Australia vs India, 2nd Test at Perth, Dec 16 1977 - Match Result

RESULT

2nd Test, W.A.C.A, December 16 - 21, 1977, India tour of Australia

India

402 & 330/9d

Australia

(T:339) 394 & 342/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

Bishan Bedi has taken the most five-wicket hauls (14) in Tests for IND, going past Subhash Gupte's record

Bob Simpson has broken the record for most Tests (31) as captain for AUS, going past Ian Chappell

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Scorecard summary

India1st Inn

402/10(79.6 overs)

90 (156)

4/101 (24)

88 (151)

3/84 (16.6)

Australia1st Inn

394/10(118.6 overs)

Bob Simpson

176 (355)

Bishan Bedi

5/89 (31)

John Dyson

53 (220)

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

2/55 (23)

India2nd Inn

330/9(73.5 overs)

127 (245)

4/77 (18)

100 (175)

2/65 (21.5)

Australia2nd Inn

342/8(87.2 overs)

105 (165)

5/105 (30.2)

83 (140)

2/44 (11)

Match details

GroundWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

TossIndia, elected to bat first

Series

India tour of Australia

Season1977/78

Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 811

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Umpires

Match CoverageSee all

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