| Australia already had one tied Test match to their | | | | 62 from Ravi Shastri; and 119 from Kapil Dev helped |
| name - the 1960 thriller at the Gabba, Brisbane. Nearly | | | | India to avoid the follow-on and reach 397 all out. |
| 26 years later, they were involved in a tied Test | | | | Batting in the second innings, the Aussies were |
| again, this time away from home at Chennai | | | | seeking quick runs for a declaration. However, David |
| (formerly Madras), India. The Aussies were on side | | | | Boon made a cautious 49 from 92 balls. A late surge |
| that was steadily rebuilding while the Indians had a | | | | by Greg Ritchie (28 off 29 balls) and Greg Matthews |
| competitive outfit. Allan Border was the Australian | | | | (27 off 25 balls) helped Australia to reach 170/5 off |
| captain while the legendary Kapil Dev held the mantle | | | | 49 overs. At that point, Allan Border declared the |
| for India. | | | | innings, setting India a stiff target of 348 in the |
| The Aussies batted first in this historic Test with | | | | fourth innings of the match. |
| David Boon and Geoff Marsh facing Kapil Dev and | | | | Kris Srikkanth (39 off 49 balls) was aggressive again. |
| Chetan Sharma. The Aussies had a good start, with | | | | In partnership with Sunil Gavaskar, he took the score |
| an opening partnership of 48 setting the tone for the | | | | to 55 before Greg Matthews dismissed him. Mohinder |
| innings. This innings was defined by a series of huge | | | | Amarnath's cautious 51 (off 113 balls), in a stand of |
| partnerships on the bag of equally huge scores by | | | | 103 runs with Sunil Gavaskar, took India to 158/2. |
| the batsmen. David Boon (122), Dean Jones (210) and | | | | When Gavaskar was out at 204/3, India needed 144 |
| Allan Border (106) helped to propel the Australians to | | | | runs with seven wickets in hand. |
| a massive 574/7 declared. Shivlal Yadav was India's | | | | The match was evenly poised, with India having the |
| most successful bowler with 4/142 off 49.5 overs. | | | | edge. However, Australia took three wickets in the |
| In reply, India had a brisk start thanks primarily to | | | | middle to reduce the home side from 251/3 to 291/6. |
| Kris Srikkanth (53). Sunil Gavaskar departed with the | | | | Ravi Shastri and Chetan Sharma stayed the course |
| score on 62, having scored only eight runs off 21 | | | | for India, taking the score to 331 before Ray Bright |
| balls. Three runs later, the home side were 65/3, with | | | | dismissed Sharma for 23. Kiran More was the next |
| Mohinder Amarnath and Kris Srikkanth back in the | | | | out for nought, leaving India 14 runs away from |
| pavilion. However, 50 from Mohammad Azharuddin; | | | | victory with two wickets in hand. |