Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78
Date 2 December 1977 - 3 February 1978
Location Australia Australia
Result Australia won the 5-match series 3-2
Teams
 Australia  India
Captains
Australia Bob Simpson India Bishan Bedi
Most runs
Bob Simpson (539) Gundappa Viswanath (473)
Most wickets
Wayne Clark (28) Bishan Bedi (31)
1967–68 Series (previous) (next) 1980-81 Series

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 summary

First Test

2–6 December 1977
Scorecard
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166 (46.7 overs)
Peter Toohey 82
Bedi 5/55 (13.7 overs)
153 (50 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 48
Wayne Clark 4/46 (18 overs)
327 (91.5 overs)
Bob Simpson 89
Madan Lal 5/72 (19 overs)
324 (84.7 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 113
Jeff Thomson 4/76 (19.7 overs)
Australia won by 16 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: TF Brooks, MG O'Connell
  • Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

16–21 December 1977
Scorecard
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402 (79.6 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 90
Jeff Thomson 4/101 (24 overs)
394 (118.6 overs)
Bob Simpson 176
Bedi 5/89 (31 overs)
330/9 d. (73.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 127
Sam Gannon 4/77 (18 overs)
342/8 (87.2 overs)
Tony Mann 105
Bedi 5/105 (30.2 overs)
Australia won by 2 wickets
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test

30 December 1977 – 4 January 1978
Scorecard
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256 (69.2 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 72 (178)
Wayne Clark 4/73 (19.2 overs)
213 (50.1 overs)
Craig Serjeant 85 (170)
Bhagwat 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)
Bhagwat 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

Fourth Test

7–12 January 1978
Scorecard
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131 (49.4 overs)
Bob Simpson 38 (99)
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/30 (15 overs)
396/8 d. (101 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 79 (182)
Jeff Thomson 4/83 (27 overs)
263 (98.7 overs)
Peter Toohey 85 (258)
Erapalli Prasanna 4/51 (29 overs)
India won by an innings and 2 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Robin Bailhache (Aus), Tom Brooks (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Fifth Test

28 January–3 February
Scorecard
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505 (112.4 overs)
Graham Yallop 121
Bhagwat 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)

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