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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
566-8d Series badge WI
172 & 179-3 WI flag
Overs: 142.2 RR: 3.98 vs spin: 2.68
vs seam: 3.56
 Overs: 58.0 RR: 3.09 vs spin: 2.10
vs seam: 3.50
Wed 24/01/79 India v West Indies, 5th Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 566-8 (142.2; RR: 3.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Murray b Clarke 120 219 18 0 54.79
CPS Chauhan c Parry b Phillip 60 0 9 0
DB Vengsarkar c Murray b Clarke 109 0 11 0
GR Viswanath c Murray b Phillip 9 0 0 0
AD Gaekwad c Murray b Gomes 47 0 0 0
Kapil Dev not out 126 124 11 1 101.61
SMH Kirmani run out 30 0 0 0
KD Ghavri c Murray b Phillip 2 0 0 0
DD Parsana b Clarke 1 0 0 0
S Venkataraghavan not out 8 0 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar  
Extras (7b, 13lb, 0w, 34nb) 54  
TOTAL 566-8 (142.2 overs; RR: 3.98)

Fall of wickets

119-1 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 270-2 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 305-3 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 353-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 432-5 (AD Gaekwad 0.0 ov), 518-6 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 536-7 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov), 542-8 (DD Parsana 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ST Clarke 36.0 7 139 3 3.86 0 0
N Phillip 38.2 3 159 3 4.18 0 0
VA Holder 40.0 7 109 0 2.73 0 0
DR Parry 17.0 4 43 0 2.53 0 0
S Shivnarine 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
HA Gomes 9.0 0 54 1 6.00 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 172 (56.4; RR: 3.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AB Williams b Venkataraghavan 26 0 0 0
AE Greenidge c Chauhan b Ghavri 0 3 0 0 0.00
HA Gomes c Kirmani b Dev 40 0 0 0
AI Kallicharran c Chandrasekhar b Ghavri 7 0 0 0
SFAF Bacchus c Dev b Ghavri 0 0 0 0
DA Murray b Chandrasekhar 20 0 0 0
S Shivnarine b Dev 0 0 0 0
DR Parry lbw b Chandrasekhar 15 0 0 0
N Phillip b Dev 26 0 0 1
VA Holder not out 11 0 0 0
ST Clarke c & b Venkataraghavan 15 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb) 12  
TOTAL 172 all out (56.4 overs; RR: 3.04)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (AE Greenidge 0.0 ov), 48-2 (AB Williams 0.0 ov), 56-3 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 57-4 (SFAF Bacchus 0.0 ov), 89-5 (HA Gomes 0.0 ov), 89-6 (S Shivnarine 0.0 ov), 106-7 (DA Murray 0.0 ov), 133-8 (DR Parry 0.0 ov), 144-9 (N Phillip 0.0 ov), 172-10 (ST Clarke 56.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 15.0 2 59 3 3.93 0 0
KD Ghavri 15.0 3 54 3 3.60 0 0
S Venkataraghavan 10.4 5 14 2 1.40 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 16.0 6 33 2 2.06 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 179-3 (58.0; RR: 3.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AE Greenidge b Chandrasekhar 32 0 0 0
SFAF Bacchus c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 61 0 7 3
HA Gomes b Venkataraghavan 14 0 0 0
AI Kallicharran not out 45 0 0 0
DA Murray not out 7 0 0 0
AB Williams  
S Shivnarine  
DR Parry  
N Phillip  
VA Holder  
ST Clarke  
Extras (15b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 20  
TOTAL 179-3 (58.0 overs; RR: 3.09)

Fall of wickets

89-1 (AE Greenidge 0.0 ov), 106-2 (SFAF Bacchus 0.0 ov), 140-3 (HA Gomes 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 9.0 4 32 0 3.56 0 0
KD Ghavri 12.0 2 50 0 4.17 0 0
S Venkataraghavan 14.0 8 26 1 1.86 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 15.0 4 32 2 2.13 0 0
DD Parsana 6.0 3 11 0 1.83 0 0
AD Gaekwad 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
DB Vengsarkar 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v West Indies at Delhi, 5th Test

Date

Wednesday January 24, 1979

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Umpires

KB Ramaswami, MI Ghouse

India Team

Playing XI

BS Chandrasekhar, S Venkataraghavan, CPS Chauhan, GR Viswanath, SM Gavaskar, AD Gaekwad, KD Ghavri, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, DD Parsana

West Indies Team

Playing XI

VA Holder, AI Kallicharran, HA Gomes, DR Parry, ST Clarke, AE Greenidge, DA Murray, N Phillip, S Shivnarine, AB Williams, SFAF Bacchus