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West Indies in India Test Series - 1st Test

India v West Indies

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Gavaskar* b Clarke 205 397 342 29 2 59.94
CPS Chauhan c Greenidge b Holder 52 219 167 0 0 31.13
M Amarnath b Clarke 4 18 17 0 0 23.52
GR Viswanath c Bacchus b Parry 52 150 125 7 0 41.60
DB Vengsarkar lbw b Phillip 11 26 24 0 0 45.83
SMH Kirmani† b Clarke 17 25 13 0 0 130.76
N Kapil Dev c Bacchus b Holder 42 77 68 0 0 61.76
KD Ghavri not out 15 59 36 0 1 41.66
S Venkataraghavan c †Murray b Clarke 0 4 4 0 0 0.00
BS Bedi c & b Holder 2 19 8 0 0 25.00
BS Chandrasekhar b Holder 1 13 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 13) 23
Total (all out; 137 overs) 424 (3.09 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 0-23* (Chauhan, retired not out), 1-35 (Amarnath), 2-190 (Viswanath), 3-217 (Vengsarkar), 4-334 (Gavaskar), 5-344 (Chauhan), 6-390 (Kirmani), 7-408 (Kapil Dev), 8-411 (Venkataraghavan), 9-414 (Bedi), 10-424 (Chandrasekhar)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Phillip 22 4 67 1 3.04
ST Clarke 42 9 98 4 2.33
VA Holder 27 3 94 4 3.48
DR Parry 28 4 100 1 3.57
RR Jumadeen 17 3 39 0 2.29
AI Kallicharran 1 0 3 0 3.00
West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AE Greenidge c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri 0 17 8 0 0 0.00
AB Williams b Ghavri 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
HA Gomes b Chandrasekhar 63 133 117 8 0 53.84
AI Kallicharran* lbw b Kapil Dev 187 367 315 25 0 59.36
SFAF Bacchus b Chandrasekhar 11 31 15 2 0 73.33
DA Murray† lbw b Chandrasekhar 84 295 258 8 0 32.55
DR Parry c †Kirmani b Chandrasekhar 55 164 114 4 0 48.24
N Phillip c Vengsarkar b Venkataraghavan 26 47 47 3 0 55.31
VA Holder c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar 14 36 21 1 0 66.66
RR Jumadeen not out 2 23 20 0 0 10.00
ST Clarke c Venkataraghavan b Bedi 8 9 12 0 1 66.66
Extras (b 22, lb 13, nb 8) 43
Total (all out; 161 overs) 493 (3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Williams), 2-13 (Greenidge), 3-122 (Gomes), 4-150 (Bacchus), 5-317 (Kallicharran), 6-387 (Murray), 7-430 (Phillip), 8-474 (Holder), 9-480 (Parry), 10-493 (Clarke)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Kapil Dev 19 3 70 1 3.68
KD Ghavri 25 3 71 2 2.84
S Venkataraghavan 34 12 77 1 2.26
BS Bedi 36 7 102 1 2.83
BS Chandrasekhar 43 7 116 5 2.69
CPS Chauhan 1 0 2 0 2.00
M Amarnath 3 0 12 0 4.00
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Gavaskar* c †Murray b Clarke 73 155 133 13 0 54.88
CPS Chauhan c †Murray b Parry 84 215 188 13 0 44.68
M Amarnath not out 37 119 126 5 0 29.36
DB Vengsarkar not out 10 59 69 1 0 14.49
Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 9) 20
Total (2 wickets; 84.5 overs) 224 (2.64 runs per over)
Did not bat GR Viswanath, SMH Kirmani†, N Kapil Dev, KD Ghavri, S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets 1-153 (Gavaskar), 2-194 (Chauhan)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Phillip 6 2 19 0 3.16
ST Clarke 16 2 53 1 3.31
VA Holder 7 2 15 0 2.14
DR Parry 27 7 77 1 2.85
RR Jumadeen 21 6 32 0 1.52
AI Kallicharran 4.5 2 6 0 1.24
HA Gomes 3 2 2 0 0.66
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to field
Series 6-match series level 0-0
Umpires SN Hanumantha Rao and B Satyaji Rao
Close of play
Fri, 1 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 57/1 (SM Gavaskar 28*, GR Viswanath 9*)
Sat, 2 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 351/5 (SMH Kirmani 2*, N Kapil Dev 4*)
Sun, 3 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 1st innings 184/4 (AI Kallicharran 103*, DA Murray 1*)
Mon, 4 Dec - rest day
Tue, 5 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 1st innings 452/7 (DR Parry 45*, VA Holder 5*)
Wed, 6 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 224/2 (84.5 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • CPS Chauhan (1) retired hurt on 10* from 23/0 to 217/3
 
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Series Results
India v West Indies at Kanpur - Feb 2-8, 1979
Match drawn
India v West Indies at Delhi - Jan 24-29, 1979
Match drawn
India v West Indies at Chennai - Jan 12-16, 1979
India won by 3 wickets
India v West Indies at Kolkata - Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979
Match drawn
India v West Indies at Bangalore - Dec 15-20, 1978
Match drawn
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