Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78
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The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1977–78 season to play 5 Test matches. Australia won the test series 3–2. The matches were played at the same time as the first World Series Cricket matches.
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Date | 2 December 1977 – 3 February 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | Australia won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test series
edit1st Test
edit2nd Test
edit3rd Test
edit30 December 1977–4 January 1978
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- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- This was India's first Test win in Australia.[1]
4th Test
edit5th Test
edit28 January–3 February 1978
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- Australia won the toss and decided to bat
- Rick Darling, Bruce Yardley, Ian Callen and Graeme Wood (all Aus) made their Test debuts.
Annual reviews
editFurther reading
edit- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001
References
edit- ^ "Third Test Match, Australia v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
External sources
edit- India in Australia, 1977/78 at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in Australia 1977/78 at CricketArchive (subscription required)