Decades before Wankhede Test of 2011-12, the Eden Gardens and Chepauk Tests of 2000-01, even the Chepauk tie of 1986, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches on Indian soil.
The Test ended on this day, 1964. It was also Dussehra.
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Australia were one-up in the three-Test series. This was the second Test.
Unfortunately for them, O'Neill went down with a stomach pain *after the toss* here and took no further part in the Test.
This meant that Australia played the Test with only ten men.
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Australia scored 320 and 274. India, 341. They needed 254.
India lost Jaisimha, Durani, and Nadkarni by stumps on Day 4. They were 74/3.
Now Pataudi had an unusual habit of shuffling the batting order.
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