India v England 1st Test
England tour of India - 1972 (1972/73) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 20 December 1972 · India won the toss and chose to bat
England won by 6 wickets
England won by 6 wickets. Eknath Solkar top-scored with 75 for India.
India, 172 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Tony Greig) | 12 | 35 |
| Ramnath Parkar | caught (Pat Pocock) | 4 | 19 |
| Ajit Wadekar | bowled | 3 | 11 |
| Dilip Sardesai | bowled | 12 | 66 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Alan Knott) | 27 | 83 |
| Eknath Solkar | caught (Alan Knott) | 20 | 79 |
| Farokh Engineer | bowled | 15 | 17 |
| Syed Abid Ali | caught (Tony Greig) | 58 | 103 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught (Tony Greig) | 17 | 35 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 4 | 9 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | bowled | 0 | 1 |
Geoff Arnold 23.40-7-45-6Bob Cottam 23.00-5-66-2Tony Greig 23.00-8-32-2Pat Pocock 6.00-1-13-0Derek Underwood 9.00-1-16-0
England, 176 (10 wkts)
| Barry Wood | caught (Srinivas Venkataraghavan) | 19 | 84 |
| Dennis Amiss | stumping (Farokh Engineer) | 46 | 73 |
| Keith Fletcher | bowled | 2 | 6 |
| Mike Denness | caught (Farokh Engineer) | 16 | 73 |
| Tony Lewis | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Greig | not out | 68 | 242 |
| Alan Knott | caught (Eknath Solkar) | 4 | 12 |
| Geoff Arnold | caught (Syed Abid Ali) | 12 | 80 |
| Pat Pocock | lbw | 0 | 29 |
| Derek Underwood | caught (Eknath Solkar) | 6 | 34 |
| Bob Cottam | caught (Syed Abid Ali) | 3 | 21 |
Syed Abid Ali 9.00-5-13-0Eknath Solkar 3.00-0-8-0Bishan Bedi 47.00-23-59-2Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 41.50-18-79-8Srinivas Venkataraghavan 8.00-2-17-0
India, 221 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Tony Greig) | 8 | 46 |
| Ramnath Parkar | lbw | 35 | 72 |
| Ajit Wadekar | stumping (Alan Knott) | 24 | 60 |
| Dilip Sardesai | caught (Tony Greig) | 10 | 36 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | bowled | 3 | 21 |
| Eknath Solkar | caught | 75 | 197 |
| Farokh Engineer | caught (Alan Knott) | 63 | 132 |
| Syed Abid Ali | caught (Keith Fletcher) | 0 | 9 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | bowled | 0 | 4 |
| Bishan Bedi | bowled | 2 | 6 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 1 | 13 |
Geoff Arnold 20.40-6-46-3Bob Cottam 7.00-1-18-0Tony Greig 6.00-1-16-0Pat Pocock 33.00-7-72-3Derek Underwood 30.00-13-56-4Barry Wood 2.00-0-13-0
England, 199 (4 wkts)
| Barry Wood | caught (Eknath Solkar) | 45 | 149 |
| Dennis Amiss | caught (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar) | 9 | 25 |
| Keith Fletcher | caught (Ajit Wadekar) | 0 | 8 |
| Mike Denness | caught (Gundappa Viswanath) | 35 | 63 |
| Tony Lewis | not out | 70 | 158 |
| Tony Greig | not out | 40 | 120 |
| Alan Knott | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Arnold | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Pocock | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Underwood | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cottam | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Syed Abid Ali 4.00-2-6-0Eknath Solkar 3.00-0-13-0Bishan Bedi 39.00-20-50-3Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 24.00-7-70-1Srinivas Venkataraghavan 16.00-0-47-0Dilip Sardesai 1.50-0-12-0Sunil Gavaskar 1.00-0-1-0
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