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India v Australia 4th Test

Australia tour of India - 1979 (1979/80) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 13 October 1979

Match drawn

Match drawn. Gundappa Viswanath top-scored with 131 for India. Kapil Dev took 5/82.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
Australia tour of India - 1979 (1979/80)
Ground
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (then Feroz Shah Kotla)
Dates
13 October 1979 to 18 October 1979
Toss
India, chose to bat
Result
Match drawn
Captains
Sunil Gavaskar (India), Kim Hughes (Australia)
Umpires
KB Ramaswami and PR Punjabi

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat.

India batted first and made 510 for 7. Gundappa Viswanath top-scored with 131 off 207 balls, and Sunil Gavaskar made 115. Geoff Dymock took 4 for 135 for Australia. The innings was built on a 159-run stand for the third wicket between Gundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar. That was well above the 1970s average first-innings total at Arun Jaitley Stadium, 354 across 6 Tests.

Australia replied with 298 all out. Dav Whatmore top-scored with 77 off 91 balls, and Kevin Wright made 55. Kapil Dev took 5 for 82 for India. India led by 212 on first innings. Australia followed on.

Australia made 413 all out in their second innings. Andrew Hilditch top-scored with 85 off 162 balls, and Peter Sleep made 64. Karsan Ghavri took 3 for 74 for India. The innings was built on a 127-run stand for the second wicket between Allan Border and Andrew Hilditch.

Match drawn.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 510 FOR 7
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarlbw115238
Chetan Chauhanc Dav Whatmore1940
Dilip Vengsarkarst Kevin Wright2673
Gundappa Viswanathst Kevin Wright131207
Yashpal Sharmanot out100239
Kapil Devc Dav Whatmore2947
Bobjee Narasimha Raoc Kevin Wright526
Syed Kirmanibowled3539
Karsan Ghavrinot out823

Did not bat: Shivlal Yadav, Dilip Doshi

Extras 42 · Total 510 for 7

Bowler (Australia)OMRW
Geoff Dymock42.281354
Rodney Hogg338910
Graham Yallop50210
Allan Border4250
Jim Higgs47111503
Peter Sleep131660

FALL OF WICKETS

1-38 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-108 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-267 (Sunil Gavaskar), 4-338 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-395 (Kapil Dev), 6-415 (Bobjee Narasimha Rao), 7-467 (Syed Kirmani)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstChetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar38
secondSunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar70
thirdGundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar159
fourthGundappa Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma71
fifthKapil Dev and Yashpal Sharma57
sixthBobjee Narasimha Rao and Yashpal Sharma20
seventhSyed Kirmani and Yashpal Sharma52
eighthKarsan Ghavri and Yashpal Sharma43
AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 298 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Andrew Hilditchc Syed Kirmani29101
Rick Darlingc Syed Kirmani1946
Allan Borderc Bobjee Narasimha Rao24119
Kim Hughesc Syed Kirmani1832
Dav Whatmorelbw7791
Peter Sleepc Chetan Chauhan1737
Graham Yallopc Chetan Chauhan2136
Kevin Wrightnot out5592
Geoff Dymockc Syed Kirmani016
Rodney Hoggbowled010
Jim Higgslbw1148

Extras 27 · Total 298 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Karsan Ghavri228580
Kapil Dev327825
Dilip Doshi13.35291
Shivlal Yadav2710562
Bobjee Narasimha Rao121462

FALL OF WICKETS

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), 10-298 (Jim Higgs)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstRick Darling and Andrew Hilditch32
secondAllan Border and Andrew Hilditch40
thirdKim Hughes and Allan Border21
fourthAllan Border and Dav Whatmore23
fifthPeter Sleep and Dav Whatmore44
sixthGraham Yallop and Dav Whatmore65
seventhGraham Yallop and Kevin Wright3
eighthGeoff Dymock and Kevin Wright14
ninthRodney Hogg and Kevin Wright4
tenthJim Higgs and Kevin Wright52
AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 413 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Andrew Hilditchc Syed Kirmani85162
Rick Darlingc Syed Kirmani712
Allan Borderc Bobjee Narasimha Rao46120
Kim Hughesc Karsan Ghavri40125
Graham Yallopbowled2577
Dav Whatmorelbw54110
Peter Sleepc Arun Lal64195
Kevin Wrightbowled1535
Geoff Dymocknot out3166
Rodney Hoggrun out01
Jim Higgsc Dilip Vengsarkar717

Extras 39 · Total 413 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Karsan Ghavri308743
Kapil Dev207482
Dilip Doshi3411691
Shivlal Yadav36101011
Bobjee Narasimha Rao193500
Sunil Gavaskar41100
Chetan Chauhan51111
Gundappa Viswanath3.30111

FALL OF WICKETS

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), 10-413 (Jim Higgs)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstRick Darling and Andrew Hilditch20
secondAllan Border and Andrew Hilditch127
thirdKim Hughes and Allan Border9
fourthGraham Yallop and Kim Hughes49
fifthKim Hughes and Dav Whatmore36
sixthPeter Sleep and Dav Whatmore77
seventhKevin Wright and Peter Sleep26
eighthGeoff Dymock and Peter Sleep51
ninthGeoff Dymock and Rodney Hogg0
tenthGeoff Dymock and Jim Higgs18
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