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India v England @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
17, 18, 19, 21, 22 December 1976 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: MV Nagendra, J Reuben
Match Result: England won by an innings and 25 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dennis Amiss | c Parthasarthi Sharma b Venkat | 179 | 0 | 511 | 22 | 1 |
| 2. Mike Brearley | run out ( > > ) | 5 | 31 | 50 | - | - |
| 3. Graham Barlow | c Mohinder Amarnath b Bishan Bedi | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 4. Bob Woolmer | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 4 | 20 | 34 | - | - |
| 5. Keith Fletcher | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - |
| *6. Tony Greig | lbw b Venkat | 25 | 57 | 59 | 3 | - |
| +7. Alan Knott | st Syed Kirmani b Bishan Bedi | 75 | 0 | 105 | 13 | - |
| 8. Chris Old | c Gundappa Viswanath b Bishan Bedi | 15 | 76 | 102 | 1 | - |
| 9. John Lever | c Bishan Bedi b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 53 | 194 | 169 | 6 | - |
| 10. Bob Willis | c Venkat b Bishan Bedi | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Derek Underwood | not out | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-34 (Mike Brearley), 2-34 (Graham Barlow), 3-51 (Bob Woolmer), 4-65 (Keith Fletcher), 5-125 (Tony Greig), 6-226 (Alan Knott), 7-263 (Chris Old), 8-357 (Dennis Amiss), 9-363 (Bob Willis), 381 (John Lever). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 151.5 ovs) 381 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 14 | 3 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 59 | 22 | 92 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 32.5 | 6 | 117 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 34 | 6 | 94 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Parthasarthi Sharma | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Bob Willis b John Lever | 38 | 0 | 200 | 4 | - |
| 2. Aunshuman Gaekwad | lbw b John Lever | 20 | 37 | 68 | 3 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | lbw b John Lever | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | lbw b John Lever | 3 | 12 | 17 | - | - |
| 5. Venkat | b John Lever | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 6. Brijesh Patel | c Alan Knott b John Lever | 33 | 52 | 87 | 3 | - |
| 7. Parthasarthi Sharma | c Bob Willis b Derek Underwood | 4 | 29 | 37 | 1 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | b John Lever | 13 | 23 | 36 | 3 | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 3 | 17 | 28 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | c Tony Greig b Chris Old | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b Chris Old | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 2-43 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-49 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-49 (Venkat), 5-96 (Brijesh Patel), 6-99 (Sunny Gavaskar), 7-103 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 8-121 (Syed Kirmani), 9-122 (Bishan Bedi), 122 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 51.5 ovs) 122 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Old | 12.5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 23 | 6 | 46 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Bob Woolmer b Derek Underwood | 71 | 0 | 240 | 7 | 1 |
| 2. Aunshuman Gaekwad | b Bob Willis | 11 | 19 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 3. Parthasarthi Sharma | c Keith Fletcher b Derek Underwood | 29 | 151 | 196 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Alan Knott b Tony Greig | 18 | 75 | 81 | - | - |
| 5. Brijesh Patel | c & b Derek Underwood | 14 | 49 | 56 | 1 | - |
| 6. Mohinder Amarnath | c sub b Derek Underwood | 24 | 41 | 39 | 3 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | c John Lever b Tony Greig | 10 | 13 | 15 | 2 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 35 | 58 | 78 | 4 | 1 |
| 9. Venkat | c Alan Knott b John Lever | 4 | 0 | 48 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | b John Lever | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b John Lever | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-20 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 2-110 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 3-133 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-153 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-163 (Brijesh Patel), 6-182 (Syed Kirmani), 7-190 (Mohinder Amarnath), 8-226 (Venkat), 9-226 (Bishan Bedi), 234 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 3b, 8lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 110.4 ovs) 234 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Old | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 13.4 | 6 | 24 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 44 | 15 | 78 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 40 | 11 | 84 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Parthasarthi Sharma, Gundappa Viswanath, Brijesh Patel, Mohinder Amarnath, Syed Kirmani, Karsan Ghavri, Venkat, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar