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Tour of
Pakistan 1978-79 Captain: Bishan Bedi
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Seventeenth Test tour
Second Test-playing tour of
Pakistan by India
(September -
November
1978)
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India and
Pakistan resumed Test-playing relations after an 18-year gap. For a change, after two previous series
in which all the matches were drawn, this one produced a result. Pakistan,
armed with her Packer players again, inflicted a decisive two-nil defeat on
the Indians, who batted well but could not bowl the opposition out. Zaheer and Javed were particularly heavy scorers.
The Pakistan
government was so pleased after the victory at Lahore that they declared a
public holiday. The home side also won the one-day series when India
conceded in protest at persistent short-pitched and wide bowling which the umpires
did not penalise.
The Indians
caused an upset at Sahiwal when they walked out of an official reception
but the tour was generally conducted in a friendly manner and the tourists
found the host country hospitable. The Indian manager, Mr Gaekwad, presented a trophy bearing his name to the
winners of the series, which would be competed for in future years.
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Other Indian tours
Previous tour
Australia
1977-78
Next tour
England
1979
Next Pakistan tour
1982-83
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Members of the Test tour
party (16)
Opening batsmen Sunil Gavaskar,
Chetan Chauhan
Middle-order batsmen: Mohinder Amarnath,
Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Surinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad.
Wicket-keepers: Syed Kirmani, Bharat Reddy
Spin bowlers: Bishan Bedi,
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna,
Srinivas Venkataraghaven
Fast bowlers: Kharsan Ghavri, Kapil Dev.
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M B Amarnath
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D
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28
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RHB RM
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S Amarnath
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D
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29
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LHB
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B S Bedi
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D
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32
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SLA captain
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B S Chandrasekhar
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K
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33
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LBG
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C P S Chauhan
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D
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31
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RHB opener
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A D Gaekwad
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Ba
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26
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RHB
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S M Gavaskar
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B
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29
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RHB opener vice-captain
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K D Ghavri
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B
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27
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LHB LFM
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Kapil Dev
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Hy
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19
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RFM
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S M H Kirmani
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K
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28
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WK
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E A S Prasanna
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K
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38
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OB
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B Reddy
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TN
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23
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reserve WK
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D B Vengsarkar
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B
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22
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RHB
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S Venkataraghaven
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TN
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33
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OB
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G R Viswanath
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K
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29
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RHB
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M Yashpal
Sharma
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Pj
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24
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RHB
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Representation of
teams:
Ba – Baroda (1)
B -
Bombay (3)
D -
Delhi (4)
Hy - Haryana
(1)
K -
Karnataka (4)
Pj - Punjab (1)
TN - Tamil Nadu (2)
Average age of team at time of first Test match
(16 October 1978) :
28
yrs 7
months.
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Test Appearances made before the tour
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Bedi 58, Chandrasekhar 50, Prasanna 47, Viswanath
43, Gavaskar
37, Venkataraghaven
37, Kirmani
20, M.Amarnath
18, Gaekwad
14, Ghavri
11, Vengsarkar
11, Chauhan 9, S Amarnath
5, Kapil Dev 0, Reddy 0,
Yashpal 0.
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Team Officials
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Fatesinhrao Gaekwad
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Tour Manager
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P R Man Singh
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Assistant manager
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Man Singh was the Secretary
of Hyderabad Cricket Association.
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Selectors
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P R Umrigar
(chairman),
Kishen Rungta, V L Mehra, D G Phadkar, M L Jaisimha. They met in Bombay.
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Selection
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The
Manager, Gaekwad, was widely known as Jackie Baroda. His appointment was announced on 27 August and the
captain's on 30 August.
After
a 'conditioning camp' in Bangalore between 5 and 14 September the selectors
chose a team out of 25 probables.
Unavailable: Barun
Burman (injured hand)
Tour Party Announced : 19 September 1978.
Just five days after the announcement of the team,
the team left for Pakistan.
Not selected: Nawab of Pataudi; Venkat Sunderam (D), LHB opener, was a reserve.
He never played for
India but after his playing career Sunderam bcame a state selector, coach for Uttar Pradesh, and
chairman of BCCI's Grounds and Pitches committee
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Time between
selection and departure from India
5 days (19
- 24 September)
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Travel
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On 24 September 1978 the Indians flew from Bombay
to Karachi. The manager, F R Gaekwad, the former
Maharaja of Baroda, was met by Amir Elahi who,
like Vijay Hazare and Dattu
Gaekwad, was one of his former aides-de-camp.
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Time spent in Pakistan
58 days (24
September- 21 November)
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On-tour selection committee
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Bedi (captain), Gavaskar (vice-captain), Venkataraghaven, Fatesinhrao Gaekwad (manager)
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Reinforcements
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None required.
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Fixtures/Results
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Karachi
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Pakistan Banks
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Drawn
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§ Quetta
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Pakistan (1st ODI)
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Won 4 r
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Peshawar
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NWFP - Baluchistan
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Drawn
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Rawalpindi
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BCCP Patron's XI
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Drawn
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§ Sialkot
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Pakistan (2nd ODI)
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Lost 8 w
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FAISALABAD
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PAKISTAN First Test
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DRAWN
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Multan
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Pakistan Universities
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Won 2 w
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LAHORE
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PAKISTAN Second Test
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LOST 8 w
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§ Sahiwal
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Pakistan (3rd ODI)
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Conceded
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Bahawalpur
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Punjab
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Won 145 r
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Hyderabad
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Sind
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Drawn
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KARACHI
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PAKISTAN Third Test
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LOST 8 w
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†not first-class
§ one-day international
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Time spent in Pakistan
before First Test:
22 days
(24 September - 16 October)
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Test appearances on tour
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3 - M Amarnath, S Amarnath, Bedi, Chandrasekhar, Chauhan,
Gavaskar,
Kapil Dev, Kirmani, Vengsarkar, Viswanath,
2 -
Prasanna
1 -
Ghavri
0 - Gaekwad, Reddy,
Venkataraghaven, Yashpal Sharma.
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Highlights
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• Gavaskar’s sequence of scores was: 89, 8 not out, 5,
97, 111, and 137: average 89.4
• Viswanath
(145 at Faisalabad) became the first Indian to score a century against
every Test nation.
• Kapil Dev emerged as an all-rounder of
great promise.
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Tour Summary
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P
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W
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L
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D
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Aban
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Test Matches
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3
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0
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2
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1
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Other first-class matches
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6
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2
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0
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4
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ϯ Minor matches
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0
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§ One-day
internationals
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3
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1
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1
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1
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All Matches
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12
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3
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3
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6
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Return to India
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The team flew from Karachi to Bombay on 21 November
1978. They were met at the airport
by 2000 jeering spectators
Within hours of their return, the selectors had
replaced Bedi as captain.
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Time away from India
58 days (24 September to 21 November)
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