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Pakistan cricket team in India in 1979–80
Date11 November 1979 – 3 February 1980
LocationIndia India
ResultIndia won the 6-Test series 2–0
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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.

Test matches[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

21–26 November 1979
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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)

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

4–9 December 1979
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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)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 7 December was a rest day.

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

16–20 December 1979
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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 the toss and decided to bat.
  • 19 December was a rest day.

4th Test[edit | edit source]

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)
  • 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[edit | edit source]

15–20 January 1980
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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)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Sandeep Patil (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
  • 18 January was a rest day.

6th Test[edit | edit source]

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)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Taslim Arif (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
  • 1 February was a rest day.

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