5 Australian greats who made their Test debuts against India

#4 Bruce Reid

Reid would go on to serve as India’s bowling coach during the 2003/04 trip to Australia

A tall and wiry fast bowler capable of extracting disconcerting bounce from just short of good length, Bruce Reid showed glimpses of his potential in the 1985 Adelaide Test against Kapil Dev’s visiting Indian side.

On a beguilingly green surface which did not offer as much as assistance for the seamers as anticipated, Kapil single-handedly restricted Australia to 381 with an eight-wicket haul in the first-innings. Reid responded by sending down a whopping 53 overs and picked up four wickets of his own against a resolute Indian batting lineup in the drawn encounter.

Plagued by several injuries, a career that had promised much met a rather premature end after just 27 Tests.