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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1981 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 4 runs |
| Umpires | MW Johnson, RV Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 72/2 (Chappell 41*, Hughes 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 388/9 (Hogg 13*, Higgs 1*) |
| Player of the Match | GS Chappell |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SM Gavaskar | c Marsh b Lillee | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Border b Pascoe | 20 | 60 | 101 | 1 | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Marsh b Lillee | 22 | 31 | 24 | 3 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | b Hogg | 26 | 41 | 69 | 4 | - | |
| Yashpal Sharma | c Marsh b Pascoe | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| SM Patil | retired hurt | 65 | 78 | 142 | 9 | - | |
| Kapil Dev | c Marsh b Pascoe | 22 | 26 | 49 | 4 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | c Walters b Lillee | 27 | 48 | 55 | 3 | - | |
| RMH Binny | c Marsh b Pascoe | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| KD Ghavri | c Wood b Lillee | 7 | 18 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| DR Doshi | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 257 minutes, 53.2 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Gavaskar), 2-36 (Vengsarkar), 3-62 (Viswanath), 4-70 (Chauhan), 5-78 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-145 (Kapil Dev), 7-183 (Kirmani), 8-186 (Binny), 9-201 (Ghavri, 53.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 20.2 | 3 | 86 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 14 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pascoe | 19 | 6 | 61 | 4 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Wood | c Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 9 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| J Dyson | c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Kapil Dev b Ghavri | 204 | 296 | 408 | 27 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 24 | 68 | 110 | - | - | |
| AR Border | c Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 31 | 65 | 97 | 5 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Viswanath b Ghavri | 67 | 107 | 151 | 6 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Binny b Ghavri | 12 | 18 | 21 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Doshi b Ghavri | 5 | 9 | 15 | - | - | |
| RM Hogg | not out | 26 | 56 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| LS Pascoe | c Doshi b Ghavri | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| JD Higgs | b Kapil Dev | 2 | 30 | 52 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 9 nb, 3 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 487 minutes, 109.1 overs) | 406 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Dyson), 2-14 (Wood), 3-95 (Hughes), 4-169 (Border), 5-341 (Walters), 6-355 (Marsh), 7-363 (Chappell), 8-366 (Lillee), 9-376 (Pascoe), 10-406 (Higgs, 109.1 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 36.1 | 7 | 97 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ghavri | 30 | 7 | 107 | 5 | - | - | |
| Binny | 15 | 1 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| Doshi | 27 | 0 | 103 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chauhan | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SM Gavaskar | c Marsh b Hogg | 10 | 20 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Walters b Pascoe | 36 | 78 | 122 | 4 | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Marsh b Pascoe | 34 | 94 | 120 | 3 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | st Marsh b Higgs | 24 | 43 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| Yashpal Sharma | c Walters b Lillee | 4 | 40 | 53 | - | - | |
| Kapil Dev | c sub (SF Graf) b Higgs | 19 | 16 | 25 | 4 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | not out | 43 | 39 | 71 | 4 | - | |
| SM Patil | c Wood b Lillee | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| RMH Binny | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| KD Ghavri | c Hogg b Higgs | 21 | 37 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| DR Doshi | c Lillee b Higgs | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 275 minutes, 62 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Gavaskar), 2-74 (Chauhan), 3-92 (Vengsarkar), 4-110 (Viswanath), 5-120 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-140 (Kapil Dev), 7-144 (Patil), 8-144 (Binny), 9-201 (Ghavri), 10-201 (Doshi, 62 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 18 | 2 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 9 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pascoe | 11 | 2 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 18 | 8 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| Walters | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> SM Patil (1) 50 in 50 balls, 74 minutes
--> SM Patil (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Test matches
--> GS Chappell (1) 50 in 70 balls, 93 minutes
--> GS Chappell (1) 100 in 186 balls, 237 minutes with 15 fours
--> GS Chappell (1) 150 in 244 balls with 20 fours
--> GS Chappell (1) 200 in 287 balls, 383 minutes with 27 fours
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 183
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 149
--> KD Walters (1) 50 in 90 balls, 95 minutes
--> SMH Kirmani (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> Kapil Dev made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> Yashpal Sharma made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DR Doshi made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> RMH Binny made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SM Patil made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> Kapil Dev reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JD Higgs, his 5th wicket in the Australia first innings
--> KD Ghavri reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RW Marsh, his 2nd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> LS Pascoe reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed DB Vengsarkar, his 2nd wicket in the India second innings
--> SM Patil retired hurt in the India first innings having scored 65 (team score 201/8)
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