Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78

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Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78
Date2 December 1977 – 3 February 1978
LocationAustralia Australia
ResultAustralia won the 5-match series 3–2
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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.

Test series[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

2–6 December 1977
Scorecard
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166 (46.7 overs)
Peter Toohey 82 (142)
Bishan Singh Bedi 5/55 (13.7 overs)
153 (50 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 48 (115)
Wayne Clark 4/46 (18 overs)
327 (91.5 overs)
Bob Simpson 89 (269)
Madan Lal 5/72 (19 overs)
324 (84.7 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 113 (264)
Jeff Thomson 4/76 (19.7 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

16–21 December 1977
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402 (79.6 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 90 (156)
Jeff Thomson 4/101 (24 overs)
394 (118.6 overs)
Bob Simpson 176 (355)
Bishan Singh Bedi 5/89 (31 overs)
330/9d (73.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 127 (145)
Sam Gannon 4/77 (18 overs)
342/8 (87.2 overs)
Tony Mann 105 (165)
Bishan Singh Bedi 5/105 (30.2 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

30 December 1977–4 January 1978
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256 (69.2 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 72 (178)
Wayne Clark 4/73 (19.2 overs)
213 (50.1 overs)
Craig Serjeant 85 (170)
B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/52 (14.1 overs)
343 (88.7 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 118 (285)
Wayne Clark 4/96 (29 overs)
164 (51.1 overs)
Gary Cosier 34 (55)
B. S. Chandrasekhar 6/52 (20 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • This was India's first Test win in Australia.[1]

4th Test[edit | edit source]

7–12 January 1978
Scorecard
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131 (49.4 overs)
Bob Simpson 38 (99)
B. S. Chandrasekhar 4/30 (15 overs)
396/8d (101 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 79 (182)
Jeff Thomson 4/83 (27 overs)
263 (98.7 overs)
Peter Toohey 85 (258)
E. A. S. Prasanna 4/51 (29 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and decided to bat.

5th Test[edit | edit source]

28 January–3 February 1978
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505 (112.4 overs)
Graham Yallop 121
B. S. Chandrasekhar 5/136 (29.4 overs)
269 (82.2 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 89 (175)
Wayne Clark 4/62 (20.7 overs)
256 (82.5 overs)
Rick Darling 56 (122)
Karsan Ghavri 4/45 (10.5 overs)
445 (141.4 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 86
Bruce Yardley 4/134 (43 overs)

Annual reviews[edit | edit source]

Further reading[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Third Test Match, Australia v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

External sources[edit | edit source]


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