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India in Australia Test Series, 1991-92

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Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test

Australia - 1st Inns 145 (66.4 ; RR: 2.18 )

Fall of wickets.

13-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 36-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 39-3 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 50-4 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 77-5 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 81-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 117-7 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 141-8 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 145-9 (MG Hughes 0.0 ov), 145-10 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov)

India - 1st Inns 225 (84.2 ; RR: 2.67 )

30-1 (K Srikkanth 0.0 ov), 33-2 (SV Manjrekar 0.0 ov), 55-3 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 64-4 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 70-5 (NS Sidhu 0.0 ov), 70-6 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 135-7 (M Prabhakar 0.0 ov), 174-8 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 192-9 (CS Pandit 0.0 ov), 225-10 (J Srinath 0.0 ov)

Australia - 2nd Inns 451 (186.0 ; RR: 2.42 )

10-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 231-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 277-3 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 277-4 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 277-5 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 348-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 383-7 (MG Hughes 0.0 ov), 383-8 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 409-9 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 451-10 (MR Whitney 0.0 ov)

India - 2nd Inns 333 (100.1 ; RR: 3.32 )

52-1 (K Srikkanth 0.0 ov), 72-2 (NS Sidhu 0.0 ov), 97-3 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 102-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 172-5 (SV Manjrekar 0.0 ov), 182-6 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 283-7 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 291-8 (CS Pandit 0.0 ov), 327-9 (M Prabhakar 0.0 ov), 333-10 (J Srinath 0.0 ov)

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Sachin Tendulkar recalls his first trip to Australia in 1991, says ‘that tour changed me as a player'

Legendary batsman sachin tendulkar has recalled his first tour of australia, after his test debut in 1989, in the 1991-92 summer and how he tackled the fierce bowling attack..

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• Sachin Tendulkar reminisces his first Test tour of Australia
• Tendulkar had scored two hundred on the tour - Sydney and Perth
• Tendulkar has explained how he had used the tour to approach better

India’s tour of Australia is underway and the hosts have comfortably won the 1st Test after they bowled India out for their lowest Test innings total- 36 in the 3rd innings. Tim Paine’s Australia have thus taken a 1-0 lead in the 4-match Test series and India have clearly struggled against the Australian pace attack.

Virat Kohli’s Team India had registered a 2-1 victory in Australia the last time they toured down under. But this time the challenge is bigger with Kohli gone for the remainder of the Test series and India caught amid injury woes. But if there’s one inspiration that Indian batsmen can derive is from Sachin Tendulkar’s first tour of Australia and how he tackled a fierce bowling attack.

“They were top-class bowlers and I had grown up watching them. From being a ball boy in 1987-88, suddenly in 1991-92, I was playing against them. I knew that once I was out there competing, no one was going to look at my age,” Tendulkar said in a video posted on his YouTube channel.

“They were going to do all possible things to get me out, to send me back to the dressing room. And I was ready to face those challenges. That particular tour changed me as a player. It taught me a lot. Not just technically, but mentally how to approach a big game.”

Tendulkar, who made his Test debut in 1989, had toured Australia for the first time in 1991 for the 5-match Test series down under. While India had a forgettable tour, a 4-0 thrashing, Tendulkar scored two hundred - at Sydney (148) and Perth (114).

“People talk about steep bounce and pace. Steep bounce and pace mean that the good length area for the bowler becomes small. It becomes that much tougher for the bowler to find that ideal spot. So if the batter goes out to bat with a positive approach looking to score runs and just keep blocking, there are many scoring opportunities,” he explained.

“I looked at it that way. Early on it was about getting on top of the ball, but as time went by, my thinking evolved. I thought why do you always have to get on tip off the ball. When there is no third man, you can get under the ball and use their pace. If they falter on the shorter side, I would go over slips, or gully, and even if I don’t get it right because of the pace and bounce, it was going to carry.” Also Read | India vs Australia: This 36-all out crisis can work as a glue for Team India to come together, says Deep Dasgupta

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Now that the upcoming series between India and Australia down under has been confirmed, further COVID outbreaks permitting, it is timely to stroll down memory lane to reminisce about series past here in Australia.

Indian tours to Australia have been anything but sedate, marked by high quality cricket, acrimony and controversy.

1947-48 Newly independent India made its first official tour of Australia. While India was free of the yoke of British imperialism it ran into the imperial majesty of the Don Bradman-led Australians. The Don himself scored four big hundreds in the five-Test series. This was a precursor to Australia’s Invincibles tour of the UK in 1948. The home series against India was won by the hosts four-nil.

1967-68 After a gap of 20 years, India toured Australia but as with the previous series they lost four-nil. India was led with the bat by the regal Nawab Pataudi and Australia was led by Bob Cowper and the young Ian Chappell. Although not necessarily finding the pitches to their liking, India’s spinners performed well.

1977-78 This series, which featured the new, no-name, establishment Australian cricket team, saw a thrilling three-two victory to Australia, with the series not decided until the last day of the last Test. Australia was led by the 42-year-old Bob Simpson, recalled from retirement to fill the leadership void following the defection of its first-choice players. Jeff Thomson remained true to the establishment cause for this series. India’s famed spinners dominated with the ball, as did Sunil Gavaskar with the bat with three centuries in three consecutive Tests.

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For Australia, Simpson’s return was a successful one with a huge hundred in Perth, while a host of newcomers as well as Sheffield Shield veterans were introduced to the national team. With the exception of Kim Hughes and John Dyson, a number of the Australian players did not go onto long Test careers, especially as the reconciliation with the Kerry Packer players occurred two years later. In this series, from being two-nil down, India recovered to level the series at two-all leading into the final Test at Adelaide. Set an imposing 493 to win, India fell short in the last Test by just 46 runs.

1980-81 This three-Test series was tied one-all. It was an early sign of acrimony to follow in later series. Gavaskar, aggrieved by the umpiring throughout the tour, was given out LBW in Melbourne and threatened a walk-off as he summoned his batting partner to accompany him back to the pavilion. The quick-thinking actions of the manager prevented a forfeit of the match and potentially a diplomatic incident. Controversy about the state of the MCG also abounded. Australia was bundled out for 83 at the MCG, allowing India to level the series, on the back of a five-for by Kapil Dev and good bowling by Dilip Doshi. India was however in the process of moving away from its all-spin ethos, especially overseas, realising that on faster tracks, more pace options were required. This was a lesson well learnt decades on as we shall see. Dennis Lillee dominated for Australia through the series, and India was well served by the veteran Gundappa Viswanath and newcomer Sandeep Patil.

1985-86 While this series was a nil-all draw, India was on top for the most part, with bad weather foiling a bid for victory in Melbourne. Australia was in a transition phase following the retirements of its greats two seasons earlier and the defection of players to the South African rebel tours. This was India’s best chance to date for a breakthrough series win in Australia but the history books would not record it that way. India’s batting strengths were displayed in full but the bowling lacked overall menace.

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1991-92 A resurgent Australia, fresh from Ashes victories in the previous few years, was again building a team of strength. Led by Allan Border, they had top-order stability, middle-order flair and fast-bowling capability. India lost four-nil. This series was notable for the emergence of two megastars of the future: Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a century in Perth, and the debut of Shane Warne in Sydney. While Warne’s debut did not exactly set the world on fire, it nonetheless was an important introduction to the international arena. By the way, India lost four-nil.

1999-00 Australia was in the midst of a record-breaking winning sequence under Steve Waugh. Australia won three-nil in the three-match series. Tendulkar scored his obligatory century, while the world was given a glimpse of the future stardom of VVS Laxman.

2003-04 This series was drawn one-all. The Indian top-order batsmen had a feast in this series, topping 700 in the first innings of the final Sydney Test. India secured an outstanding come-from-behind victory in Adelaide on the back of marathons by Laxman and Rahul Dravid (reprising their efforts in India two years earlier), while an Australian team weakened by the absence of Warne and Glenn McGrath in this series was highly competitive, highlighting how difficult it is for overseas teams to win in Australia. The Sydney Test was the final in the illustrious career of Steve Waugh, who endeared himself to Indian crowds at home and in India with his willingness to embrace different cultural experiences.

2007-08 Following previous series played with reasonable tranquility, this one was particularly vexatious. Umpiring controversies, especially in the Sydney Test, and a threatened cancellation of the tour by India all reflected and contributed to a series full of rancor. The final day of the Sydney Test was a desperate and at times ugly affair. Australia won the series two-one, but India had a breakthrough win in Perth.

2011-12 This time India was facing a period of transition with the last gasp of its famed veterans, including Tendulkar, Laxman and Dravid. Australia won the series four-nil, and Michael Clarke had a summer-long birthday, which included a triple century. For India, Virat Kohli had his first Test tour down under.

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2014-15 This series was conducted against the sad backdrop of the passing of Phil Hughes, necessitating a delayed start. While the mood was grim, the cricket was stimulating. Despite the two-nil scoreline in favour of Australia, the series was competitive. The world saw Steve Smith’s run-scoring frenzy and Kohli proved he was no slouch either.

2018-19 Australia minus the sandpaper culprits lost its first series at home to India. India’s victory was based on a dominant pace attack, the first time you could say that about an Indian team in Australia. The bowlers were unrelenting, probing weaknesses in temperament and technique. Despite a hiccup in Perth, India won the series two-one and were well and truly on top in the Sydney Test, which was badly rain-affected. The balance of power in world cricket, both on and off the field, was changing.

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Indian hockey team loses 4-2 to Australia, trails series 2-0

Jugraj and captain Harmanpreet Singh scored the goals for the Indian men’s hockey team. The third India vs Australia Test match will be played on Wednesday.

The Indian men’s hockey team lost 4-2 to Australia in its second game of the five-match series in Perth on Sunday. Having lost the opener 5-1 on Saturday, India now trail the series 2-0.

Jugraj Singh (9’) and Harmanpreet Singh (30’) scored the goals for India while Jeremy Hayward (6', 34’), Jacob Anderson (42’) and Nathan Ephraums (45') accounted for the home team’s goals.

The match got off to a cagey start with both teams feeling their way into the game. However, it was the home team Australia, placed one place above India in the hockey rankings at world No. 4, who drew first blood.

Five minutes in, the Kookaburras won the first penalty corner of the match and Jeremy Hayward stepped up to bury a low drag flick past Indian goalkeeper Bahadur Pathak to hand his team the lead.

Following the opener, the Australian team went on an all-out offensive and it took some last-ditch defending and solid goalkeeping from Pathak to keep the scoreline 1-0.

After weathering the storm, though, India drew level from a penalty corner courtesy of a Jugraj Singh belter.

The second quarter saw both teams exhibit some fine attacking hockey with each defence enduring phases of opposition onslaught. Just before the half-time hooter, however, the home team blinked as Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to score his 180th international goal and handed the Indian men’s hockey team a 2-1 lead heading into the break.

The visitors’ lead was brief as Hayward converted his second penalty corner four minutes into the restart. The quarter belonged to the Aussies, who added two more goals to the scoreline through Jacob Anderson and Nathan Ephraums’s field goals.

With Australia leading 4-2, India threw caution to the wind in order to salvage the match in the final quarter but the disciplined Australian team managed the match well and allowed India only one penalty corner in the entire fourth quarter. India, however, couldn’t make it count and slumped to their second defeat of the tour.

The Indian men’s hockey team will face Australia for the third match at the same venue on Wednesday. The five-match series, part of India’s Paris 2024 Olympics preparations, concludes on April 13.

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