Australia v India 2nd Test
India tour of Australia - 1977 (1977/78) · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth · 16 December 1977 · India won the toss and chose to bat
Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia won by 2 wickets. Bob Simpson top-scored with 176 for Australia.
India, 393 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Steve Rixon) | 4 | 33 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Sam Gannon) | 88 | 151 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught (Sam Gannon) | 90 | 156 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | bowled | 38 | 55 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Steve Rixon) | 49 | 76 |
| Brijesh Patel | caught (Steve Rixon) | 3 | 8 |
| Syed Kirmani | caught (Steve Rixon) | 38 | 64 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught (Bob Simpson) | 37 | 60 |
| Madan Lal | bowled | 43 | 35 |
| Bishan Bedi | bowled | 3 | 4 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 10 |
Jeff Thomson 24.00-1-101-4Wayne Clark 17.00-0-95-2Sam Gannon 16.60-1-84-3Tony Mann 11.00-0-63-0Bob Simpson 11.00-0-50-1
Australia, 369 (10 wkts)
| John Dyson | caught (Brijesh Patel) | 53 | 220 |
| Craig Serjeant | caught (Syed Kirmani) | 13 | 32 |
| David Ogilvie | bowled | 27 | 65 |
| Peter Toohey | stumping (Syed Kirmani) | 0 | 13 |
| Bob Simpson | caught (Dilip Vengsarkar) | 176 | 355 |
| Steve Rixon | caught (Syed Kirmani) | 50 | 115 |
| Kim Hughes | caught (Brijesh Patel) | 28 | 75 |
| Tony Mann | caught (Dilip Vengsarkar) | 7 | 24 |
| Wayne Clark | caught (Brijesh Patel) | 15 | 44 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught (Mohinder Amarnath) | 0 | 5 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 0 | 1 |
Madan Lal 15.00-1-54-1Mohinder Amarnath 16.00-2-57-1Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 33.60-6-114-1Bishan Bedi 31.00-6-89-5Srinivas Venkataraghavan 23.00-4-55-2
India, 315 (9 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | bowled | 127 | 245 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (David Ogilvie) | 32 | 40 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught (Steve Rixon) | 100 | 175 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Steve Rixon) | 1 | 11 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Kim Hughes) | 9 | 37 |
| Brijesh Patel | bowled | 27 | 40 |
| Syed Kirmani | lbw | 2 | 2 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught (Kim Hughes) | 14 | 41 |
| Madan Lal | bowled | 3 | 7 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 0 | 3 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 1 |
Jeff Thomson 21.50-3-65-2Wayne Clark 18.00-1-83-2Sam Gannon 18.00-2-77-4Tony Mann 8.00-0-49-0Bob Simpson 8.00-2-41-1
Australia, 324 (8 wkts)
| John Dyson | caught (Dilip Vengsarkar) | 4 | 19 |
| Craig Serjeant | caught (Syed Kirmani) | 12 | 38 |
| Tony Mann | caught (Syed Kirmani) | 105 | 165 |
| David Ogilvie | bowled | 47 | 180 |
| Peter Toohey | caught (Mohinder Amarnath) | 83 | 140 |
| Bob Simpson | run out | 39 | 92 |
| Kim Hughes | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Rixon | lbw | 23 | 34 |
| Wayne Clark | not out | 5 | 14 |
| Jeff Thomson | not out | 6 | 15 |
| Sam Gannon | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Madan Lal 11.00-0-44-2Mohinder Amarnath 3.00-0-22-0Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 15.00-0-67-0Bishan Bedi 30.20-6-105-5Srinivas Venkataraghavan 28.00-9-86-0
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