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Test no. 831

India in Pakistan Test Series - 1st Test
Pakistan v India

1978/79 season

Played at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, on 16,17,18,20,21 October 1978 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Pakistan 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	Majid Khan	b Bedi	47			0
	Sadiq Mohammad	c & b Bedi	41			0
	Zaheer Abbas	c Viswanath b Prasanna	176	315	24	2
	Mushtaq Mohammad	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	5			0
	Javed Miandad	not out	154	420	13	3
	Asif Iqbal	c Chauhan b Bedi	0		0	0
	Imran Khan	c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar	32			0
	Wasim Bari	b Chandrasekhar	3		0	0
	Sarfraz Nawaz	lbw b Chandrasekhar	18			0
	Sikander Bakht	not out	16			0
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 6)	11

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 152 overs)	503	(3.30 runs per over)

Did not bat Iqbal Qasim

Fall of wickets1-84 (Majid Khan), 2-99 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-110 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 4-365 (Zaheer Abbas), 5-378 (Asif Iqbal), 6-445 (Imran Khan), 7-452 (Wasim Bari), 8-476 (Sarfraz Nawaz)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	16	2	71	0	4.43
M Amarnath	7	0	44	0	6.28
EAS Prasanna	42	11	123	1	2.92
BS Bedi	49	9	124	3	2.53
BS Chandrasekhar	38	6	130	4	3.42


India 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	SM Gavaskar	b Iqbal Qasim	89		0
	CPS Chauhan	c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz	46		0
	S Amarnath	c Javed Miandad b Mushtaq Mohammad	35		0
	GR Viswanath	b Mushtaq Mohammad	145	16	0
	DB Vengsarkar	c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan	83		0
	M Amarnath	c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz	4		0
	SMH Kirmani	c Iqbal Qasim b Mushtaq Mohammad	1	0	0
	N Kapil Dev	c sub b Mushtaq Mohammad	8		0
	EAS Prasanna	not out	10		0
	BS Bedi	run out	1	0	0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 34)	40

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 142.5 overs)	462	(3.23 runs per over)

Did not bat BS Chandrasekhar

Fall of wickets1-97 (Chauhan), 2-147 (S Amarnath), 3-248 (Gavaskar), 4-414 (Viswanath), 5-421 (M Amarnath), 6-425 (Kirmani), 7-445 (Kapil Dev), 8-447 (Vengsarkar), 9-462 (Bedi)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Imran Khan	34.5	7	111	1	3.18
Sarfraz Nawaz	37	6	105	2	2.83
Sikander Bakht	24	1	86	0	3.58
Mushtaq Mohammad	27	10	55	4	2.03
Iqbal Qasim	20	3	65	1	3.25


Pakistan 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	Majid Khan	c Chauhan b Prasanna	34		0
	Sadiq Mohammad	c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev	16		0
	Zaheer Abbas	c Chauhan b Gavaskar	96		0
	Asif Iqbal	b S Amarnath	104	15	0
	Javed Miandad	not out	6		0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 3)	8

	Total	(4 wickets dec; 71.5 overs)	264	(3.67 runs per over)

Did not bat

Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan,

Wasim Bari, Sarfraz Nawaz, Sikander Bakht, Iqbal Qasim

Fall of wickets1-54 (Sadiq Mohammad), 2-60 (Majid Khan), 3-226 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-264 (Asif Iqbal)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	12	3	25	1	2.08
M Amarnath	10	1	43	0	4.30
EAS Prasanna	14	4	34	1	2.42
BS Bedi	12	4	40	0	3.33
BS Chandrasekhar	12	1	49	0	4.08
CPS Chauhan	5	0	26	0	5.20
SM Gavaskar	5	0	34	1	6.80
S Amarnath	1.5	0	5	1	2.72


India 2nd innings (target: 306 runs)			R	6s
	SM Gavaskar	not out	8	0
	CPS Chauhan	not out	30	0
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 3)	5

	Total	(0 wickets; 19 overs)	43	(2.26 runs per over)

Did not bat S Amarnath, GR Viswanath, DB Vengsarkar, M Amarnath,

SMH Kirmani, N Kapil Dev, EAS Prasanna,

BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Imran Khan	6	2	15	0	2.50
Sarfraz Nawaz	2	1	3	0	1.50
Iqbal Qasim	4	4	0	0	0.00
Javed Miandad	3	1	4	0	1.33
Sadiq Mohammad	4	0	16	0	4.00

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debut N Kapil Dev (India)

Umpires Khalid Aziz and Shakoor Rana

Close of play
16 Oct day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 283/3 (Zaheer Abbas 128*, Javed Miandad 53*)
17 Oct day 2 - India 1st innings 64/0 (SM Gavaskar 23*, CPS Chauhan 30*)
18 Oct day 3 - India 1st innings 291/3 (GR Viswanath 77*, DB Vengsarkar 18*)
19 Oct rest day
20 Oct day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 34/0 (Majid Khan 18*, Sadiq Mohammad 13*)
21 Oct day 5 - India 2nd innings 43/0 (19 ov) - end of match

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