India v Australia @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
26, 27, 28, 30, 31 October 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen
Match Result: Match Drawn
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| 2. Graham Yallop | c Sunny Gavaskar b Shivlal Yadav | 167 | 392 | 520 | 15 | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | lbw b Kapil Dev | 54 | 0 | 133 | 8 | - | |
| *4. Kim Hughes | lbw b Kapil Dev | 92 | 0 | 301 | 9 | 1 | |
| 5. Dav Whatmore | b Kapil Dev | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Rick Darling | st Syed Kirmani b Dilip Doshi | 39 | 0 | 106 | 5 | - | |
| 7. Bruce Yardley | not out | 61 | 70 | 96 | 9 | 1 | |
| +8. Kevin Wright | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 3 | 10 | 22 | - | - | |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | c Yashpal Sharma b Dilip Doshi | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| 11. Jim Higgs | lbw b Kapil Dev | 1 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-97 (Allan Border), 3-303 (Kim Hughes), 4-311 (Dav Whatmore), 5-347 (Graham Yallop), 6-396 (Rick Darling), 7-396 (Kevin Wright), 8-418 (Geoff Dymock), 9-426 (Rodney Hogg), 442 (Jim Higgs). |
| Extras | 7b, 7lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 153 ovs) 442 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 32 | 9 | 74 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 24 | 3 | 85 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 42 | 8 | 135 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Modireddy Narasimha Rao | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 43 | 10 | 92 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Allan Border b Jim Higgs | 39 | 160 | 232 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Kim Hughes b Bruce Yardley | 89 | 228 | 262 | 11 | 1 | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Kevin Wright b Bruce Yardley | 96 | 177 | 247 | 12 | - | |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | c Kevin Wright b Rodney Hogg | 22 | 0 | 128 | 3 | - | |
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | run out ( > > ) | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Kim Hughes b Geoff Dymock | 30 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 1 | |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | not out | 13 | 31 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | c Kevin Wright b Bruce Yardley | 1 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | c Kevin Wright b Bruce Yardley | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | - | |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | b Geoff Dymock | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-132 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-256 (Yashpal Sharma), 4-290 (Modireddy Narasimha Rao), 5-290 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-305 (Gundappa Viswanath), 7-341 (Kapil Dev), 8-342 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-346 (Shivlal Yadav), 347 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 12b, 9lb, 4w, 8nb, 0pen) 33 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 125.4 ovs) 347 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Dymock | 26.4 | 8 | 56 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 26 | 2 | 103 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 42 | 11 | 91 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 28 | 12 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Yallop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | b Karsan Ghavri | 29 | 0 | 88 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Graham Yallop | lbw b Kapil Dev | 4 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | st Syed Kirmani b Dilip Doshi | 6 | 0 | 26 | - | - | |
| *4. Kim Hughes | not out | 64 | 0 | 137 | 7 | 1 | |
| 5. Dav Whatmore | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Dilip Doshi | 4 | 0 | 22 | - | - | |
| 6. Rick Darling | c Sunny Gavaskar b Shivlal Yadav | 7 | 0 | 21 | - | - | |
| 7. Bruce Yardley | c Modireddy Narasimha Rao b Shivlal Yadav | 12 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 1 | |
| +8. Kevin Wright | not out | 12 | 32 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | |||||||
| 10. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 11. Jim Higgs |
| FOW | 1-21 (Graham Yallop), 2-39 (Allan Border), 3-53 (Andrew Hilditch), 4-62 (Dav Whatmore), 5-81 (Rick Darling), 6-115 (Bruce Yardley). |
| Extras | 9b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 57.3 ovs) 151 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 13.3 | 5 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 11 | 6 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 22 | 6 | 50 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Andrew Hilditch b Geoff Dymock | 25 | 0 | 73 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Kevin Wright b Geoff Dymock | 50 | 130 | 180 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Kevin Wright b Geoff Dymock | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | lbw b Geoff Dymock | 7 | 17 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | not out | 85 | 0 | 145 | 10 | - | |
| 6. Modireddy Narasimha Rao | not out | 20 | 0 | 75 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Kapil Dev | |||||||
| +8. Syed Kirmani | |||||||
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | |||||||
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | |||||||
| 11. Dilip Doshi |
| FOW | 1-52 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-54 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-70 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-123 (Chetan Chauhan). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 63.2 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Dymock | 25 | 7 | 63 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 8.2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 13 | 1 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 16 | 3 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Yallop | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Modireddy Narasimha Rao, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani, Karsan Ghavri, Shivlal Yadav, Dilip Doshi
Australia:
Andrew Hilditch, Graham Yallop, Allan Border, Kim Hughes, Dav Whatmore, Rick Darling, Bruce Yardley, Kevin Wright, Geoff Dymock, Rodney Hogg, Jim Higgs
