India vs West Indies, 5th Test at Delhi, Jan 24 1979 - Match Result

RESULT

5th Test, Delhi, January 24 - 29, 1979, West Indies tour of India

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India

566/8d

West Indies

(fo) 172 & 179/3

Match drawn

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India1st Inn

566/8(142.2 overs)

Kapil Dev

*126 (124)

Sylvester Clarke

3/139 (36)

Sunil Gavaskar

120 ()

Norbert Phillip

3/159 (38.2)

West Indies1st Inn

172/10(56.4 overs)

Larry Gomes

40 ()

Karsan Ghavri

3/54 (15)

Basil Williams

26 ()

Kapil Dev

3/59 (15)

West Indies2nd Inn

179/3(58 overs)

Faoud Bacchus

61 ()

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

2/32 (15)

Alvin Kallicharran

*45 ()

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

1/26 (14)

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Match details

GroundFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

TossIndia, elected to bat first

Series

West Indies tour of India

Season1978/79

Series resultIndia led the 6-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 842

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

Kasturi Ramaswami

Mohammad Ghouse

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