India v West Indies @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
29, 30, 31 December 1978, 2, 3 January 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, PR Punjabi
Match Result: Match Drawn
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Faoud Bacchus b Norbert Phillip | 107 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | b Sylvester Clarke | 11 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c David Murray b Malcolm Marshall | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Norbert Phillip | 32 | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Basil Williams b Derick Parry | 42 | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | c Larry Gomes b Derick Parry | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 7. Karsan Ghavri | c Malcolm Marshall b Norbert Phillip | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | lbw b Norbert Phillip | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Kapil Dev | b Derick Parry | 61 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | |
| 10. Venkat | lbw b Vanburn Holder | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Bishan Bedi | not out | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-20 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-48 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 3-110 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-199 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-209 (Modireddy Narasimha Rao), 6-220 (Sunny Gavaskar), 7-220 (Syed Kirmani), 8-225 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-283 (Venkat), 300 (Kapil Dev). |
| Extras | 3b, 2lb, 0w, 18nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 104.3 ovs) 300 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sylvester Clarke | 27 | 8 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norbert Phillip | 22 | 6 | 64 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malcolm Marshall | 12 | 3 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vanburn Holder | 21 | 5 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Larry Gomes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 20.3 | 7 | 51 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sew Shivnarine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Basil Williams | c & b Karsan Ghavri | 111 | 0 | 214 | - | - | |
| 2. Faoud Bacchus | b Karsan Ghavri | 26 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Larry Gomes | b Venkat | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Venkat | 55 | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Vanburn Holder | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Venkat | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| +6. David Murray | c Kapil Dev b Venkat | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 7. Sew Shivnarine | c sub b Karsan Ghavri | 48 | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Derick Parry | b Bishan Bedi | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Norbert Phillip | lbw b Kapil Dev | 47 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 10. Malcolm Marshall | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Sylvester Clarke | not out | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-58 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-95 (Larry Gomes), 3-197 (Basil Williams), 4-210 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-213 (Vanburn Holder), 6-218 (David Murray), 7-230 (Derick Parry), 8-313 (Sew Shivnarine), 9-318 (Malcolm Marshall), 327 (Norbert Phillip). |
| Extras | 5b, 9lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 117.4 ovs) 327 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 20.4 | 3 | 88 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 29 | 5 | 74 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 24 | 4 | 59 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 33 | 15 | 55 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 11 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | not out | 182 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Aunshuman Gaekwad | b Sylvester Clarke | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 157 | - | 379 | - | 1 | |
| 4. Chetan Chauhan | |||||||
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | |||||||
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | |||||||
| 7. Karsan Ghavri | |||||||
| +8. Syed Kirmani | |||||||
| 9. Kapil Dev | |||||||
| 10. Venkat | |||||||
| 11. Bishan Bedi |
| FOW | 1-17 (Aunshuman Gaekwad). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 93 ovs) 361 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sylvester Clarke | 28 | 4 | 104 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norbert Phillip | 16 | 0 | 81 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malcolm Marshall | 14 | 3 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vanburn Holder | 20 | 3 | 59 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Larry Gomes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 13 | 3 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sew Shivnarine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Faoud Bacchus | c & b Karsan Ghavri | 20 | - | - | - | - | |
| +2. David Murray | st Syed Kirmani b Venkat | 66 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Larry Gomes | b Venkat | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| *4. Alvin Kallicharran | c Gundappa Viswanath b Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 46 | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Sew Shivnarine | not out | 36 | - | 126 | - | - | |
| 6. Derick Parry | c Sunny Gavaskar b Venkat | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| 7. Basil Williams | b Karsan Ghavri | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Norbert Phillip | lbw b Karsan Ghavri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Vanburn Holder | b Karsan Ghavri | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 10. Malcolm Marshall | lbw b Bishan Bedi | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Sylvester Clarke | not out | 0 | 8 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-35 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-45 (Larry Gomes), 3-133 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-143 (David Murray), 5-145 (Derick Parry), 6-164 (Basil Williams), 7-164 (Norbert Phillip), 8-183 (Vanburn Holder), 9-197 (Malcolm Marshall). |
| Extras | 2b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 105.1 ovs) 197 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 13 | 6 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 23 | 8 | 46 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 22 | 14 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 30 | 13 | 47 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 17.1 | 6 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chetan Chauhan, Gundappa Viswanath, Modireddy Narasimha Rao, Karsan Ghavri, Syed Kirmani, Kapil Dev, Venkat, Bishan Bedi
West Indies:
Faoud Bacchus, David Murray, Larry Gomes, Alvin Kallicharran, Sew Shivnarine, Derick Parry, Basil Williams, Norbert Phillip, Vanburn Holder, Malcolm Marshall, Sylvester Clarke
