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3rd Test-India in Australia Test Series 1981
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Summary
3rd Test-India in Australia Test Series 1981 Summary
RESULT
TEST
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sat, 07 Feb - Wed, 11 Feb 1981
AUS
Australia
426/10 (20.00) & 83/10 (48.4)
VS
India
512/5 (20.00) & 324/10 (109.1)
IND
India won by 59 runs
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
AUS vs IND — 3rd Test
Match No
3rd Test
Date
Sat, 07 Feb 1981
Teams
Australia vs India
Series
India in Australia Test Series
Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss
Australia, elected to field first
Umpires
Mel JohnsonRex Whitehead
Result
India won by 59 runs
Season
1980/81
Player of Match
Gundappa Viswanath
India innings
512/5 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
237 84 Ov (RR: 2.82, 337 Mins)
237 (237)
Gundappa Viswanath
114 (114)
Syed Kirmani (WK)
25 (25)
BOWLING
Dennis Lillee
4/65
Len Pascoe
3/29
Bruce Yardley
2/45
Australia innings
426/10 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
419 156.3 Ov (RR: 2.67, 580 Mins)
419 (419)
Allan Border
124 (124)
Doug Walters
78 (78)
BOWLING
Dilip Doshi
3/109
Shivlal Yadav
2/100
Karsan Ghavri
2/110
India innings
83/10 (48.4)
BATTING
Total
324 109.1 Ov (RR: 2.96, 424 Mins)
324 (324)
Chetan Chauhan
85 (85)
Sunil Gavaskar (c)
70 (70)
BOWLING
Dennis Lillee
4/104
Len Pascoe
2/80
Bruce Yardley
2/65
Australia innings
324/10 (109.1)
BATTING
Total
83 48.4 Ov (RR: 1.70, 203 Mins)
83 (83)
Doug Walters
18 (18)
Kim Hughes
16 (16)
BOWLING
Kapil Dev
5/28
Karsan Ghavri
2/10
Dilip Doshi
2/33
RECENT RESULTS
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NAM
131/5 (21.2)
IRE
129 (33.1)
T20I
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AFG
81/3 (8.1)
ZIM
79 (14.3)
T20I
India in New Zealand T20I Series
NZ
195/3 (18.0)
IND
191/8 (20.0)
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