Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79#2nd Test
{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indians in Pakistan in 1978–79
| team1_image = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name = India
| team2_image = Flag of Pakistan.svg
| team2_name = Pakistan
| from_date = 27 September
| to_date = 19 November 1978
| team1_captain = Bishan Singh Bedi
| team2_captain = Mushtaq Mohammad
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 0
| team2_tests_won = 2
| team1_tests_most_runs = Sunil Gavaskar (447)
| team2_tests_most_runs = Zaheer Abbas (583)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (8)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = Sarfraz Nawaz (17)
| player_of_test_series =
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 1
| team2_ODIs_won = 2
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Surinder Amarnath (100)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Zaheer Abbas (91)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Mohinder Amarnath (4)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Hasan Jamil (6)
| player_of_ODI_series =
}}
The India national cricket team toured 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149140.html |title=Three cricketers go to prison |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64167/Pakistan-vs-India-3rd-ODI-india-in-pakistan-odi-series/ |title=3rd ODI, India tour of Pakistan at Sahiwal, Nov 3 1978 |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} India also played six tour matches, all of which were first-class fixtures.
Background
This was going to be the first tour for either sides in 17 years. India were touring Pakistan only for the second time and first after 1954–55. India was set to tour Pakistan sometime in the mid-1960s, but wars between the two countries in 1965 and 1971, 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 and Pakistan 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 in draws.{{cite web |last1=Paracha |first1=Nadeem F. |title=After the 17-year-itch: The historic 1978 Indo-Pak cricket series |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1222441 |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127051840/https://www.dawn.com/news/1222441 |archive-date=27 November 2015 |language=en |date=26 November 2015}}
Touring party
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 in Bangalore 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 and Yashpal Sharma.{{cite web |title=Test Cricket Tours - India to Pakistan 1978-79 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2630698.html |publisher=test-cricket-tours.co.uk |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303112443/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2630698.html |archive-date=3 March 2017}} India went with the famed spin quartet comprising Bedi, B. S. Chandrasekhar, E. A. S. Prasanna and S. Venkataraghavan, who had by now 700 Test wickets between them.{{cite web |last1=Paracha |first1=Nadeem F. |title=After the 17-year-itch: The historic 1978 Indo-Pak cricket series |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1222441/after-the-17-year-itch-the-historic-1978-indo-pak-cricket-series |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=5 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127051838/http://www.dawn.com/news/1222441/after-the-17-year-itch-the-historic-1978-indo-pak-cricket-series |archive-date=27 November 2015 |language=en |date=26 November 2015}} The party flew to Karachi on 24 September before the first match starting on 27 September.
Tour matches
= Three-day: Banks XI v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–29 September 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Banks XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 309/1d (103 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Sunil Gavaskar 165*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Abdur Raqib 1/48 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 212/3d (65 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Javed Miandad 87*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Karsan Ghavri 1/31 (7 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 180/4d (62 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Dilip Vengsarkar 72*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Abdur Raqib 2/76 (23 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 124/2 (25 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Wasim Raja 58
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Bishan Singh Bedi 2/24 (7 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_BANKS-XI_27-29SEP1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = National Stadium, Karachi
| umpires = Mahboob Shah and Shujauddin Siddiqi
| motm =
| toss = Indians won the toss and decided to bat.{{cite web |title=Pakistan Banks v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38587.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018165046/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38587.html |archive-date=18 October 2013}}
| rain =
| notes = Javed Miandad (Pak) passed 8,000 runs in first-class matches.
}}
= Combined XI v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–6 October 1978
| team1 = Combined XI
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 268/9d (72 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Zaheer Abbas 75
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Kapil Dev 3/61 (18 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 303/7d (85.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Surinder Amarnath 71
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Anwar Zeb 2/39 (9.1 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 201 (65.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Wasim Raja 45
| wickets-team1-inns2 = E. A. S. Prasanna 3/51 (22 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 130/8 (50 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Sunil Gavaskar 44
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Anwar Khan 6/42 (22 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_COMB-XI_04-06OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar
| umpires = Agha Saadat Ali and Shakoor Rana
| motm =
| toss = Combined XI won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Shafiq Ahmed (Combined XI) passed 8,000 runs in first-class matches.{{cite web |title=North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38589.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026051356/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38589.html |archive-date=26 October 2012}}
}}
= Three-day: Patron's XI v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 8–10 October 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Patron's XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 258/5d (107 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Chetan Chauhan 83
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Saleem Altaf 2/24 (21 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 199 (71.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Haroon Rasheed 59
| wickets-team2-inns1 = E. A. S. Prasanna 6/35 (27 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 188/6 (94 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Dilip Vengsarkar 53*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Iqbal Qasim 2/18 (17 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PATRON-XI_08-10OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Azhar Hasan and Khalid Aziz
| motm =
| toss = Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Sadiq Mohammad (Patron's XI) passed 16,000 runs in first-class matches.{{cite web |title=BCCP Patron's XI v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38591.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224849/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38591.html |archive-date=2 April 2018}}
}}
= Three-day: Combined Universities v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 23–25 October 1978
| team1 = Combined Universities
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (58.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Ashraf Ali 39
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Bishan Singh Bedi 4/47 (18.5 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 149 (56.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Yashpal Sharma 47*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Amin Lakhani 6/58 (25.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 185 (80.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Ashraf Ali 51
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Karsan Ghavri 4/45 (22.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 193/8 (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Surinder Amarnath 72
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Amin Lakhani 6/80 (34 overs)
| result = Indians won by 2 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_COMB-UNIV_23-25OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Jahanzeb Polo Ground, Multan
| umpires = Aslam Khokhar and Khizer Hayat
| motm =
| toss = Combined Universities won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Haroon Rasheed (Combined Universities) passed 4,000 runs in first-class matches.{{cite web |title=Universities and Young Pakistan v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38601.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210103920/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38601.html |archive-date=10 December 2015}}
- Amin Lakhani (Combined Universities) claimed hat-tricks in both innings.
}}
= Three-day: Punjab v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 5–7 November 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Punjab
| score-team1-inns1 = 250/1d (74 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Anshuman Gaekwad 126*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Mohammad Nazir 1/69 (25 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 242/4d (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Talat Ali 107
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Karsan Ghavri 1/39 (13 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 230 (83 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Karsan Ghavri 95
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Mohammad Nazir 4/77 (36 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 93 (21.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Jamshed Hussain 37
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Karsan Ghavri 5/39 (10 overs)
| result = Indians won by 145 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PNJB_05-07NOV1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
| umpires = Amanullah Khan and Salahuddin Ahmed
| motm =
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Asad Mahmood (Punjab) made his debut in first-class matches.{{cite web |title=Punjab v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38619.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004170159/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38619.html |archive-date=4 October 2012}}
- Mohinder Amarnath (Indians) passed 5,000 runs in first-class matches.
}}
= Three-day: Sind v Indians =
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–11 November 1978
| team1 = Sind
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 224 (73.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Mohsin Khan 107
| wickets-team1-inns1 = S. Venkataraghavan 6/62 (26.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 286/5d (100 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Surinder Amarnath 144
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Naeem Ahmed 4/95 (29 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 34/1 (16 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Mohsin Khan 17*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Kapil Dev 1/13 (4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_SIND_09-11NOV1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
| umpires = Athar Zaidi and Iqbal Athar
| motm =
| toss = Sind won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Anshuman Gaekwad (Indians) passed 4,000 runs in first-class matches.{{cite web |title=Sind v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38623.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402223327/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38623.html |archive-date=2 April 2018}}
}}
Test series
=First Test=
{{Test match
| date =16–21 October 1978
| team1 ={{cr-rt|Pakistan}}
| team2 ={{cr|India}}
| score-team1-inns1 =503/8d (152 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =Zaheer Abbas 176
| wickets-team1-inns1 =Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/130 (38 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =462/9d (142.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =Gundappa Viswanath 145
| wickets-team2-inns1 =Mushtaq Mohammad 4/55 (27 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =264/4d (71.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =Asif Iqbal 104
| wickets-team1-inns2 =Surinder Amarnath 1/5 (1.5 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =43/0 (19 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =Chetan Chauhan 30*
| wickets-team2-inns2 =Iqbal Qasim 0/0 (4 overs)
| result =Match drawn
| venue =Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
| umpires =Khalid Aziz (Pak) and Shakoor Rana (Pak)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63217.html Scorecard]
| toss =Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| motm=
| notes = This was the first Test played at this venue.{{cite web |title=PAKISTAN v INDIA |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-v-india-152186 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en}}
- Kapil Dev (Ind) made his Test debut.
- Javed Miandad (Pak) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.{{cite web |title=India in Pakistan 1978/79 (1st Test) |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38596.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102001158/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38596.html |archive-date=2 November 2013}}
- Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad's first innings partnership of 255 runs for the fourth wicket was the highest for any wicket by either team against each other.
- 19 October was a rest day.
- Gundappa Viswanath became the first India cricketer to make centuries against every Test-playing nation at the time.
}}
= Second Test=
{{Test match
| date =27 October–1 November 1978
| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
| team2 ={{cr|Pakistan}}
| score-team1-inns1 =199 (56.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =Dilip Vengsarkar 76
| wickets-team1-inns1 =Sarfraz Nawaz 4/46 (16 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =539/6d (133 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =Zaheer Abbas 235
| wickets-team2-inns1 =Bishan Singh Bedi 2/130 (34 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =465 (170.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =Sunil Gavaskar 97
| wickets-team1-inns2 =Imran Khan 3/110 (42.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =128/2 (20.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =Majid Khan 38
| wickets-team2-inns2 =Mohinder Amarnath 1/39 (6 overs)
| result =Pakistan won by 8 wickets
| venue =Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
| umpires =Mahboob Shah (Pak) and Shujauddin Siddiqi (Pak)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63218.html Scorecard]
| toss =Pakistan won the toss and decided to field.
| rain =
| motm=
| notes = 30 October was a rest day.
- Zaheer Abbas (Pak) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.{{cite web |title=India in Pakistan 1978/79 (2nd Test) |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38603.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503122240/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38603.html |archive-date=3 May 2012}}
}}
= Third Test =
{{Test match
| date =14–19 November 1978
| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
| team2 ={{cr|Pakistan}}
| score-team1-inns1 =344 (115.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =Sunil Gavaskar 111
| wickets-team1-inns1 =Sarfraz Nawaz 4/89 (31.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 =481/9d (141 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =Javed Miandad 100
| wickets-team2-inns1 =B. S. Chandrasekhar 3/97 (25 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =300 (82 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =Sunil Gavaskar 137 (240)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =Sarfraz Nawaz 5/70 (24 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =164/2 (24.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =Javed Miandad 62
| wickets-team2-inns2 =Mohinder Amarnath 1/35 (5.5 overs)
| result =Pakistan won by 8 wickets
| venue =National Stadium, Karachi
| umpires =Mahboob Shah (Pak) and Shujauddin Siddiqi (Pak)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63219.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| motm=
| notes = 16 November was a rest day.
}}
ODI series
=First ODI=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 1 October 1978
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 170/7 (40 overs)
| runs1 = Mohinder Amarnath 51 (61)
| wickets1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 3/34 (8 overs)
| score2 = 166/8 (40 overs)
| runs2 = Majid Khan 50 (64)
| wickets2 = Mohinder Amarnath 2/38 (8 overs)
| result = India won by 4 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79-62330/pakistan-vs-india-1st-odi-64165/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = Ayub National Stadium, Quetta
| umpires = Mahboob Shah (Pak) and Shujauddin Siddiqi (Pak)
| motm = Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Surinder Amarnath, Chetan Chauhan and Kapil Dev (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.
}}
= Second ODI=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 13 October 1978
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 79 (34.2 overs)
| runs1 = Mohinder Amarnath 34* (85)
| wickets1 = Hasan Jamil 3/18 (8 overs)
| score2 = 83/2 (16.5 overs)
| runs2 = Zaheer Abbas 48 (46)
| wickets2 = Sunil Gavaskar 1/10 (0.5 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64166/pakistan-vs-india-2nd-odi-india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79 Scorecard]
| venue = Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
| umpires = Agha Saadat Ali (Pak) and Shakoor Rana (Pak)
| motm = Hasan Jamil (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Yashpal Sharma (Ind), and Azmat Rana (Pak) made their ODI debuts.
}}
=3rd ODI=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 3 November 1978
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 205/7 (40 overs)
| runs1 = Asif Iqbal 62 (72)
| wickets1 = S. Venkataraghavan 2/34 (8 overs)
| score2 = 183/2 (37.4 overs)
| runs2 = Anshuman Gaekwad 78* (115)
| wickets2 = Asif Iqbal 1/44 (8 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by concession
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64167/pakistan-vs-india-3rd-odi-india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79 Scorecard]
| venue = Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal
| umpires = Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Khizer Hayat (Pak)
| motm = Asif Iqbal (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = The match was conceded by India after a number of short-pitched balls were not called wide.
- Bharath Reddy (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/62330.html Tour page] at ESPNcricinfo
- [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK Tour page] at ESPNcricinfo archive
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