The India national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1978–79 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 2–0. The tour also featured three One Day International (ODI) matches. In the third match, India's captain, Bishen Bedi, conceded the game in protest against Sarfraz Nawaz short-pitched bowling. It was the first time an international cricket match had ended in this way.[1][2] India also played six tour matches, all of which were first-class fixtures.
This was going to be the first tour for either sides in 17 years. India were touring Pakistan only for the second time and first after 1954–55. India was set to tour Pakistan sometime in the mid-1960s, but wars between the two countries in 1965 and 1971, and political instability in both countries in the mid-1970s scrapped any possibility of an immediate future series. However, in early 1978, Board of Control for Cricket in India and Pakistan Cricket Board finally penned down the dates during which the tour would take place: from 27 September till 19 November 1978. Before the tour, 15 Tests were played between the teams, with India winning two, Pakistan one and the rest ending in draws.[3]
Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad's first innings partnership of 255 runs for the fourth wicket was the highest for any wicket by either team against each other.[12]
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The India national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1978 79 cricket season They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team with Pakistan winning the series 2 0 The tour also featured three One Day International ODI matches In the third match India s captain Bishen Bedi conceded the game in protest against Sarfraz Nawaz short pitched bowling It was the first time an international cricket match had ended in this way 1 2 India also played six tour matches all of which were first class fixtures Indians in Pakistan in 1978 79 IndiaPakistanDates27 September 19 November 1978CaptainsBishan Singh BediMushtaq MohammadTest seriesResultPakistan won the 3 match series 2 0Most runsSunil Gavaskar 447 Zaheer Abbas 583 Most wicketsBhagwat Chandrasekhar 8 Sarfraz Nawaz 17 One Day International seriesResultsPakistan won the 3 match series 2 1Most runsSurinder Amarnath 100 Zaheer Abbas 91 Most wicketsMohinder Amarnath 4 Hasan Jamil 6 Contents 1 Background 2 Touring party 3 Tour matches 3 1 Three day Banks XI v Indians 3 2 Combined XI v Indians 3 3 Three day Patron s XI v Indians 3 4 Three day Combined Universities v Indians 3 5 Three day Punjab v Indians 3 6 Three day Sind v Indians 4 Test series 4 1 First Test 4 2 Second Test 4 3 Third Test 5 ODI series 5 1 First ODI 5 2 Second ODI 5 3 3rd ODI 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was going to be the first tour for either sides in 17 years India were touring Pakistan only for the second time and first after 1954 55 India was set to tour Pakistan sometime in the mid 1960s but wars between the two countries in 1965 and 1971 and political instability in both countries in the mid 1970s scrapped any possibility of an immediate future series However in early 1978 Board of Control for Cricket in India and Pakistan Cricket Board finally penned down the dates during which the tour would take place from 27 September till 19 November 1978 Before the tour 15 Tests were played between the teams with India winning two Pakistan one and the rest ending in draws 3 Touring party editFatehsinghrao Gaekwad was named India s tour manager on 27 August 1978 P R Man Singh was named his deputy Bishan Singh Bedi s retention as captain was announced on 30 August and the squad was named on 19 September following a camp in Bangalore between 5 and 14 September of 25 probables Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was dropped from the squad which included three uncapped players Kapil Dev Bharath Reddy and Yashpal Sharma 4 India went with the famed spin quartet comprising Bedi B S Chandrasekhar E A S Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan who had by now 700 Test wickets between them 5 The party flew to Karachi on 24 September later before playing the first match on 27 September 4 The squad included 4 Bishan Singh Bedi c Sunil Gavaskar vc Mohinder Amarnath Surinder Amarnath B S Chandrasekhar Chetan Chauhan Kapil Dev Anshuman Gaekwad Karsan Ghavri Syed Kirmani E A S Prasanna Bharath Reddy Yashpal Sharma Dilip Vengsarkar S Venkataraghavan Gundappa ViswanathTour matches editThree day Banks XI v Indians edit 27 29 September 1978 ScorecardIndians nbsp v Banks XI309 1d 103 overs Sunil Gavaskar 165 Abdur Raqib 1 48 18 overs 212 3d 65 overs Javed Miandad 87 Karsan Ghavri 1 31 7 overs 180 4d 62 overs Dilip Vengsarkar 72 Abdur Raqib 2 76 23 overs 124 2 25 overs Wasim Raja 58 Bishan Singh Bedi 2 24 7 overs Match drawnNational Stadium Karachi Umpires Mahboob Shah and Shujauddin SiddiqiIndians won the toss and decided to bat 6 Javed Miandad Pak passed 8 000 runs in first class matches Combined XI v Indians edit 4 6 October 1978 ScorecardCombined XI v nbsp Indians268 9d 72 overs Zaheer Abbas 75 Kapil Dev 3 61 18 overs 303 7d 85 1 overs Surinder Amarnath 71 Anwar Zeb 2 39 9 1 overs 201 65 1 overs Wasim Raja 45 E A S Prasanna 3 51 22 overs 130 8 50 overs Sunil Gavaskar 44 Anwar Khan 6 42 22 overs Match drawnPeshawar Club Ground Peshawar Umpires Agha Saadat Ali and Shakoor RanaCombined XI won the toss and elected to bat Shafiq Ahmed Combined XI passed 8 000 runs in first class matches 7 Three day Patron s XI v Indians edit 8 10 October 1978 ScorecardIndians nbsp v Patron s XI258 5d 107 overs Chetan Chauhan 83 Saleem Altaf 2 24 21 overs 199 71 4 overs Haroon Rasheed 59 E A S Prasanna 6 35 27 overs 188 6 94 overs Dilip Vengsarkar 53 Iqbal Qasim 2 18 17 overs Match drawnPindi Club Ground Rawalpindi Umpires Azhar Hasan and Khalid AzizIndians won the toss and elected to bat Sadiq Mohammad Patron s XI passed 16 000 runs in first class matches 8 Three day Combined Universities v Indians edit 23 25 October 1978 ScorecardCombined Universities v nbsp Indians156 58 5 overs Ashraf Ali 39 Bishan Singh Bedi 4 47 18 5 overs 149 56 5 overs Yashpal Sharma 47 Amin Lakhani 6 58 25 5 overs 185 80 3 overs Ashraf Ali 51 Karsan Ghavri 4 45 22 3 overs 193 8 76 overs Surinder Amarnath 72 Amin Lakhani 6 80 34 overs Indians won by 2 wicketsJahanzeb Polo Ground Multan Umpires Aslam Khokhar and Khizer HayatCombined Universities won the toss and elected to bat Haroon Rasheed Combined Universities passed 4 000 runs in first class matches 9 Amin Lakhani Combined Universities claimed hat tricks in both innings 9 Three day Punjab v Indians edit 5 7 November 1978 ScorecardIndians nbsp v Punjab250 1d 74 overs Anshuman Gaekwad 126 Mohammad Nazir 1 69 25 overs 242 4d 76 overs Talat Ali 107 Karsan Ghavri 1 39 13 overs 230 83 overs Karsan Ghavri 95 Mohammad Nazir 4 77 36 overs 93 21 2 overs Jamshed Hussain 37 Karsan Ghavri 5 39 10 overs Indians won by 145 runsBahawal Stadium Bahawalpur Umpires Amanullah Khan and Salahuddin AhmedPunjab won the toss and elected to field Asad Mahmood Punjab made his debut in first class matches 10 Mohinder Amarnath Indians passed 5 000 runs in first class matches 10 Three day Sind v Indians edit 9 11 November 1978 ScorecardSind v nbsp Indians224 73 4 overs Mohsin Khan 107 S Venkataraghavan 6 62 26 4 overs 286 5d 100 overs Surinder Amarnath 144 Naeem Ahmed 4 95 29 overs 34 1 16 overs Mohsin Khan 17 Kapil Dev 1 13 4 overs Match drawnNiaz Stadium Hyderabad Umpires Athar Zaidi and Iqbal AtharSind won the toss and elected to bat Anshuman Gaekwad Indians passed 4 000 runs in first class matches 11 Test series editFirst Test edit 16 21 October 1978 ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp India503 8d 152 overs Zaheer Abbas 176 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4 130 38 overs 462 9d 142 5 overs Gundappa Viswanath 145 Mushtaq Mohammad 4 55 27 overs 264 4d 71 5 overs Asif Iqbal 104 Surinder Amarnath 1 5 1 5 overs 43 0 19 overs Chetan Chauhan 30 Iqbal Qasim 0 0 4 overs Match drawnIqbal Stadium Faisalabad Umpires Khalid Aziz Pak and Shakoor Rana Pak Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat This was the first Test played at this venue 12 Kapil Dev Ind made his Test debut Javed Miandad Pak passed 1 000 runs in Tests 13 Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad s first innings partnership of 255 runs for the fourth wicket was the highest for any wicket by either team against each other 12 19 October was a rest day Gundappa Viswanath became the first India cricketer to make centuries against every Test playing nation at the time 12 Second Test edit 27 October 1 November 1978 ScorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp Pakistan199 56 5 overs Dilip Vengsarkar 76 Sarfraz Nawaz 4 46 16 overs 539 6d 133 overs Zaheer Abbas 235 Bishan Singh Bedi 2 130 34 overs 465 170 3 overs Sunil Gavaskar 97 Imran Khan 3 110 42 3 overs 128 2 20 4 overs Majid Khan 38 Mohinder Amarnath 1 39 6 overs Pakistan won by 8 wicketsGaddafi Stadium Lahore Umpires Mahboob Shah Pak and Shujauddin Siddiqi Pak Pakistan won the toss and decided to field 30 October was a rest day Zaheer Abbas Pak passed 2 000 runs in Tests 14 Third Test edit 14 19 November 1978 ScorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp Pakistan344 115 2 overs Sunil Gavaskar 111 Sarfraz Nawaz 4 89 31 2 overs 481 9d 141 overs Javed Miandad 100 B S Chandrasekhar 3 97 25 overs 300 82 overs Sunil Gavaskar 137 240 Sarfraz Nawaz 5 70 24 overs 164 2 24 5 overs Javed Miandad 62 Mohinder Amarnath 1 35 5 5 overs Pakistan won by 8 wicketsNational Stadium Karachi Umpires Mahboob Shah Pak and Shujauddin Siddiqi Pak India won the toss and decided to bat 16 November was a rest day ODI series editFirst ODI edit 1 October 1978 ScorecardIndia nbsp 170 7 40 overs v nbsp Pakistan166 8 40 overs Mohinder Amarnath 51 61 Sarfraz Nawaz 3 34 8 overs Majid Khan 50 64 Mohinder Amarnath 2 38 8 overs India won by 4 runsAyub National Stadium Quetta Umpires Mahboob Shah Pak and Shujauddin Siddiqi Pak Player of the match Mohinder Amarnath Ind India won the toss and elected to bat Surinder Amarnath Chetan Chauhan and Kapil Dev all Ind made their ODI debuts Second ODI edit 13 October 1978 ScorecardIndia nbsp 79 34 2 overs v nbsp Pakistan83 2 16 5 overs Mohinder Amarnath 34 85 Hasan Jamil 3 18 8 overs Zaheer Abbas 48 46 Sunil Gavaskar 1 10 0 5 overs Pakistan won by 8 wicketsJinnah Stadium Sialkot Umpires Agha Saadat Ali Pak and Shakoor Rana Pak Player of the match Hasan Jamil Pak Pakistan won the toss and elected to field Yashpal Sharma Ind and Azmat Rana Pak made their ODI debuts 3rd ODI edit 3 November 1978 ScorecardPakistan nbsp 205 7 40 overs v nbsp India183 2 37 4 overs Asif Iqbal 62 72 S Venkataraghavan 2 34 8 overs Anshuman Gaekwad 78 115 Asif Iqbal 1 44 8 overs Pakistan won by concessionZafar Ali Stadium Sahiwal Umpires Javed Akhtar Pak and Khizer Hayat Pak Player of the match Asif Iqbal Pak Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat The match was conceded by India after a number of short pitched balls were not called wide Bharath Reddy Ind made his ODI debut References edit Three cricketers go to prison ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 3 November 2017 3rd ODI India tour of Pakistan at Sahiwal Nov 3 1978 ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 3 November 2017 Paracha Nadeem F 26 November 2015 After the 17 year itch The historic 1978 Indo Pak cricket series DAWN COM Archived from the original on 27 November 2015 Retrieved 4 August 2023 a b c Test Cricket Tours India to Pakistan 1978 79 test cricket tours 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