India vs England, 1st Test at Delhi, Dec 20 1972 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Test, Delhi, December 20 - 25, 1972, England tour of India

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173 & 233

(T:207) 200 & 208/4

England won by 6 wickets

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Scorecard summary

India • 173/10(84.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

58 (103)

6/45 (23.4)

Gundappa Viswanath

27 (83)

2/32 (23)

England • 200/10(108.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

68* (242)

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

8/79 (41.5)

46 (73)

2/59 (47)

India • 233/10(98.4 overs)

2nd INNINGS

75 (197)

Derek Underwood

4/56 (30)

Farokh Engineer

63 (132)

3/72 (33)

England • 208/4(88.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

70* (158)

3/50 (39)

45 (149)

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

1/70 (24)

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Match details

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of India
Season	1972/73
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 703
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Tony Lewis Ramnath Parkar
Umpires	B Satyaji Rao MV Nagendra

Match Coverage

Eight for nothing

When Chandra took the best figures of his career, only for India to lose the match to England

Eight for nothing

INDIA v. ENGLAND

The victory shook India badly while it improved the image of England, the professional competence of whose players in the earlier matches had impressed everyone

INDIA v. ENGLAND

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
B Wood	caught	45	149
DL Amiss	caught	9	25
KWR Fletcher	caught	0	8
MH Denness	caught	35	63
AR Lewis	not out	70	158
AW Greig	not out	40	120
Extras	(lb 9)
Total	208(4 wkts; 88.5 ovs)

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