Pakistani cricket team in India in 1979–80

The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1979–80 season.[1] The two teams played six Tests. India won the test series 2–0 with 4 tests being drawn.

Pakistan cricket team in India in 1979–80
Date11 November 1979 – 3 February 1980
LocationIndia India
ResultIndia won the 6-Test series 2–0
Teams
 India  Pakistan
Captains
Sunil Gavaskar
Viswanath (6th Test)
Asif Iqbal
Most runs
Sunil Gavaskar (529)
Dilip Vengsarkar (316)
Yashpal Sharma (314)
Wasim Raja (450)
Javed Miandad (421)
Asif Iqbal (267)
Most wickets
Kapil Dev (32)
Dilip Doshi (18)
Karsan Ghavri (15)
Sikander Bakht (25)
Imran Khan (19)
Iqbal Qasim (9)

Test matches

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1st Test

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21–26 November 1979
Scorecard
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  India
431/9d (149.3 overs)
Mudassar Nazar 126 (337)
Dilip Doshi 3/102 (52.3 overs)
416 (164.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 88 (219)
Imran Khan 4/53 (28.4 overs)
108/2 (42 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 31* (98)
Shivlal Yadav 1/20 (11 overs)
Match drawn
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)

2nd Test

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4–9 December 1979
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  India
273 (91.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 97 (174)
Kapil Dev 5/58 (23.5 overs)
126 (41.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 31 (51)
Sikander Bakht 8/69 (21 overs)
242 (80.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 61 (121)
Kapil Dev 4/63 (22.5 overs)
364/6 (131 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 146* (370)
Sikander Bakht 3/121 (38 overs)
Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse (Ind) and Ram Punjabi (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 7 December was a rest day.

3rd Test

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16–20 December 1979
Scorecard
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334 (114.1 overs)
Kapil Dev 69 (79)
Sikander Bakht 5/55 (22.1 overs)
173 (68.3 overs)
Abdul Qadir 29* (104)
Shivlal Yadav 3/11 (8 overs)
160 (69.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 48 (107)
Iqbal Qasim 6/40 (28.5 overs)
190 (51.4 overs)
Javed Miandad 64 (126)
Karsan Ghavri 4/63 (18 overs)
India won by 131 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: S. N. Hanumantha Rao (Ind) and Kasturi Ramaswami (Ind)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 19 December was a rest day.

4th Test

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25–30 December 1979
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162 (68.4 overs)
Karsan Ghavri 45* (92)
Ehteshamuddin 5/47 (26.4 overs)
249 (89.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 94* (124)
Kapil Dev 6/63 (28 overs)
193/2 (77.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 81 (150)
Wasim Raja 1/25 (9 overs)
Match drawn
Modi Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Play was not possible on day 5 due to overnight rain.
  • 28 December was a rest day.

5th Test

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15–20 January 1980
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  India
272 (73.4 overs)
Majid Khan 56 (90)
Kapil Dev 4/90 (19 overs)
430 (134.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 166 (373)
Imran Khan 5/114 (38.2 overs)
233 (66.4 overs)
Wasim Raja 57 (66)
Kapil Dev 7/56 (23.4 overs)
78/0 (18 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 46* (61)
Mudassar Nazar 0/2 (2 overs)
India won by 10 wickets
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Sandeep Patil (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
  • 18 January was a rest day.

6th Test

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29 January–3 February 1980
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331 (109 overs)
Sandeep Patil 62 (96)
Imran Khan 4/67 (33 overs)
272/4d (99.5 overs)
Taslim Arif 90 (268)
Kapil Dev 2/65 (26 overs)
205 (70.5 overs)
Karsan Ghavri 37* (99)
Imran Khan 5/63 (23.5 overs)
179/6 (63 overs)
Javed Miandad 46 (88)
Dilip Doshi 2/46 (20 overs)
Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Ram Punjabi (Ind) and Kasturi Ramaswami (Ind)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Taslim Arif (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
  • 1 February was a rest day.

References

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