Australia v India 3rd Test
India tour of Australia - 1977 (1977/78) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 30 December 1977 · India won the toss and chose to bat
India won by 222 runs
India won by 222 runs. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 118 for India.
India, 249 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Steve Rixon) | 0 | 9 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Tony Mann) | 0 | 6 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught (Bob Simpson) | 72 | 178 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Steve Rixon) | 59 | 95 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Bob Simpson) | 37 | 88 |
| Ashok Mankad | caught (Wayne Clark) | 44 | 100 |
| Syed Kirmani | lbw | 29 | 62 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (Steve Rixon) | 6 | 20 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | bowled | 0 | 1 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 2 | 1 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | bowled | 0 | 1 |
Jeff Thomson 16.00-2-78-3Wayne Clark 19.20-2-73-4Sam Gannon 14.00-2-47-2Gary Cosier 12.00-3-25-0Bob Simpson 3.00-1-11-1Tony Mann 5.00-1-15-0
Australia, 199 (10 wkts)
| John Dyson | bowled | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Cosier | caught (Chetan Chauhan) | 67 | 101 |
| David Ogilvie | lbw | 6 | 10 |
| Craig Serjeant | bowled | 85 | 170 |
| Bob Simpson | caught (Ashok Mankad) | 2 | 3 |
| Peter Toohey | caught (Gundappa Viswanath) | 14 | 36 |
| Tony Mann | caught (Sunil Gavaskar) | 11 | 12 |
| Steve Rixon | lbw | 11 | 49 |
| Wayne Clark | lbw | 3 | 15 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught (Karsan Ghavri) | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 0 | 2 |
Karsan Ghavri 9.00-0-37-2Sunil Gavaskar 2.00-0-7-0Bishan Bedi 15.00-2-71-2Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 14.10-2-52-6Erapalli Prasanna 10.00-1-32-0
India, 335 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Craig Serjeant) | 118 | 285 |
| Chetan Chauhan | run out | 20 | 27 |
| Syed Kirmani | caught (Jeff Thomson) | 29 | 62 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | lbw | 54 | 94 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Gary Cosier) | 6 | 20 |
| Ashok Mankad | bowled | 38 | 84 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 41 | 100 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (Bob Simpson) | 6 | 10 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | caught (Steve Rixon) | 11 | 23 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 12 | 13 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | lbw | 0 | 1 |
Jeff Thomson 18.00-4-47-0Wayne Clark 29.00-3-96-4Sam Gannon 22.00-4-88-2Gary Cosier 12.70-2-58-2Bob Simpson 3.00-0-22-0Tony Mann 4.00-0-24-1
Australia, 154 (10 wkts)
| John Dyson | lbw | 12 | 31 |
| Gary Cosier | bowled | 34 | 55 |
| David Ogilvie | caught (Chetan Chauhan) | 0 | 4 |
| Craig Serjeant | bowled | 17 | 41 |
| Bob Simpson | lbw | 4 | 7 |
| Peter Toohey | caught (Chetan Chauhan) | 14 | 53 |
| Tony Mann | caught (Sunil Gavaskar) | 18 | 56 |
| Steve Rixon | caught (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar) | 12 | 49 |
| Wayne Clark | caught (Karsan Ghavri) | 33 | 60 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught (Bishan Bedi) | 7 | 46 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 3 | 8 |
Karsan Ghavri 4.00-0-29-0Bishan Bedi 16.10-5-58-4Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 20.00-3-52-6Erapalli Prasanna 8.00-4-5-0Mohinder Amarnath 3.00-0-10-0
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