Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81

Date	22 November 1980 - 11 February 1981
Location	Australia
Result	3-match series drawn 1-1

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81
Date	22 November 1980 - 11 February 1981
Location	Australia
Result	3-match series drawn 1-1
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Greg Chappell	Sunil Gavaskar
Most runs
Greg Chappell (368)	Sandeep Patil (311)
Most wickets
Dennis Lillee (21)	Kapil Dev (14)
← 1977–78 Series (previous)	(next) 1985-86 Series →

The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1-1.

Test series summary

First Test

2–4 January 1981
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
201 (53.2 overs) Sandeep Patil 65 Len Pascoe 4/61 (19 overs)		406 (109.1 overs) Greg Chappell 204 Kapil Dev 5/97 (36.1 overs)
201 (62 overs) Syed Kirmani 43 Jim Higgs 4/45 (18 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 4 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead

India won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

23–27 January 1981
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
528 (149.4 overs) Kim Hughes 213 Shivlal Yadav 4/143 (42.4 overs)		419 (137.4 overs) Sandeep Patil 174 Denis Lillee 4/80 (34 overs)
221/7 d. (90 overs) Kim Hughes 53 Dilip Doshi 3/49 (33 overs)		135/8 (75 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 37 Len Pascoe 3/32 (11 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter, RV Whitehead

India won the toss and decided to field

Third Test

7–11 February 1981
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
237 (84 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 114 Denis Lillee 4/65 (25 overs)		419 (156.3 overs) Allan Border 124 Dilip Doshi 3/109 (52 overs)
324 (109.1 overs) Chetan Chauhan 85 Denis Lillee 4/104 (32.1 overs)		83 (48.4 overs) Doug Walters 18* Kapil Dev 5/28 (16.4 overs)

India won by 59 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead

Australia won the toss and decided to field

India also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and New Zealand. India won 3 of their 10 round robin matches but failed to qualify for the 5 match final in which Australia defeated New Zealand 3-1.

External sources

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1981
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981

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