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India vs. Australia Tests at Chennai

Sl.
No.
Test dates Venue Result

1. October 19-23, 1956 Corporation Stadium Australia won by innings and 5 runs

2. January 13-17, 1960 Corporation Stadium Australia won by innings and 55 runs

3. October 2-7, 1964 Corporation Stadium Australia won by
139 runs

4. December 24-28, 1969 Chepauk Australia won by 77 runs

5. September 11-16, 1979 Chepauk Drawn

6. September 18-22, 1986 Chepauk Tied

7. March 6-10, 1998 Chepauk India won by 179 runs

8. March 18-22, 2001 Chepauk India won by two wickets

Result summary at each ground

M India Australia Drawn Tie

At Corporation Stadium 3 0 3 0 0

At Chepauk 5 2 1 1 1

Total 8 2 4 1 1

Highest individual scores:

For India:

At Corporation Stadium 128*, M.A.K. Pataudi, October, 1964

At Chepauk 155*, S.R. Tendulkar, March, 1998

For Australia:

At Corporation Stadium 101, L.E. Favell, January, 1960

At Chepauk 210, D.M. Jones, September, 1986

Best bowling:

For India:

At Corporation Stadium 6-91, R.G. Nadkarni, October, 1964
(11-122 in the match)

At Chepauk 8-84, Harbhajan Singh, March, 2001
(15-217)

For Australia:

At Corporation Stadium 7-43, R.R. Lindwall, October, 1956

At Chepauk 7-143, J.D. Higgs, September, 1979