Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79

Indians in Pakistan in 1978-79
India
Pakistan
Dates 27 September 1978 – 19 November 1978
Captains Bishan Singh Bedi Mushtaq Mohammad
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar (447) Zaheer Abbas (583)
Most wickets Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (8) Sarfraz Nawaz (17)

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 197879 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 20.

Test matches

1st Test

16–21 October 1978
Scorecard
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503/8 d. (152 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 176
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/130 (38 overs)
462/9 d. (142.5 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 145
Mushtaq Mohammad 4/55 (27 overs)
264/4 d. (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 drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Khalid Aziz, Shakoor Rana
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

27 Oct-1 Nov 1978
scorecard
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199 (56.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 76
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/46 (16 overs)
539/6 d. (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 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mahboob Shah, Shujauddin
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to field

3rd Test

14–19 November 1978
scorecard
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344 (115.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 111
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/89 (31.2 overs)
481/9 d. (141 overs)
Javed Miandad 100
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3/97 (25 overs)
300 (82 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 137
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 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mahboob Shah, Shujauddin
  • India won the toss and decided to bat
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