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Top 5 batting collapses for Australia against India

Jasu Patel spun India to a miraculous victory at Kanpur nearly 6 decades ago
Jasu Patel spun India to a miraculous victory at Kanpur nearly 6 decades ago

India and Australia have played a number of pretty exciting Test matches with some being regarded among the most memorable tests of that time.

Both teams have produced some scintillating performances with bat but on numerous occasions, the batting lineup could not deliver. Such instances have happened with Australia on several occasions. Here are 5 big Australian batting collapses against India.


#5 At Kanpur, 1959

It was the second and final test of Australia’s Tour of India in 1959. Australia had won the first Test at Delhi by an innings and 127 runs.

Kanpur was the venue for the second Test and Indian skipper GS Ramchand opted to bat first.

The Australian bowlers, namely Alan Davidson and Richie Benaud decimated the Indian batting and bundled them out for 152.

Davidson took 5/31 while Benaud took 4/63. In reply, Australia did not add much as Jasu Patel’s 9/69, a national record at the time, restricted them to 219.

In the second innings, fifties from Nari Contractor and Ramnath Kenny and scores of 46 and 44 from Bapu Nadkarni and Chandu Borde respectively, took India to 291. Alan Davidson bowled a career-best spell of 7/93.

Australia had to chase down 225 to win the match but some magnificent bowling from Jasu Patel and Polly Umrigar skittled them out for just 105, giving India their first ever victory against Australia. Patel took 5/55 while Umrigar took 4/27.

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