Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
15 January 1981
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: DG Weser, RV Whitehead
Match Result: Australia won by 27 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Roger Binny b Sandeep Patil | 26 | 28 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Allan Border | c Kirti Azad b Dilip Doshi | 85 | 131 | 157 | 6 | - | |
| *3. Greg Chappell | c Yashpal Sharma b Sandeep Patil | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| 4. Kim Hughes | c Kapil Dev b Roger Binny | 39 | 50 | 62 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Doug Walters | b Karsan Ghavri | 38 | 53 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Trevor Chappell | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev | 14 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c Bharath Reddy b Karsan Ghavri | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Shaun Graf | c Kirti Azad b Kapil Dev | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | not out | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Len Pascoe |
| FOW | 1-48 (Graeme Wood), 2-55 (Greg Chappell), 3-155 (Kim Hughes), 4-181 (Allan Border), 5-216 (Trevor Chappell), 6-230 (Doug Walters), 7-233 (Shaun Graf), 8-240 (Rod Marsh). |
| Extras | 1b, 16lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 10 | 2 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 1 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| 2. Roger Binny | lbw b Shaun Graf | 34 | 45 | 53 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 52 | 74 | 111 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c & b Greg Chappell | 7 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | c & b Greg Chappell | 25 | 34 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Sandeep Patil | b Dennis Lillee | 27 | 42 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 20 | 35 | 69 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Kirti Azad | b Dennis Lillee | 19 | 24 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 11 | 10 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| +10. Bharath Reddy | not out | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Dilip Doshi |
| FOW | 1-2 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-59 (Roger Binny), 3-78 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-112 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-135 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-161 (Sandeep Patil), 7-196 (Kapil Dev), 8-197 (Kirti Azad). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 32 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 0 | 64 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Graf | 10 | 2 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Graeme Wood, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Doug Walters, Trevor Chappell, Rod Marsh, Shaun Graf, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Len Pascoe
India: Sunny Gavaskar, Roger Binny, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev, Kirti Azad, Karsan Ghavri, Bharath Reddy, Dilip Doshi
