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India v West Indies
West Indies in India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 (6th Test)
VenueModi Stadium, Kanpur on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th February 1979 (6-day match)
Balls per over6
TossIndia won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
UmpiresPR Panjabi, B Satyaji Rao
Close of play day 1India (1) 249/3 (Viswanath 94*, Gaekwad 0*)
Close of play day 2India (1) 498/4 (Gaekwad 101*, Amarnath 48*)
Close of play day 3West Indies (1) 137/2 (Bacchus 72*, Jumadeen 2*)
Close of play day 4West Indies (1) 373/4 (Bacchus 204*, Murray 35*)
Close of play day 5No play

India first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*SM Gavaskarc Murray b Marshall40  52 
CPS Chauhanst Murray b Parry79 3009- 
DB Vengsarkarlbw b Phillip15     
GR Viswanathc Phillip b Parry179 42014- 
AD Gaekwadb Jumadeen102 34010- 
M Amarnathnot out101 26510- 
Kapil Devc Greenidge b Jumadeen62  72 
+SMH Kirmanic Phillip b Jumadeen2     
KD Ghavrinot out18     
S Venkataraghavandid not bat      
BS Chandrasekhardid not bat      
Extras(9 b, 12 lb, 25 nb)46
Total(7 wickets, declared, 189.4 overs)644
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Gavaskar), 2-77 (Vengsarkar), 3-221 (Chauhan), 4-393 (Viswanath), 5-502 (Gaekwad), 6-604 (Kapil Dev), 7-609 (Kirmani)
West Indies bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Phillip27   4891--
Marshall34   31231--
Holder43   61180--
Gomes1   040--
Jumadeen45.441373--
Parry39   61272--

West Indies first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
AE Greenidgelbw b Ghavri20     
SFAF Bacchus hit wkt b Venkataraghavan250 51033- 
HA Gomesc Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar37     
RR Jumadeenb Kapil Dev56 144 - 
*AI Kallicharranc Kirmani b Ghavri4     
+DA Murrayc sub (Yajurvindra Singh) b Ghavri44 215 - 
S Shivnarinec Vengsarkar b Amarnath2     
DR Parryc Vengsarkar b Ghavri4     
N Phillipnot out10     
MD Marshallnot out1     
VA Holderdid not bat      
Extras(9 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)24
Total(8 wickets, 148.1 overs)452
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Greenidge), 2-134 (Gomes), 3-263 (Jumadeen), 4-268 (Kallicharran), 5-428 (Bacchus), 6-431 (Shivnarine), 7-440 (Murray), 8-443 (Parry)
India bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Kapil Dev20   0981--
Ghavri31   41184--
Chandrasekhar41   101171--
Venkataraghavan46.116601--
Amarnath10   1351--

Notes
--> AE Greenidge made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RR Jumadeen made his last appearance in Test matches
--> S Shivnarine made his last appearance in Test matches
--> N Phillip made his last appearance in Test matches
--> VA Holder made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GR Viswanath (1) 50 in 89 balls
--> GR Viswanath (1) 100 in 142 balls, 229 minutes with 14 fours
--> GR Viswanath (1) passed his previous highest score of 145 in Test matches
--> AD Gaekwad (1) 50 in 152 balls
--> AD Gaekwad (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in Test matches
--> AD Gaekwad (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> AD Gaekwad (1) 100 in 247 balls, 340 minutes with 10 fours
--> AD Gaekwad (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 67
--> AD Gaekwad (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> M Amarnath (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Test matches
--> M Amarnath (1) 100 in 223 balls, 288 minutes with 5 fours
--> Kapil Dev (1) 50 in 62 balls
--> KD Ghavri (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) 50 in 48 balls, 77 minutes
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Test matches
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) 100 in 170 balls
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in First-Class matches
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) 200 in 315 balls, 440 minutes
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 236
--> SFAF Bacchus (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> RR Jumadeen (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> RR Jumadeen (1) 50 in 130 minutes
--> RR Jumadeen (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> KD Ghavri reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed AI Kallicharran, his 2nd wicket in the West Indies first innings