India Vs West Indies 1St Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1979 (1979) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 9 June 1979 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl
West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 51 balls remaining) · Man of the Match: Gordon Greenidge
West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 51 balls remaining). Gordon Greenidge top-scored with 106* for West Indies. Michael Holding took 4/33. Man of the Match: Gordon Greenidge.
India, 190/10
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Michael Holding) | 8 | 7 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | caught (Collis King) | 11 | 30 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Alvin Kallicharran) | 7 | 7 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | bowled | 75 | 134 |
| Brijesh Patel | run out | 15 | 33 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught (Deryck Murray) | 8 | 15 |
| Kapil Dev | bowled | 12 | 12 |
| Surinder Khanna | caught (Desmond Haynes) | 0 | 12 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (Deryck Murray) | 12 | 26 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | not out | 13 | 30 |
| Bishan Bedi | caught (Clive Lloyd) | 13 | 23 |
Extras: 16
Andy Roberts 9.10-0-32-2Michael Holding 12.00-2-33-4Joel Garner 12.00-1-42-1Colin Croft 10.00-1-31-1Collis King 10.00-1-36-1
West Indies, 194/1
| Gordon Greenidge | not out | 106 | 173 |
| Desmond Haynes | lbw | 47 | 99 |
| Viv Richards | not out | 28 | 44 |
Did not bat: Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft
Extras: 13
Kapil Dev 10.00-1-46-1Karsan Ghavri 10.00-2-25-0Srinivas Venkataraghavan 12.00-3-30-0Bishan Bedi 12.00-0-45-0Mohinder Amarnath 7.30-0-35-0
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