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Australian cricket team in India in 1996–97

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

Date5 October – 14 October 1996
LocationIndia India
ResultIndia won the 1-match series 1–0
Player of the seriesIndia Nayan Mongia
Quick facts 1996–97 Border–Gavaskar Trophy, Date ...
1996–97 Border–Gavaskar Trophy
Date5 October – 14 October 1996
LocationIndia India
ResultIndia won the 1-match series 1–0
Player of the seriesIndia Nayan Mongia
Teams
 Australia  India
Captains
Mark Taylor Sachin Tendulkar
Most runs
Steve Waugh (93) Nayan Mongia (152)
Most wickets
Paul Reiffel (5) Anil Kumble (9)
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Tour match

5–7 October
Scorecard
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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
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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.

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