Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78

International cricket tour

Cricket series

Date

2 December 1977 – 3 February 1978

Location

Australia

Result

Australia won the 5-match series 3–2

Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Bob Simpson	Bishan Bedi
Most runs
Bob Simpson (539)	Gundappa Viswanath (473)
Most wickets
Wayne Clark (28)	Bishan Bedi (31)

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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

1st Test

2–6 December 1977
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
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 by 16 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Tom Brooks (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test

16–21 December 1977
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
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)

Australia won by 2 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Robin Bailhache (Aus) and Dick French (Aus)

India won the toss and decided to bat.

3rd Test

30 December 1977–4 January 1978
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
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 by 222 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

India won the toss and decided to bat.
This was India's first Test win in Australia.^[1]

4th Test

7–12 January 1978
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
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)

India won by an innings and 2 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Robin Bailhache (Aus) and Tom Brooks (Aus)

Australia won the toss and decided to bat.

5th Test

28 January–3 February 1978
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
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)

Australia won by 47 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Rick Darling, Bruce Yardley, Ian Callen and Graeme Wood (all Aus) made their Test debuts.

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1978
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1978

References

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

External sources

India in Australia, 1977/78 at ESPNcricinfo archive
India in Australia 1977/78 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

International cricket tours of Australia

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Bangladesh	2003 2008
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Tournaments hosted
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T20 World Cup	2022
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Scotland	2014–15
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