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
Date	11 November 1979 – 3 February 1980
Location	India
Result	India 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)
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Test matches

1st Test

21–26 November 1979 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	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)

• Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
• Ehteshamuddin (Pak) and Roger Binny (Ind) both made their debut in Tests.
• 23 November was a rest day.

2nd Test

4–9 December 1979 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	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

16–20 December 1979 Scorecard

India	v	Pakistan
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

25–30 December 1979 Scorecard

India	v	Pakistan
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

15–20 January 1980 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	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

29 January–3 February 1980 Scorecard

India	v	Pakistan
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

1. The Home of CricketArchive

External links

• Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
• Pakistan in India and Bangladesh 1979-80 at CricketArchive (subscription required)