![Winners: Australia captaijn Allan Border holds the 1987 World Cup trophy aloft in Kolkata.](/web/20170120100306im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/v/1/v/g/image.related.landscape.460x307.gtvgtk.png/1484889576758.jpg)
1987 World Cup triumph is proof success in India is possible
As Steve Smith's team count down the days before its embarks on one of the toughest assignments in world cricket, 30 years ago an Australian side landed in India also with nobody giving it much chance of success. Australia had not won a Test series in four years and had been beaten in their last five one-day international tournaments.