS}}<ref name="AUSsquad">{{cite news |last1=Ramaswami |first1=N. S. |author1-link=N. S. Ramaswami |title=Battle of wits expected in Madras Test |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=2 October 1964 |page=10}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Abbas Ali Baig]]
* [[Chandu Borde]]
* [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]]
* [[Salim Durani]]
* [[Farokh Engineer]]
* [[Indrajitsinhji]]
* [[M. L. Jaisimha]]
* [[Vijay Manjrekar]]
* [[Bapu Nadkarni]]
* [[Dilip Sardesai]]
* [[Hanumant Singh]]
* [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]
* [[Vasant Ranjane]]
* [[Venkataraman Subramanya]]
* [[Rusi Surti]]
|
* [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Brian Booth]]
* [[Peter Burge (cricketer)|Peter Burge]]
* [[Alan Connolly (cricketer)|Alan Connolly]]
* [[Bob Cowper]]
* [[Wally Grout]]
* [[Neil Hawke]]
* [[Barry Jarman]]
* [[Bill Lawry]]
* [[Johnny Martin (cricketer)|Johnny Martin]]
* [[Graham McKenzie]]
* [[Norm O'Neill]]
* [[Ian Redpath]]
* [[Rex Sellers (cricketer)|Rex Sellers]]
* [[Tom Veivers]]
|}

The Australian touring party came to India after their [[Australian cricket team in England in 1964|tour of England]]. They arrived in [[Madras]], the venue of the First Test, on 30 September 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Test Cricket Tours - Australia to England 1964 |url=http://www.test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1624595.html |publisher=test-cricket-tours.co.uk |access-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303224732/http://www.test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1624595.html |archive-date=3 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their team for the Test was named the next day. Only one change was made from the team that drew the final Test against England at [[The Oval]] a few weeks prior — paceman [[Grahame Corling]] was replaced by left-arm [[Spin bowling|spin bowler]] [[Johnny Martin (cricketer)|Johnny Martin]].<ref name="AUSsquad"/> [[Tom Veivers]] and [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] were other players who could bowl spin in their squad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bone Dry Pitch For Test In Madras |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cfpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5471%2C375199 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 October 1964 |page=18}}</ref>

The India team for the First Test was named on 29 September 1964. [[Rusi Surti]] was named the twelfth man, and [[Abbas Ali Baig]], [[Farokh Engineer]], [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] and [[Venkataraman Subramanya]], the reserves. [[Indrajitsinhji]] was included as the only uncapped player in the squad.<ref name="INDsquad"/> The squad had only one medium-fast bowler in [[Vasant Ranjane]].<ref>{{cite news |title="Draw" India's object |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] |date=10 October 1964 |page=10}}</ref>

==Series summary==

===1st Test===

{{Test match|
date = 2–7 October 1964|
team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 211 (72 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bill Lawry]] 62 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 5/31 (18 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 276 (132.3 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]] 128[[not out|*]] |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Garth McKenzie]] 6/58 (32.3 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 397 (158.4 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] 77 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 6/91 (54.4 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 193 (80 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Hanumant Singh]] 94 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Garth McKenzie]] 4/33 (20 overs) |

result = Australia won by 139 runs |
venue = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Corporate Stadium]], [[Chennai|Madras]] |
umpires = [[M. V. Nagendra]] and [[Samar Roy]] |
motm = |
report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62952.html Scorecard] |
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Indrajitsinhji]] (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
*''[[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] (Aus) reached 2,000 runs in Tests.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia in India and Pakistan 1964/65 (1st Test) |url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27112.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 October 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*''5 October was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].''
}}

===2nd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 10–15 October 1964|
team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 320 (103.5 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Peter Burge (cricketer)|Peter Burge]] 80 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] 4/50 (26 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 341 (152.3 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]] 86 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Tom Veivers]] 4/68 (48 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 274 (99.4 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Bob Cowper]] 81 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 4/33 (20.4 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 256/8 (128.4 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dilip Sardesai]] 56 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Alan Connolly (cricketer)|Alan Connolly]] 3/24 (18 overs) |

result = India won by two wickets |
venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]] |
umpires = [[Habib Choudhury]] and [[S. K. Raghunatha Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62953.html scorecard] |
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Peter Burge (cricketer)|Peter Burge]] (Aus) and [[Vijay Manjrekar]] (Ind) reached 2,000 and 3,000 runs respectively in Tests.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia in India and Pakistan 1964/65 (2nd Test) |url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27118.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 October 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*''13 October was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].''
}}

===3rd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 17–22 October 1964|
team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 174 (84.5 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] 67 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Salim Durani]] 6/73 (28 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 235 (130 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chandu Borde]] 68 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] 4/45 (28 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 143/1 (46 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] 71 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rusi Surti]] 1/37 (10 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]] |
umpires = [[Sambhu Pan]] and [[Badami Satyaji Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62954.html scorecard] |
| rain = Play was not possible partly on day 4 and completely on day 5 due to rain.
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Rex Sellers (cricketer)|Rex Sellers]] (Aus) made his debut in Tests.
*''13 October was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].''
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1964-65/AUS_IN_IND Tour home] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* {{CricketArchive | ref= Archive/Events/1/Australia_in_India_and_Pakistan_1964-65 | name= Australia in India and Pakistan 1964/65 }}

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