Indian cricket team in Australia in 1967–68

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1967-68
Date 23 December 1967 - 31 January 1968 Location Australia Result Australia won the 4-Test series 4-0
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Bob Simpson Bill Lawry	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Chandu Borde

The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1967–68 season and played a four-match Test series against Australia. Australia won the Test series 4-0.

In all first-class matches, the Indians lost to Western Australia and South Australia, and drew with Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. The first-class match against Queensland was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

The Indians went on after this tour to play four Test matches and two other games in New Zealand – see Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967-68.

Series summary

• 1st Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by 146 runs
• 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by innings and 4 runs
• 3rd Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by 39 runs
• 4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 144 runs

External sources

• CricketArchive – tour summaries
• Australia v India 1967-1968

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1968
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1968

Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001