Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 January 1986
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, MW Johnson
Match Result: India won by 6 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Sunny Gavaskar b Ravi Shastri | 74 | 106 | 136 | 4 | - | |
| 2. David Boon | c Kapil Dev b Ravi Shastri | 76 | 102 | 121 | 5 | - | |
| *3. Allan Border | c Ashok Malhotra b Kapil Dev | 18 | 32 | 33 | - | - | |
| 4. Dean Jones | b Kapil Dev | 33 | 36 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| +5. Wayne Phillips | run out | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Steve Waugh | b Kapil Dev | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 7. Dirk Wellham | not out | 12 | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Craig McDermott | lbw b Kapil Dev | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Dave Gilbert | not out | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Bruce Reid | |||||||
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-146 (David Boon), 2-161 (Geoff Marsh), 3-194 (Allan Border), 4-212 (Wayne Phillips), 5-212 (Dean Jones), 6-224 (Steve Waugh), 7-224 (Craig McDermott). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 235 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 0 | 30 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Dave Gilbert | 72 | 123 | 170 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | c Dean Jones b Simon Davis | 27 | 34 | 55 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Ashok Malhotra | c Simon Davis b Dave Gilbert | 14 | 32 | 41 | - | - | |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 77 | 88 | 106 | 5 | - | |
| *5. Kapil Dev | c Dirk Wellham b Simon Davis | 23 | 18 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Chetan Sharma | not out | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Mohammad Azharuddin | |||||||
| 8. Roger Binny | |||||||
| 9. Ravi Shastri | |||||||
| +10. Kiran More | |||||||
| 11. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan |
| FOW | 1-46 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-79 (Ashok Malhotra), 3-181 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-230 (Kapil Dev). |
| Extras | 0b, 14lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 48.5 ovs) 238 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 9.5 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Davis | 10 | 2 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dave Gilbert | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Allan Border, Dean Jones, Wayne Phillips, Steve Waugh, Dirk Wellham, Craig McDermott, Dave Gilbert, Bruce Reid, Simon Davis
India: Sunny Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth, Ashok Malhotra, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Mohammad Azharuddin, Roger Binny, Ravi Shastri, Kiran More, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
