Among the memories are centuries from Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath in one game and the brilliance of the spinners in Bishan Singh Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar and Erapalli Prasanna. And of course, the masterful century by Sachin Tendulkar, where he completely eliminated the off-side drive zone from his game.
Here’s a look at India’s record at the Sydney Cricket Ground:
1 – India have won only one of their Test matches in Sydney. It was in 1978 and India won by an innings and 2 runs.
1 – Independent India’s first ever Test match was at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1947 against Sir Don Bradman’s Australia. The hosts were skittled out for 107 in the first innings, their lowest total at the ground against any non-England opposition.
3 – The only time in Indian cricket history that three batsmen scored centuries in the first innings of a Test in Australia. Sunil Gavaskar (172), Kris Srikkanth (116) and Mohinder Amarnath (!38) scored centuries.
6 – India have…