| Indians in Pakistan in 1978–79 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 27 September – 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) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Surinder Amarnath (100) | Zaheer Abbas (91) | |
| Most wickets | Mohinder Amarnath (4) | Hasan Jamil (6) | |
TheIndia national cricket team touredPakistan during the 1978–79 cricket season. They played threeTest matches against thePakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 2–0. The tour also featured threeOne Day International (ODI) matches. In the third match, India's captain,Bishen Bedi, conceded the game in protest againstSarfraz Nawaz short-pitched bowling. It was the first time an international cricket match had ended in this way.[1][2] India also played six tour matches, all of which werefirst-class fixtures.
This was going to be the first tour for either sidesin 17 years. India were touring Pakistan only for the second time and first after1954–55. India was set to tour Pakistan sometime in the mid-1960s, but wars between the two countries in1965 and1971, and political instability in both countries in the mid-1970s scrapped any possibility of an immediate future series. However, in early 1978,Board of Control for Cricket in India andPakistan Cricket Board finally penned down the dates during which the tour would take place: from 27 September till 19 November 1978. Before the tour, 15 Tests were played between the teams, with India winning two, Pakistan one and the rest ending indraws.[3]
Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad was named India's tour manager on 27 August 1978;P. R. Man Singh was named his deputy.Bishan Singh Bedi's retention as captain was announced on 30 August and the squad was named on 19 September, following a camp inBangalore between 5 and 14 September of 25 probables.Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was dropped from the squad, which included three uncapped players —Kapil Dev,Bharath Reddy andYashpal Sharma.[4] India went with the famedspin quartet comprising Bedi,B. S. Chandrasekhar,E. A. S. Prasanna andS. Venkataraghavan, who had by now 700 Test wickets between them.[5] The party flew toKarachi on 24 September before the first match starting on 27 September.[4]
The squad included:[4]
27–29 September 1978 Scorecard |
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4–6 October 1978 Scorecard |
Combined XI | v | |
8–10 October 1978 Scorecard |
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23–25 October 1978 Scorecard |
Combined Universities | v | |
5–7 November 1978 Scorecard |
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9–11 November 1978 Scorecard |
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16–21 October 1978 Scorecard |
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27 October–1 November 1978 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Mahboob Shah (Pak) andShujauddin Siddiqi (Pak) |
14–19 November 1978 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 8 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Mahboob Shah (Pak) andShujauddin Siddiqi (Pak) |
1 October 1978 Scorecard |
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India won by 4 runs Ayub National Stadium,Quetta Umpires:Mahboob Shah (Pak) andShujauddin Siddiqi (Pak) Player of the match:Mohinder Amarnath (Ind) |
13 October 1978 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 8 wickets Jinnah Stadium,Sialkot Umpires:Agha Saadat Ali (Pak) andShakoor Rana (Pak) Player of the match:Hasan Jamil (Pak) |
3 November 1978 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by concession Zafar Ali Stadium,Sahiwal Umpires:Javed Akhtar (Pak) andKhizer Hayat (Pak) Player of the match:Asif Iqbal (Pak) |
