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{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name                  = Australian cricket team in India in 2016–17
| team1_image                  = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name                   = India
| team2_image                  = Flag of Australia.svg
| team2_name                   = Australia
| from_date                    = 16 February
| to_date                      = 29 March 2017
| team1_captain                = [[Virat Kohli]]<br><small>(1st–3rd Tests)</small><br>[[Ajinkya Rahane]]<br><small>(4th Test)</small>
| team2_captain                = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]]
| no_of_tests                  = 4
| team1_tests_won              = 2
| team2_tests_won              = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs        = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (405)
| team2_tests_most_runs        = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] (499)
| team1_tests_most_wickets     = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (25)
| team2_tests_most_wickets     = [[Steve O'Keefe]] (19)<br>[[Nathan Lyon]] (19)
| player_of_test_series        = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Ind)
}}
The [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] toured India in February and March 2017 playing four [[Test cricket|Test matches]].<ref name="Fixtures">{{cite web |url=http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/about_docs/547c2a4d42a86-Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20FTP%202015%20to%202019%20as%20at%20Nov%202014.pdf |title=Future Tours Programme |access-date=16 January 2016 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref><ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1024303.html |title=BCCI ushers in big home season: 13 Tests, six new venues |access-date=9 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="ibtimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/india-cricket-schedule-fixtures-dates-all-matches-2016-2017-home-season-681987 |title=India Cricket Schedule: Fixtures and dates of all the matches of the 2016–2017 home season |access-date=9 June 2016 |work=International Business Times}}</ref> India won the series 2–1.<ref name="result">{{cite web |title=India sweep season with fourth series win |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088924.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref> With the series victory, India held all the series titles against all of the other Test sides at the same time.<ref name="titles">{{cite web |title=India complete the Test-trophy set |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088926.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref>

The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) confirmed the dates of the tour in October 2016.<ref name="BCCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1062544.html |title=Pune to kickstart India-Australia Test series |access-date=21 October 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> [[Umpire Decision Review System|DRS]] was used for the first time in the [[Border–Gavaskar Trophy]] in this series,<ref name="DRS">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-17/india-set-to-allow-drs-for-australia-series/8278920 |title=India v Australia Test series: DRS to get the green light |access-date=23 February 2017 |work=ABC News}}</ref> although [[Hot Spot (cricket)|Hot Spot]] was not used.<ref name="HotSpot">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1085583.html |title=HotSpot absent as Kohli lbw puzzles India |access-date=6 March 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Australia played the first Test match in Pune, just one day after they played a [[Twenty20 International]] match [[Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2016–17#3rd T20I|against Sri Lanka in Adelaide]].<ref name="MCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1083824.html |title=Australia brace for tough road test on Pune's debut |access-date=22 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
! {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1082280.html |title=India unchanged for first two Australia Tests |access-date=14 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
! {{cr|AUS}}<ref name="AusSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1077623.html |title= Swepson joins spin quartet for India |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Virat Kohli]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]] ([[captain (cricket)|vc]])
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]
* [[Shreyas Iyer]]
* [[Ravindra Jadeja]]
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
* [[Abhinav Mukund]]
* [[Karun Nair]]
*<s> [[Hardik Pandya]]</s>
* [[Cheteshwar Pujara]]
* [[K. L. Rahul]]
* [[Wriddhiman Saha]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Ishant Sharma]]
* [[Murali Vijay]]
* [[Jayant Yadav]]
* [[Kuldeep Yadav]]
* [[Umesh Yadav]]
|
* [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]] ([[captain (cricket)|vc]])
* [[Ashton Agar]]
* [[Jackson Bird]]
* [[Pat Cummins]]
* [[Peter Handscomb]]
* [[Josh Hazlewood]]
* [[Usman Khawaja]]
* [[Nathan Lyon]]
* [[Shaun Marsh]]
* [[Mitchell Marsh]]
* [[Glenn Maxwell]]
* [[Steve O'Keefe]]
* [[Matt Renshaw]]
* [[Mitchell Starc]]
* [[Marcus Stoinis]]
* [[Mitchell Swepson]]
* [[Matthew Wade]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
|}

[[Mitchell Marsh]] suffered a shoulder injury during the second Test and was ruled out of the rest of the series. [[Marcus Stoinis]] was named as his replacement.<ref name="Marsh">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1085810.html |title=Stoinis replaces injured Mitchell Marsh in Test squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> [[Hardik Pandya]] was left out the squad for the last two matches of the series due to a shoulder injury.<ref name="Pandya">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1086148.html |title=India retain Vijay; Pandya out injured |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> [[Mitchell Starc]] was ruled out of the last two Tests with a foot injury.<ref name="Starc">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1086252.html |title=Injured Starc ruled out of Test series |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref> [[Pat Cummins]] was named as his replacement.<ref name="Cummins">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1086383.html |title=Pat Cummins called-up to replace Starc |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref> Ahead of the fourth Test, [[Shreyas Iyer]] was added to India's squad as cover for [[Virat Kohli]], who was suffering with a shoulder injury.<ref name="Iyer">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088197.html |title=Shreyas Iyer called up as cover for Kohli |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref>

==Tour match==
===Three-day match: India A v Australia===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–19 February 2017
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 469/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (127 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] 107 (161)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Navdeep Saini]] 2/42 (19.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 403 (91.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 202[[not out|*]] (210)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Nathan Lyon]] 4/162 (28.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 110/4 (36 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Peter Handscomb]] 37 (69) 
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Rishabh Pant]] 1/9 (2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1082201.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] (Ind) and [[Milind Pathak]] (Ind)
| motm = 
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

==Test series==
===1st Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 23–27 February 2017
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 260 (94.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Matt Renshaw]] 68 (156)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Umesh Yadav]] 4/32 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 105 (40.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 64 (97)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Steve O'Keefe]] 6/35 (13.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 285 (87 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] 109 (202)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] 4/119 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 107 (33.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 31 (58)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Steve O'Keefe]] 6/35 (15 overs)

| result = Australia won by 333 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1062573.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| umpires = [[Richard Kettleborough]] (Eng) and [[Nigel Llong]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Steve O'Keefe]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = This was the first Test match at this venue.<ref name="MCA"/>
* [[Mitchell Starc]] (Aus) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.<ref name="Starc1000">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/336312 |title=Renshaw, Starc prop up Australia |access-date=23 February 2017 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref>
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] (Ind) overtook [[Kapil Dev]]'s record for the most wickets in a season in India.<ref name="Ash">{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/india-vs-australia-r-ashwin-overtakes-kapil-devs-record-most-wickets-india-season |title=Stats: R Ashwin overtakes Kapil Dev's record for most wickets in a season in India |access-date=24 February 2017 |work=Sportskeeda}}</ref>
* [[Steve O'Keefe]] (Aus) took his first 5-wicket haul in Tests.<ref name="O'Keefe5wkt">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1084059.html |title=O'Keefe six-for sinks India for 105 |access-date=24 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He also took five wickets in 19 balls, the joint-second-fewest deliveries for a five-for against India.<ref name="IndCollapse">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1084102.html |title=India's worst ever seven-wicket collapse |access-date=24 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* India lost their last seven wickets in the first innings for eleven runs, their worst collapse in Tests.<ref name="IndCollapse"/>
* Steve O'Keefe's match figures of 12 for 70 are the best figures by a visiting spin bowler in a Test in India and are also the best match figures for an Australian bowler against India.<ref name="1stTest">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1084299.html |title=O'Keefe, Smith set up famous Australia victory |access-date=25 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* This was Australia's first Test win in India since [[Australian cricket team in India in 2004–05|2004]] and the first win by any visiting team in India since [[English cricket team in India in 2012–13|2012]].<ref name="1stTest"/>
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–8 March 2017
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 189 (71.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 90 (205)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Nathan Lyon]] 8/50 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 276 (122.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shaun Marsh]] 66 (197)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 6/63 (21.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 274 (97.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 92 (221)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Josh Hazlewood]] 6/67 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 112 (35.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] 28 (48)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] 6/41 (12.4 overs)

| result = India won by 75 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1062574.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bengaluru]]
| umpires = [[Richard Illingworth]] (Eng) and [[Nigel Llong]] (Eng)
| motm = [[K. L. Rahul]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Nathan Lyon]] (Aus) recorded the best bowling figures by a visiting bowler in India.<ref name="Lyon">{{cite web |title=Lyon's 8 for 50 – best by a visiting bowler in India |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1085245.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>
* Nathan Lyon also became the highest Australian wicket taker against India (with 58 wickets), and the first to take three seven-wicket hauls against India.<ref name="Lyon"/>
* This was the first time in a Test that four different bowlers each took six wickets in an innings.<ref name="Ashwin25">{{cite web |title=Ashwin: Fastest to 25 five-wicket hauls in Tests |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1085660.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] (Ind) took his [[List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin|25th five-wicket haul]], achieving it in the fewest Tests (47).<ref name="Ashwin25"/>
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 16–20 March 2017
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 451 (137.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] 178[[not out|*]] (361)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 5/124 (49.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 603/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (210 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] 202 (525)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Pat Cummins]] 4/106 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 204/6 (100 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Peter Handscomb]] 72[[not out|*]] (200)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 4/54 (44 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1062575.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[JSCA International Stadium Complex]], [[Ranchi]]
| umpires = [[Chris Gaffaney]] (NZ) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (Ind)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = This was the first Test to be played at this venue and the 800th Test played by Australia.<ref name="3rdTest">{{cite web |title=Back to the cricket after a week of controversy and change |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1086741.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Murali Vijay]] (Ind) played his 50th Test.<ref name="3rdTest"/>
* [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] (Aus) passed 5,000 runs in Tests, becoming the third-fastest and youngest Australian batsman to do so.<ref name="Smith5000">{{cite web |title=Another milestone for prolific Smith |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/steve-smith-5000-test-runs-australia-india-highlights-third-fastest-hayden-bradman/2017-03-16 |publisher=Cricket Australia| access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Glenn Maxwell]] (Aus) scored his maiden Test century and became the second player for Australia to score a century in all three international formats.<ref name="Smith-Maxwell">{{cite web |title=Captain Smith racks up the numbers in India |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1087194.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
* Steve Smith's score of 178 [[not out]] is the highest score by an Australian captain in India and 3rd highest overall score by an Australian in India.<ref name="Smith-Maxwell"/>
* [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] (Ind) faced 525 balls for his 202 runs, the most deliveries faced by an Indian batsmen in a Test innings.<ref name="Pujara">{{cite web |title=Pujara plays India's longest innings |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1087627.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
* The 199-run partnership between Pujara and [[Wriddhiman Saha]] was the highest seventh-wicket stand for India against Australia in Tests.<ref name="Pujara"/>
}}

===4th Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–29 March 2017
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 300 (88.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] 111 (173)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Kuldeep Yadav]] 4/68 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 332 (118.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 63 (95)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Nathan Lyon]] 5/92 (32.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 137 (53.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Glenn Maxwell]] 45 (60)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] 3/24 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 106/2 (23.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 51[[not out|*]] (76)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Pat Cummins]] 1/42 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1062576.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]]
| umpires = [[Marais Erasmus]] (SA) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (Ind) 
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = This was the first Test to be played at this venue.<ref name="HPCA">{{cite web |title=Dharamsala decider promises more surprises |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088229.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=25 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]] (Ind) [[List of India national cricket captains|captained India]] for the first time in Tests.<ref name="Rahane-cap">{{cite web |title=Kohli out of Test, Australia bat first |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/virat-kohli-ruled-out-of-fourth-test-dharamsala-india-australia-day-one-shoulder-injury-rahane/2017-03-25 |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kuldeep Yadav]] (Ind) made his Test debut.
* [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] became the first batsman for Australia to score three hundreds in a series in India.<ref name="Smith4th">{{cite web |title=Steven Smith joins elite performers in India |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088409.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=25 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] (Ind) took his 79th wicket in the 2016–17 season, the most for a bowler in a single season.<ref name="Smith4th"/>
}}

==Decision referral==
The second Test witnessed a controversy when the Australian team was accused of having taken help from the [[Changing room|dressing room]] in using the [[Umpire Decision Review System]] (DRS). Australia's captain [[Steve Smith (cricketer)|Steve Smith]] admitted to having looked in the direction of the dressing room for assistance when he was given [[Dismissal (cricket)|out]] [[leg before wicket]] (lbw) off [[Umesh Yadav]] when he was on 28 by the on-field umpire [[Nigel Llong]], who, immediately intervened to send him back and denying a referral.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ferris|first1=Sam|title=Smith caught up in DRS controversy|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/steve-smith-virat-kohli-review-drs-australia-test-series-video-highlights/2017-03-07|work=Cricket Australia|access-date=8 March 2017|date=7 March 2017}}</ref> India's captain [[Virat Kohli]], in his post-match interview, accused the team of having done that on at least three occasions; once as Smith was declared lbw, and twice as he batted, which he stated to having pointed out to the umpires. As the controversy broke out, Australia's [[Peter Handscomb]] tweeted admitting to have "referred" Smith to "look at the box". Picking on Smith having played down the incident terming it a "brain fade", Kohli said, "Honestly, if someone makes a mistake while batting, for me, personally, that's a brain fade. ... But if something is going on for three days, then that's not a brain fade, as simple as that."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farrell|first1=Melinda|title='Australia crossed the line' on DRS – Kohli|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1085719.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=8 March 2017|date=7 March 2017}}</ref>

Australia's coach [[Darren Lehmann]] dismissed Kohli's allegations and responded that his team "[n]ever, ever, ever" sought the dressing room's assistance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramsey|first1=Andrew|title=Virat's claim against our grain: Lehmann|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/darren-lehmann-response-virat-kohli-cheating-claims-drs-viewing-area-australia-coach-india-tests/2017-03-08|work=Cricket Australia|access-date=8 March 2017|date=8 March 2017}}</ref> The CEO of [[Cricket Australia]] (CA), [[James Sutherland (cricket administrator)|James Sutherland]] called the criticism "outrageous" and said, "We reject any commentary that suggests our integrity was brought into disrepute or that systemic unfair tactics are used, and stand by Steve and the Australian cricketers who are proudly representing our country."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramsey|first1=Andrew|title=CA boss rejects Kohli's 'outrageous' allegation|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/james-sutherland-responds-kohli-cheating-claims-outrageous-australia-india-test-drs-controversy/2017-03-08|work=Cricket Australia|access-date=8 March 2017|date=8 March 2017}}</ref> The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) responded with a statement: "BCCI has requested the ICC ([[International Cricket Council]]) to take cognisance of the fact that Smith admitted to a 'brain fade' at that moment. BCCI sincerely hopes that the rest of the matches are played in the true spirit of cricket."<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI stands by Indian Cricket Team and Captain Virat Kohli|url=http://www.bcci.tv/news/2017/bcci-news/15693/bcci-stands-by-indian-cricket-team-and-captain-virat-kohli|work=Board of Control for Cricket in India|access-date=8 March 2017|date=8 March 2017}}</ref> The ICC said it would not "press charges" against either teams or captains and added that ahead of the third Test, the match referee would "bring both captains together to remind them of their responsibilities to the game".<ref>{{cite web|title=No action against Smith or Kohli, says ICC|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1085925.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=8 March 2017|date=8 March 2017}}</ref> However, the BCCI filed an official complaint against Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb with the ICC.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI files complaint against Smith, Handscomb|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1086135.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=9 March 2017|date=9 March 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1030197.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

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