Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79

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

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1978–79 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 2–0.

Test matches

1st Test

16–21 October 1978
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	India
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

India	v	Pakistan
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

India	v	Pakistan
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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