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India v West Indies @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
24, 25, 27, 28, 29 January 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse, KB Ramaswami
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c David Murray b Sylvester Clarke | 120 | - | 344 | 18 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Derick Parry b Norbert Phillip | 60 | - | 142 | 9 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c David Murray b Sylvester Clarke | 109 | - | 330 | 11 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c David Murray b Norbert Phillip | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c David Murray b Larry Gomes | 47 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Kapil Dev | not out | 126 | 0 | - | 11 | 1 |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | run out ( > > ) | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c David Murray b Norbert Phillip | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Dhiraj Parsana | b Sylvester Clarke | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Venkat | not out | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar |
| FOW | 1-119 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-270 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-305 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-353 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-432 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 6-518 (Syed Kirmani), 7-536 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-542 (Dhiraj Parsana). |
| Extras | 7b, 13lb, 0w, 34nb, 0pen) 54 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 142.2 ovs) 566 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sylvester Clarke | 36 | 7 | 139 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norbert Phillip | 38.2 | 3 | 159 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vanburn Holder | 40 | 7 | 109 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 17 | 4 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sew Shivnarine | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Larry Gomes | 9 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Basil Williams | b Venkat | 26 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2. Alvin Greenidge | c Chetan Chauhan b Karsan Ghavri | 0 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 3. Larry Gomes | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | c Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Karsan Ghavri | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Faoud Bacchus | c Kapil Dev b Karsan Ghavri | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. David Murray | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Sew Shivnarine | b Kapil Dev | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Derick Parry | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Norbert Phillip | b Kapil Dev | 26 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 10. Vanburn Holder | not out | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Sylvester Clarke | c & b Venkat | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Alvin Greenidge), 2-48 (Basil Williams), 3-56 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-57 (Faoud Bacchus), 5-89 (Larry Gomes), 6-89 (Sew Shivnarine), 7-106 (David Murray), 8-133 (Derick Parry), 9-144 (Norbert Phillip), 172 (Sylvester Clarke). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 56.4 ovs) 172 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 15 | 2 | 59 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 15 | 3 | 54 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 10.4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 16 | 6 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Alvin Greenidge | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Faoud Bacchus | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 61 | - | - | 7 | 3 |
| 3. Larry Gomes | b Venkat | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | not out | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| +5. David Murray | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Basil Williams | ||||||
| 7. Sew Shivnarine | ||||||
| 8. Derick Parry | ||||||
| 9. Norbert Phillip | ||||||
| 10. Vanburn Holder | ||||||
| 11. Sylvester Clarke |
| FOW | 1-89 (Alvin Greenidge), 2-106 (Faoud Bacchus), 3-140 (Larry Gomes). |
| Extras | 15b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 58 ovs) 179 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 4 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 12 | 2 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 14 | 8 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 15 | 4 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dhiraj Parsana | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani, Karsan Ghavri, Dhiraj Parsana, Venkat, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar