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The [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] toured India in the 1984–85 season to play a five-match one day international series against [[India national cricket team|India]]. The series was to help celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the [[Ranji Trophy]].

Australia won the series 3-0 with two matches abandoned for rain. It was Australia's first ever victory in a one-day series on the subcontinent, and especially notable considering India had just won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]]. It was the only time Kim Hughes captained Australia to a series victory overseas.

==Australian squad==
Australia had just lost a test series against the West Indies 3-0. The tour was relatively last minute with the Indian Cricket Board not requesting a team until June 1984.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127000412 |title=Indian tour hoped for. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=5 June 1984 |access-date=16 December 2014 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The original squad was selected by a brand-new selection panel, [[Lawrie Sawle]], [[Greg Chappell]] and [[Rick McCosker]]. It was as follows:
*Batsmen – [[Kim Hughes]] (captain), [[Allan Border]] (vice captain), [[Kepler Wessels]], [[Graeme Wood (cricketer)|Graeme Wood]], [[Steve Smith (cricketer born 1961)|Steve Smith]], [[Graham Yallop]], [[Greg Ritchie]]
*Fastbowlers – [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]], [[Carl Rackemann]], [[John Maguire (cricketer)|John Maguire]], [[Rodney Hogg]]
*Spinners – [[Tom Hogan]], [[Murray Bennett]] 
*Wicketkeepers – [[Wayne B. Phillips]]
*Manager – Bob Merriman
Australia's selectors would be Hughes, Border and Rodney Hogg.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e3opAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4619,6279663&dq=ranji-trophy+kim-hughes&hl=en Mike Coward, 'Little rest for the tourists', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 28 September 1984] accessed 22 July 2012</ref>

Surprise omissions from the tour were [[David Hookes]] and [[Greg Matthews]]. They were also excluded from a 16-person list of cricketers to be offered playing contracts by the ACB.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127214577 |title=Surprises in Australian cricket contract list and squad for India tour Hookes, Matthews dropped. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=17 July 1984 |access-date=16 December 2014 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==ODI series==
[[Sunil Gavaskar]] was reinstated as captain of India following a series of defeats under [[Kapil Dev]].

===1st ODI===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 28 September 1984
 | team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | score1 = 220/9 (48 overs)
 | score2 = 172 (40.5 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr|IND}}
 | runs1 = [[Kepler Wessels]] 107 (133)
 | wickets1 = [[Madan Lal]] 2/23 (7 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 39 (47)
 | wickets2 = [[Carl Rackemann]] 4/41 (10 overs)
 | result = Australia won by 48 runs
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16896/scorecard/64234/india-vs-australia-1st-odi/ Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)]], [[New Delhi]]
 | umpires = [[Bhairab Ganguli]] (Ind) and [[Piloo Reporter]] (Ind)
 | motm = [[Kepler Wessels]]
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to bat
 | notes = [[Ashok Patel]] made his [[One Day International|ODI]] debut for India  
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 1 October 1984
 | team1 = {{cr|IND}}
 | score1 = 175 (37 overs)
 | score2 = 29/1 (7.4 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | runs1 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 77 (79)
 | wickets1 = [[Tom Hogan]] 4/33 (8 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Kepler Wessels]] 12 (18)
 | wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 1/14 (4 overs)
 | result = No result
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16896/scorecard/64235/india-vs-australia-2nd-odi Scorecard]
 | venue = [[University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)|University Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
 | umpires =[[Swaroop Kishen]] (Ind) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|V. K. Ramaswamy]] (Ind)
 | motm = 
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to field.
 | rain = 
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 3 October 1984
 | team1 = {{cr|IND}}
 | score1 = 21/2 (5.1 overs)
 | score2 = 
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | runs1 = [[Ghulam Parkar]] 12 (18)
 | wickets1 = [[Carl Rackemann]] 2/3 (2.1 overs)
 | runs2 = 
 | wickets2 = 
 | result = No result
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16896/scorecard/64236/india-vs-australia-3rd-odi/ Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
 | umpires =[[Swaroop Kishen]] (Ind) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|V. K. Ramaswamy]] (Ind)
 | motm = 
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to field.
 | rain = 
 | notes = Play started three hours late because the truck carrying the player's kit had gone missing <ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150519.html 3rd ODI match report] at [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]</ref>
}}

===4th ODI===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 5 October 1984
 | team1 = {{cr|IND}}
 | score1 = 206/6 (46 overs)
 | score2 = 210/3 (40.3 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | runs1 = [[Roger Binny]] 57 (88)
 | wickets1 = [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] 3/25 (10 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Allan Border]] 62[[Not out|*]] (90)
 | wickets2 = [[Chetan Sharma]] 1/21 (7 overs)
 | result = Australia won by 7 wickets
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16896/scorecard/64237/india-vs-australia-4th-odi/ Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[Motera]], [[Ahmedabad]]
 | umpires =[[V. Vikramraju]] (Ind) and [[Dara Dotiwalla]] (Ind)
 | motm = [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]]
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to field.
 | rain = 
 | notes = Australia won prize money of 25,000 rupees, most of which they donated to a home for crippled children in Ahmedabad. <ref name="Wisden"/>
}}

===5th ODI===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 6 October 1984
 | team1 = {{cr|IND}}
 | score1 = 235/5 (44 overs)
 | score2 = 236/4 (40.1 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | runs1 = [[Ravi Shastri]] 102 (141)
 | wickets1 = [[John Maguire (cricketer)|John Maguire]] 3/61 (10 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Greg Ritchie]] 59[[Not out|*]] (64)
 | wickets2 = [[Ashok Patel]] 3/43 (10 overs)
 | result = Australia won by 6 wickets
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16896/scorecard/64238/india-vs-australia-5th-odi/ Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Indore|Nehru Stadium]], [[Indore]]
 | umpires =[[Sukha Bose]] (Ind) and [[Padmakar Pandit]] (Ind)
 | motm = [[Ravi Shastri]]
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to field.
 | rain = 
}}
== Tour Game ==
===Tour Match: Mumbai vs. Australia===
{{Limited Overs Matches
 | date = 8 October 1984
 | team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
 | score1 = 190/6 (47 overs)
 | score2 = 191/5 (39.4 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
 | runs1 = [[Lalchand Rajput]] 66
 | wickets1 = [[Allan Border]] 3/33 (8 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1961)|Steve Smith]] 81 (retired ill)
 | wickets2 = [[Ravi Shastri]] 3/40 (10 overs)
 | result = Australia won by 5 wickets
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16895/scorecard/720681/bombay-vs-australians-tour-match/ Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
 | umpires =[[Sukha Bose]] (Ind) and [[Rajan Mehta]] (Ind)
 | motm = 
 | toss = Australia won the toss and chose to field.
 | rain = 
 | notes = Mumbai played this match as [[Ranji Trophy]] holders and Australian captain [[Kim Hughes]] was presented with a replica of the Ranji Trophy
}}

[[Mike Coward]], who covered the tour, wrote that the series victory "was a triumph for [Kim] Hughes who meticulously planned each of the matches and ensured that this young team played the limited-over game at a more sophisticated level."<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NTdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2984,3731698&dq=ranji-trophy+kim-hughes&hl=en Mike Coward, "Aussie Power in India", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 October 1984] accessed 22 July 2012</ref> Rodney Hogg returned early due to bronchitis.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2409,5083985&dq=ranji-trophy+kim-hughes&hl=en Mike Coward, 'Hughes Tourists Privy to Priceless Piece of History', ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 10 October 1984] accessed 22 July 2012</ref>

==South African Rebel Tours==
On the way back from the tour, several Australian players met up with representatives of the [[South African Cricket Board]] in Singapore. This led to the [[South African rebel tours]].<ref name="Wisden">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155220.html Australian cricket team in India in 1984-85] at [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/series/61432.html Australian cricket team in India in 1984-85] at [[Cricinfo]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103103220/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/IND/1984-85_IND_Australia_in_India_1984-85.html Australian cricket team in India in 1984-85] at CricketArchive

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