Australia vs India 2018-19: Sydney has never been kind to India in the past

The Test match in 1992

Ravi Shastri scored a double hundred at Sydney in 1992

The 1992 series was a five-Test series. India lost the first two Test matches before the third Test at Sydney. It was Shane Warne’s debut match. India won the toss and surprisingly elected to field first. Australia, helped by a century from David Boon reached 313 in the first innings.

Sachin remained not out on 148

In reply, Ravi Shastri, opening the innings, scored a fabulous double century. Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 148. Shastri and Sachin added 196 runs for the fifth wicket. Due to their partnership, India managed to reach 483. Shane Warne finished with figures of 1 for 150 in his first Test match. But the worrying factor for India was that on the third day, more than 50 overs were lost due to rain.

Trailing by 170 runs in the first innings, Australia struggled to reach 173 for 8 before India ran out of time. Allan Border remained not out on 53 off 157 balls. But it was Merv Hughes who was instrumental in forcing the draw by playing out 73 balls before stumps were drawn.

India were once again unlucky at Sydney and the 50 overs that they lost on the third day denied them a well-deserved win. Haunted by the disappointment at Sydney, India went on to lose the next two Test matches in Adelaide and Perth to lose the series by a margin of 4-0.