India Vs Australia 15Th Match
Reliance World Cup in India/Pakistan - 1987 (1987/88) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 22 October 1987
India won by 56 runs
India won by 56 runs. Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 63 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (then Feroz Shah Kotla)
- Date
- 22 October 1987
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 56 runs
- Player of the match
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Captains
- Kapil Dev (India), Allan Border (Australia)
- Debut
- Andrew Zesers (Australia)
- Umpires
- DR Shepherd and Khalid Aziz
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field. It was Andrew Zesers's first ODI.
India batted first and made 289 for 6. Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 63 off 60 balls, and Sunil Gavaskar made 61. Craig McDermott took 3 for 61 for Australia. The innings was built on a 75-run stand for the second wicket between Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Sidhu. That was well above the 1980s average first-innings total at Arun Jaitley Stadium, 234 across 6 ODIs.
Chasing 290, Australia made 233 all out. David Boon top-scored with 62 off 59 balls, and Steve Waugh made 42. Mohammad Azharuddin took 3 for 19 for India. The innings was built on a 88-run stand for the first wicket between David Boon and Geoff Marsh.
India won by 56 runs.
INDIA: 289 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | bowled | 61 | 72 |
| Kris Srikkanth | c Greg Dyer | 26 | 37 |
| Navjot Sidhu | c Tom Moody | 51 | 70 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Simon O'Donnell | 63 | 60 |
| Kapil Dev | c Greg Dyer | 3 | 5 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 54 | 45 |
| Ravi Shastri | c Steve Waugh | 8 | 7 |
| Kiran More | not out | 5 | 4 |
Did not bat: Manoj Prabhakar, Chetan Sharma, Maninder Singh
Extras 18 · Total 289 for 6
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| Bruce Reid | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| Tom Moody | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Andrew Zesers | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-50 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-125 (Sunil Gavaskar), 3-167 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-178 (Kapil Dev), 5-243 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-274 (Ravi Shastri)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth | 50 |
| second | Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Sidhu | 75 |
| third | Dilip Vengsarkar and Navjot Sidhu | 42 |
| fourth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev | 11 |
| fifth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin | 65 |
| sixth | Ravi Shastri and Mohammad Azharuddin | 31 |
| seventh | Mohammad Azharuddin and Kiran More | 15 |
AUSTRALIA: 233 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Boon | c Kiran More | 62 | 59 |
| Geoff Marsh | st Kiran More | 33 | 56 |
| Dean Jones | c Kapil Dev | 36 | 55 |
| Allan Border | c Manoj Prabhakar | 12 | 24 |
| Steve Waugh | c Navjot Sidhu | 42 | 52 |
| Tom Moody | run out | 2 | 6 |
| Simon O'Donnell | bowled | 5 | 10 |
| Greg Dyer | c Kapil Dev | 15 | 12 |
| Craig McDermott | c Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | 5 |
| Andrew Zesers | not out | 2 | 11 |
| Bruce Reid | c Navjot Sidhu | 1 | 6 |
Extras 19 · Total 233 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 8 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Manoj Prabhakar | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Maninder Singh | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Ravi Shastri | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Chetan Sharma | 7.1 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 3.5 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-88 (Geoff Marsh), 2-104 (David Boon), 3-135 (Allan Border), 4-164 (Dean Jones), 5-167 (Tom Moody), 6-182 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-214 (Greg Dyer), 8-227 (Craig McDermott), 9-231 (Steve Waugh), 10-233 (Bruce Reid)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | David Boon and Geoff Marsh | 88 |
| second | Dean Jones and David Boon | 16 |
| third | Allan Border and Dean Jones | 31 |
| fourth | Dean Jones and Steve Waugh | 29 |
| fifth | Steve Waugh and Tom Moody | 3 |
| sixth | Simon O'Donnell and Steve Waugh | 15 |
| seventh | Steve Waugh and Greg Dyer | 32 |
| eighth | Craig McDermott and Steve Waugh | 13 |
| ninth | Steve Waugh and Andrew Zesers | 4 |
| tenth | Bruce Reid and Andrew Zesers | 2 |
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