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India v West Indies @ Chepauk, Madras
12, 13, 14, 16 January 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: JD Ghosh, S Kishen
Match Result: India won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Faoud Bacchus | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 2. Alvin Greenidge | b Venkat | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Larry Gomes | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Kapil Dev | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | b Venkat | 98 | 155 | 209 | 16 | - |
| 5. Herbert Chang | c Chetan Chauhan b Kapil Dev | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. David Murray | hit wicket b Kapil Dev | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Sew Shivnarine | c sub b Karsan Ghavri | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Derick Parry | run out ( > > ) | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Norbert Phillip | not out | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Vanburn Holder | c Kapil Dev b Dhiraj Parsana | 20 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 11. Sylvester Clarke | lbw b Venkat | 12 | - | - | - | 1 |
| FOW | 1-0 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-25 (Larry Gomes), 3-45 (Alvin Greenidge), 4-55 (Herbert Chang), 5-61 (David Murray), 6-68 (Sew Shivnarine), 7-168 (Derick Parry), 8-168 (Alvin Kallicharran), 9-209 (Vanburn Holder), 228 (Sylvester Clarke). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 1w, 16nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 72.5 ovs) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 14 | 0 | 38 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 16 | 5 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dhiraj Parsana | 12 | 3 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 20.5 | 5 | 60 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Faoud Bacchus b Norbert Phillip | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c David Murray b Vanburn Holder | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Faoud Bacchus b Sylvester Clarke | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Sew Shivnarine b Sylvester Clarke | 124 | - | 346 | 17 | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | b Norbert Phillip | 24 | - | 120 | - | - |
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | c Alvin Greenidge b Derick Parry | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Faoud Bacchus b Sylvester Clarke | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c David Murray b Sylvester Clarke | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Syed Kirmani | c Sew Shivnarine b Norbert Phillip | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Dhiraj Parsana | c sub b Norbert Phillip | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Venkat | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-11 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-80 (Chetan Chauhan), 4-150 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 5-173 (Modireddy Narasimha Rao), 6-174 (Kapil Dev), 7-180 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-250 (Syed Kirmani), 9-255 (Dhiraj Parsana), 255 (Gundappa Viswanath). |
| Extras | 15b, 11lb, 0w, 17nb, 0pen) 43 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 83.1 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sylvester Clarke | 29.1 | 3 | 75 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norbert Phillip | 22 | 8 | 48 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vanburn Holder | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Larry Gomes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 15 | 2 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sew Shivnarine | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Faoud Bacchus | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Karsan Ghavri | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Alvin Greenidge | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Larry Gomes | c Sunny Gavaskar b Venkat | 91 | - | 265 | 13 | - |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | c sub b Venkat | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Herbert Chang | hit wicket b Karsan Ghavri | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. David Murray | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Kapil Dev | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Sew Shivnarine | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Karsan Ghavri | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Derick Parry | c sub b Kapil Dev | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Norbert Phillip | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Vanburn Holder | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Venkat | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Sylvester Clarke | st Syed Kirmani b Venkat | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-34 (Alvin Greenidge), 3-87 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-100 (Herbert Chang), 5-133 (David Murray), 6-141 (Larry Gomes), 7-143 (Derick Parry), 8-148 (Sew Shivnarine), 9-151 (Vanburn Holder), 151 (Sylvester Clarke). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45.5 ovs) 151 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 14 | 3 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 13 | 3 | 52 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dhiraj Parsana | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 16.5 | 5 | 43 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c David Murray b Sylvester Clarke | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Faoud Bacchus b Norbert Phillip | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Sew Shivnarine b Sylvester Clarke | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Alvin Kallicharran b Vanburn Holder | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c David Murray b Vanburn Holder | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | c David Murray b Norbert Phillip | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Karsan Ghavri | c Sylvester Clarke b Norbert Phillip | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Kapil Dev | not out | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Syed Kirmani | not out | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Dhiraj Parsana | ||||||
| 11. Venkat |
| FOW | 1-16 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-17 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-17 (Chetan Chauhan), 4-74 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-82 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 6-84 (Modireddy Narasimha Rao), 7-115 (Karsan Ghavri). |
| Extras | 5b, 1lb, 0w, 14nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 46.2 ovs) 125 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sylvester Clarke | 21.2 | 3 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norbert Phillip | 15 | 5 | 37 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vanburn Holder | 10 | 3 | 22 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Modireddy Narasimha Rao, Karsan Ghavri, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani, Dhiraj Parsana, Venkat