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Indian cricket team in Australia in 1991–92
Date17 November 1991 – 15 March 1992
LocationAustralia Australia
ResultAustralia won the 5-match series 4-0
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The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1991–92 season, just before the 1992 Cricket World Cup. The team was led by Mohammed Azharuddin and played 5 Test matches. Australia won the Test series 4–0. The series is notable from an Indian point of view for Ravi Shastri's double hundred, Sachin Tendulkar's 114 on a bouncy pitch at Perth while the other Indian batsmen struggled, and Kapil Dev becoming the first Indian bowler to take 400 wickets in Tests. The series also saw the debut of Australia's leading Test wicket-taker, Shane Warne.

Test Series[edit | edit source]

First Test[edit | edit source]

29 November–2 December 1991
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239 (88.1 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 54* (148)
Craig McDermott 5/54 (28.1 overs)
340 (127.4 overs)
Mark Taylor 94 (230)
Kapil Dev 4/80 (34 overs)
156 (58.2 overs)
Ravi Shastri 41 (139)
Craig McDermott 4/47 (25 overs)
58/0 (24.5 overs)
Mark Taylor 35* (88)
Manoj Prabhakar 0/3 (2 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and decided to field.
  • Javagal Srinath (Ind) made his Test debut.

Second Test[edit | edit source]

26–29 December 1991
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263 (93.2 overs)
Kiran More 67* (134)
Bruce Reid 6/66 (26.2 overs)
349 (122 overs)
Geoff Marsh 86 (267)
Kapil Dev 5/97 (35 overs)
213 (88 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 54 (180)
Bruce Reid 6/60 (29 overs)
128/2 (40 overs)
Mark Taylor 60 (121)
Venkatapathy Raju 1/17 (6 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.

Third Test[edit | edit source]

2–6 January 1992
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313 (124 overs)
David Boon 129* (361)
Subroto Banerjee 3/47 (18 overs)
483 (168.4 overs)
Ravi Shastri 206 (477)
Craig McDermott 4/147 (51 overs)
173/8 (84 overs)
Allan Border 53* (157)
Ravi Shastri 4/45 (25 overs)

Fourth Test[edit | edit source]

25–29 January 1992
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145 (66.4 overs)
Dean Jones 41 (93)
Venkatapathy Raju 3/11 (11.4 overs)
225 (84.2 overs)
Kapil Dev 56 (83)
Craig McDermott 5/76 (31 overs)
451 (186 overs)
David Boon 135 (352)
Kapil Dev 5/130 (51 overs)
333 (100.1 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 106 (162)
Craig McDermott 5/92 (29.1 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to field.

Fifth Test[edit | edit source]

1–5 February 1992
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346 (125.5 overs)
David Boon 107 (304)
Manoj Prabhakar 5/101 (32.5 overs)
272 (89.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 114 (161)
Mike Whitney 4/68 (23 overs)
367/6d (113.3 overs)
Dean Jones 150* (295)
Kapil Dev 2/48 (28 overs)
141 (55.1 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 38 (116)
Mike Whitney 7/27 (12.1 overs)

World Series Cup[edit | edit source]

Prior to the Test series, India also competed in the World Series Cup tri-nation One-Day International tournament involving Australia and the West Indies. The West Indies brought a comparatively inexperienced team, having dropped Viv Richards and smarting from the recent retirements of Gordon Greenidge and Jeff Dujon. India won three of their eight round-robin matches and also tied one match against the West Indies. In the best-of-three final with Australia they lost 2–0.

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fifth Test Match, Australia v India, 1991-92". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. "HT This Day: Feb 04, 1992 -- Kapil Dev reaches landmark". Hindustan Times. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack


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