Australian cricket team in India in 1984–85 the tour, wrote that the series victory "was a triumph for [Kim] Hughes who meticulously planned each of the matches and ensured that this young team played the limited-over game at a more sophisticated level." Rodney Hogg returned early due to bronchitis. On the way back from the tour, several Australian players met up with representatives of the South African Cricket Board in Singapore. This led to the South African rebel tours. Australian cricket team in India in 1984–85 The Australian cricket team toured India in the 1984–85 season to play a five-match one day international series against India. The
Keith Miller with the Australian cricket team in England in 1956 and Lock, who took 18 wickets between them. The Australian press attacked the team, and called for changes, including the omission of the captain, Johnson. Acerbic cricket pundit and former Test cricketer and team-mate Sid Barnes called Johnson "Australia's non-playing captain". Bill Ferguson, the Australian team's scorer, was also critical: "Had Johnson been told by his friends in the press that he was, in fact, a passenger, he might have pondered on the advisability of standing down. [...] There would have been no shame in standing down." Johnson, Miller and Gil Langley were the tour selectors. Langley and Miller were