The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1979–80 season. The two teams played six Tests. India won the test series 2–0 with 4 tests being drawn.
Test matches
1st Test
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21–26 November 1979
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Pakistan
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 India |
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431/9d (149.3 overs)
Mudassar Nazar 126 (337) Dilip Doshi 3/102 (52.3 overs) |
416 (164.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 88 (219) Imran Khan 4/53 (28.4 overs) |
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108/2 (42 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 31* (98) Shivlal Yadav 1/20 (11 overs) |
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Match drawn
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
- Ehteshamuddin (Pak) and Roger Binny (Ind) both made their debut in Tests.
- 23 November was a rest day.
2nd Test
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4–9 December 1979
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Pakistan
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India |
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273 (91.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 97 (174) Kapil Dev 5/58 (23.5 overs) |
126 (41.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 31 (51) Sikander Bakht 8/69 (21 overs) |
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242 (80.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 61 (121) Kapil Dev 4/63 (22.5 overs) |
364/6 (131 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 146* (370) Sikander Bakht 3/121 (38 overs) |
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Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse (Ind) and Ram Punjabi (Ind) |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
- 7 December was a rest day.
3rd Test
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16–20 December 1979
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India
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Pakistan |
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334 (114.1 overs)
Kapil Dev 69 (79) Sikander Bakht 5/55 (22.1 overs) |
173 (68.3 overs)
Abdul Qadir 29* (104) Shivlal Yadav 3/11 (8 overs) |
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160 (69.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 48 (107) Iqbal Qasim 6/40 (28.5 overs) |
190 (51.4 overs)
Javed Miandad 64 (126) Karsan Ghavri 4/63 (18 overs) |
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India won by 131 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: S. N. Hanumantha Rao (Ind) and Kasturi Ramaswami (Ind) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- 19 December was a rest day.
4th Test
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25–30 December 1979
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India
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Pakistan |
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162 (68.4 overs)
Karsan Ghavri 45* (92) Ehteshamuddin 5/47 (26.4 overs) |
249 (89.5 overs)
Wasim Raja 94* (124) Kapil Dev 6/63 (28 overs) |
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193/2 (77.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 81 (150) Wasim Raja 1/25 (9 overs) |
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Match drawn
Modi Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Play was not possible on day 5 due to overnight rain.
- 28 December was a rest day.
5th Test
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15–20 January 1980
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Pakistan
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India |
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272 (73.4 overs)
Majid Khan 56 (90) Kapil Dev 4/90 (19 overs) |
430 (134.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 166 (373) Imran Khan 5/114 (38.2 overs) |
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233 (66.4 overs)
Wasim Raja 57 (66) Kapil Dev 7/56 (23.4 overs) |
78/0 (18 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 46* (61) Mudassar Nazar 0/2 (2 overs) |
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India won by 10 wickets
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras Umpires: Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
- Sandeep Patil (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
- 18 January was a rest day.
6th Test
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29 January–3 February 1980
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India
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Pakistan |
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331 (109 overs)
Sandeep Patil 62 (96) Imran Khan 4/67 (33 overs) |
272/4d (99.5 overs)
Taslim Arif 90 (268) Kapil Dev 2/65 (26 overs) |
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205 (70.5 overs)
Karsan Ghavri 37* (99) Imran Khan 5/63 (23.5 overs) |
179/6 (63 overs)
Javed Miandad 46 (88) Dilip Doshi 2/46 (20 overs) |
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Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Ram Punjabi (Ind) and Kasturi Ramaswami (Ind) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Taslim Arif (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
- 1 February was a rest day.