Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86
Date	13 December 1985 – 9 February 1986
Location	Australia
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Teams  Australia  India Captains Allan Border Kapil Dev Most runs David Boon (323) Sunil Gavaskar (356) Most wickets Bruce Reid (11) Shivlal Yadav (15)
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The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1985–86 season. They played 3 Test matches. The Test series was drawn 0-0. Kapil Dev and Kris Srikkanth were awarded as joint players of the series.

After the Test series India also competed in a tri nation^[1] ODI tournament.^[2] with Australia and New Zealand they won 5 of their 10-round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2–0.

One of cricket's most respected and important figures, Steve Waugh, made his debut on the Boxing Day test at Melbourne in second test of the series.

27 November Scorecard

Australian Capital Territory	v	Indians

No result Manuka Oval, Canberra

• No toss.
• 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

29 November–2 December Scorecard

South Australia	v	Indians
135 (60.3 overs) Peter Sleep 22 (64) Kapil Dev 4/24 (15 overs)		245 (87.2 overs) Ashok Malhotra 67 (140) Sam Parkinson 6/56 (21.2 overs)
8/438d (138 overs) Robert Zadow 120 (267) Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/124 (27 overs)		6/329 (89 overs) Kapil Dev 88 (117) Tim May 2/70 (18 overs)

Indians won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: MP O'Brien (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

• South Australia won the toss and decided to bat.
• 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

4 December Scorecard

Victoria Country 116 (38 overs)	v	Indians 6/175 (50 overs)
G. Salmon 21 Roger Binny 3/17 (6 overs)		Dilip Vengsarkar 64* P. Newland 2/41 (11 overs)

Indians won by 6 wickets Reid Oval, Warrnambool

• Victoria Country played with 12 players, Indians with 11; both with 11 batting, 11 fielding.
• Indians batted on after winning the match.

6–9 December Scorecard

Victoria	v	Indians
233 (88.1 overs) Dean Jones 83 (190) Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/75 (28.1 overs)		7/182 (91 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 46 (190) Merv Hughes 3/42 (26 overs)

Match drawn Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: DW Holt (Aus) and Len King (Aus)

• Victoria won the toss and decided to bat.
• Denis Hickey and Geoff Parker (Victoria) made their first-class debuts.
• Play was stopped before tea on the fourth day.

20–23 December Scorecard

Tasmania	v	Indians

No result TCA Ground, Hobart

• No toss.

13–17 December 1985 Scorecard

Australia	v	India
381 (149 overs) Greg Ritchie 128 (321) Kapil Dev 8/106 (38 overs)		520 (202 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 166* (416) Bruce Reid 4/113 (53 overs)
0/17 (8 overs) David Boon 11* (28) Ravi Shastri 0/0 (1 over)

Match drawn Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Steve Randell (Aus) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and decided to bat
• Geoff Marsh, Bruce Reid and Merv Hughes (all Aus) made their Test debut.

26–30 December 1985 Scorecard

Australia	v	India
262 (103.5 overs) Greg Matthews 100* (152) Ravi Shastri 4/87 (37 overs)		445 (148.2 overs) K Srikkanth 86 (89) Bruce Reid 4/100 (38.2 overs)
308 (123.5 overs) Allan Border 163 (358) Ravi Shastri 4/92 (47 overs)		2/59 (25 overs) K Srikkanth 38 (61) Bruce Reid 2/23 (8 overs)

Match drawn Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Ray Isherwood (Aus) Player of the match: Allan Border (Aus)

• India won the toss and decided to field.

2–6 January 1986 Scorecard

India	v	Australia
4/600d (169 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 172 (400) Dave Gilbert 2/135 (37 overs)		396 (179.3 overs) David Boon 131 (311) Shivlal Yadav 5/99 (62.3 overs)
		6/119 (77 overs) Geoff Marsh 28 (84)

Match drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Steve Randell (Aus) Player of the match: K Srikkanth (Ind)

• India won the toss and decided to bat.

• India in Australia Test Series, 1985/86
• India in Australia 1985/86 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack