Australian cricket team in India in 1964–65

The Australian national cricket team played three 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.

Australian cricket team in India in 1964-65
 
  Australia India
Dates 2 October – 22 October 1964
Captains Bob Simpson Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Bob Simpson (292) Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. (270)
Most wickets Garth McKenzie (13) Bapu Nadkarni (17)

Series summary

1st Test
2 October - 7 October
scorecard
v
211 (72.0 overs)
Bill Lawry 62
Bapu Nadkarni 5-31 (18.0 overs)
276 (132.3 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 128
Garth McKenzie 6-58 (32.3 overs)
397 (158.4 overs)
Bob Simpson 77
Bapu Nadkarni 6-91 (54.4 overs)
193 (80.0 overs)
Hanumant Singh 94
Garth McKenzie 4-33 (20.0 overs)
 Australia won by 139 runs
Nehru Stadium, Madras, India
Umpires: M. V. Nagendra and Samar Roy

2nd Test
10 October - 15 October
scorecard
v
320 (103.5 overs)
Peter Burge 80
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4-50 (26.0 overs)
341 (152.3 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 86
Tom Veivers 4-68 (48.0 overs)
274 (99.4 overs)
Bob Cowper 81
Bapu Nadkarni 4-33 (20.4 overs)
256/8 (128.4 overs)
Dilip Sardesai 56
Alan Connolly 3-24 (18.0 overs)

3rd Test
17 October - 22 October
scorecard
v
174 (84.5 overs)
Bob Simpson 67
Salim Durani 6-73 (28.0 overs)
235 (130.0 overs)
Chandu Borde 68
Bob Simpson 4-45 (28.0 overs)
143/1 (46.0 overs)
Bob Simpson 71
Rusi Surti 1-37 (10.0 overs)
Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India
Umpires: Sambhu Pan and Badami Satyaji Rao

References
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