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India v Australia @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
13, 14, 16, 17, 18 October 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: PR Punjabi, KB Ramaswami
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Jim Higgs | 115 | 0 | 329 | 17 | 1 |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Dav Whatmore b Geoff Dymock | 19 | 40 | 45 | 4 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | st Kevin Wright b Jim Higgs | 26 | 73 | 103 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | st Kevin Wright b Jim Higgs | 131 | 207 | 274 | 18 | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | not out | 100 | 0 | 280 | 10 | 3 |
| 6. Kapil Dev | c Dav Whatmore b Geoff Dymock | 29 | 0 | 72 | 4 | - |
| 7. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | c Kevin Wright b Geoff Dymock | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | b Geoff Dymock | 35 | 39 | 46 | 5 | 1 |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 8 | 23 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | ||||||
| 11. Dilip Doshi |
| FOW | 1-38 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-108 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-267 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-338 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-395 (Kapil Dev), 6-415 (Modireddy Narasimha Rao), 7-467 (Syed Kirmani). |
| Extras | 6b, 12lb, 0w, 24nb, 0pen) 42 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 144.2 ovs) 510 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Dymock | 42.2 | 8 | 135 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 33 | 8 | 91 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Yallop | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 47 | 11 | 150 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Sleep | 13 | 1 | 66 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Syed Kirmani b Shivlal Yadav | 29 | 0 | 134 | 2 | - |
| 2. Rick Darling | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 19 | 0 | 62 | 1 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Kapil Dev | 24 | 0 | 131 | 2 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 18 | 0 | 29 | 4 | - |
| 5. Dav Whatmore | lbw b Shivlal Yadav | 77 | 0 | 119 | 14 | - |
| 6. Peter Sleep | c Chetan Chauhan b Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 17 | 37 | 51 | 2 | - |
| 7. Graham Yallop | c Chetan Chauhan b Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 21 | 36 | 61 | 2 | - |
| +8. Kevin Wright | not out | 55 | 92 | 139 | 6 | - |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 0 | 16 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | b Kapil Dev | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 11 | 48 | 89 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Rick Darling), 2-72 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-93 (Kim Hughes), 4-116 (Allan Border), 5-160 (Peter Sleep), 6-225 (Dav Whatmore), 7-228 (Graham Yallop), 8-242 (Geoff Dymock), 9-246 (Rodney Hogg), 298 (Jim Higgs). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 0w, 19nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 106.3 ovs) 298 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 22 | 8 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kapil Dev | 32 | 7 | 82 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 13.3 | 5 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 27 | 10 | 56 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 12 | 1 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Syed Kirmani b Karsan Ghavri | 85 | 0 | 182 | 9 | - |
| 2. Rick Darling | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Karsan Ghavri | 46 | 0 | 168 | 5 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c & b Karsan Ghavri | 40 | 0 | 145 | 4 | - |
| 5. Graham Yallop | b Dilip Doshi | 25 | 77 | 89 | 2 | - |
| 6. Dav Whatmore | lbw b Kapil Dev | 54 | 0 | 146 | 7 | - |
| 7. Peter Sleep | c sub b Chetan Chauhan | 64 | 195 | 224 | 6 | - |
| +8. Kevin Wright | b Shivlal Yadav | 15 | 35 | 46 | 1 | - |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | not out | 31 | 66 | 89 | 4 | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Gundappa Viswanath | 7 | 17 | 20 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-20 (Rick Darling), 2-147 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-156 (Allan Border), 4-205 (Graham Yallop), 5-241 (Kim Hughes), 6-318 (Dav Whatmore), 7-344 (Kevin Wright), 8-395 (Peter Sleep), 9-395 (Rodney Hogg), 413 (Jim Higgs). |
| Extras | 13b, 9lb, 1w, 16nb, 0pen) 39 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 151.3 ovs) 413 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 30 | 8 | 74 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kapil Dev | 20 | 7 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 34 | 11 | 69 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 36 | 10 | 101 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 19 | 3 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Kapil Dev, Modireddy Narasimha Rao, Syed Kirmani, Karsan Ghavri, Shivlal Yadav, Dilip Doshi