Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1978–79 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 2–0. The tour also featured three One Day International (ODI) matches. In the third match, India's captain, Bishen Bedi, conceded the game in protest against Sarfraz Nawaz short-pitched bowling. It was the first time an international cricket match had ended in this way.[1][2]

Indians in Pakistan in 1978-79
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 27 September 1978 – 19 November 1978
Captains Bishan Singh Bedi Mushtaq Mohammad
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar (447) Zaheer Abbas (583)
Most wickets Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (8) Sarfraz Nawaz (17)

Test matches

1st Test
16–21 October 1978
Scorecard
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503/8d (152 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 176
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/130 (38 overs)
462/9d (142.5 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 145
Mushtaq Mohammad 4/55 (27 overs)
264/4d (71.5 overs)
Asif Iqbal 104
Surinder Amarnath 1/5 (1.5 overs)
43/0 (19 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 30*
Iqbal Qasim 0/0 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Khalid Aziz and Shakoor Rana
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kapil Dev (Ind) made his Test debut.

2nd Test
27 Oct-1 Nov 1978
scorecard
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199 (56.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 76
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/46 (16 overs)
539/6 d. (133 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 235
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/130 (34 overs)
465 (170.3 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 97
Imran Khan 3/110 (42.3 overs)
128/2 (20.4 overs)
Majid Khan 38
Mohinder Amarnath 1/39 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mahboob Shah, Shujauddin
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to field

3rd Test
14–19 November 1978
scorecard
v
344 (115.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 111
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/89 (31.2 overs)
481/9 d. (141 overs)
Javed Miandad 100
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3/97 (25 overs)
300 (82 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 137
Sarfraz Nawaz 5/70 (24 overs)
164/2 (24.5 overs)
Javed Miandad 62
Mohinder Amarnath 1/35 (5.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mahboob Shah, Shujauddin
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

1st ODI
1 October 1978
Scorecard
India 
170/7 (40 overs)
v
 Pakistan
166/8 (40 overs)
M Amarnath 51 (61)
Sarfraz Nawaz 3/34 (8 overs)
Majid Khan 50 (64)
M Amarnath 2/38 (8 overs)
India won by 4 runs
Ayub National Stadium, Quetta
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Shujauddin
Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)

2nd ODI
13 October 1978
Scorecard
India 
79 (34.2 overs)
v
 Pakistan
83/2 (16.5 overs)
M Amarnath 34* (85)
Hasan Jamil 3/18 (8 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 48 (46)
SM Gavaskar 1/10 (0.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Umpires: Agha Saadat Ali and Shakoor Rana
Player of the match: Hasan Jamil (PAK)

3rd ODI
3 November 1978
Scorecard
Pakistan 
205/7 (40 overs)
v
 India
183/2 (37.4 overs)
Asif Iqbal 62 (72)
S Venkataraghavan 2/34 (8 overs)
AD Gaekwad 78* (115)
Asif Iqbal 1/44 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by a concession
Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Asif Iqbal (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was conceded by India after a number of short pitched balls were not called wide.
  • B Reddy (IND) made his ODI debut.
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References
  1. "Three cricketers go to prison". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "3rd ODI, India tour of Pakistan at Sahiwal, Nov 3 1978". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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