Australian cricket team in India in 1964–65

Australian cricket team in India in 1964-65
	Australia	India
Dates	2 October – 22 October 1964
Captains	Bob Simpson	Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Bob Simpson (292)	Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. (270)
Most wickets	Garth McKenzie (13)	Bapu Nadkarni (17)

The Australian national cricket team played three Test matches in India against the India national cricket team in 1964-65. The three-Test series was drawn, with the Australians taking the first Test, the Indians winning the second, and the third match drawn.

Series summary[]

1st Test[]

2 October - 7 October scorecard

Australia	v	India
211 (72.0 overs) Bill Lawry 62 Bapu Nadkarni 5-31 (18.0 overs)		276 (132.3 overs) Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 128 Garth McKenzie 6-58 (32.3 overs)
397 (158.4 overs) Bob Simpson 77 Bapu Nadkarni 6-91 (54.4 overs)		193 (80.0 overs) Hanumant Singh 94 Garth McKenzie 4-33 (20.0 overs)

Australia won by 139 runs Nehru Stadium, Madras, India Umpires: M. V. Nagendra and Samar Roy

2nd Test[]

10 October - 15 October scorecard

Australia	v	India
320 (103.5 overs) Peter Burge 80 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4-50 (26.0 overs)		341 (152.3 overs) Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 86 Tom Veivers 4-68 (48.0 overs)
274 (99.4 overs) Bob Cowper 81 Bapu Nadkarni 4-33 (20.4 overs)		256/8 (128.4 overs) Dilip Sardesai 56 Alan Connolly 3-24 (18.0 overs)

India won by two wickets Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, India Umpires: Habib Choudhury and S. K. Raghunatha Rao

3rd Test[]

17 October - 22 October scorecard

Australia	v	India
174 (84.5 overs) Bob Simpson 67 Salim Durani 6-73 (28.0 overs)		235 (130.0 overs) Chandu Borde 68 Bob Simpson 4-45 (28.0 overs)
143/1 (46.0 overs) Bob Simpson 71 Rusi Surti 1-37 (10.0 overs)

Match drawn Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Umpires: Sambhu Pan and Badami Satyaji Rao

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