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India v Australia @ Green Park, Kanpur
2, 3, 4, 6, 7 October 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, Mohammad Ghouse
Match Result: India won by 153 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Geoff Dymock | 76 | - | 175 | 9 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c & b Rodney Hogg | 58 | - | 303 | 9 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 52 | - | 115 | 8 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c sub b Geoff Dymock | 44 | - | 115 | - | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | b Rodney Hogg | 0 | - | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Kapil Dev | c Kim Hughes b Allan Border | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | c Dav Whatmore b Rodney Hogg | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Dav Whatmore b Geoff Dymock | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Shivlal Yadav | lbw b Geoff Dymock | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Venkat | c Allan Border b Geoff Dymock | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-114 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-201 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-206 (Chetan Chauhan), 4-214 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-231 (Kapil Dev), 6-239 (Syed Kirmani), 7-246 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-246 (Shivlal Yadav), 9-256 (Venkat), 271 (Gundappa Viswanath). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 0w, 15nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 91 ovs) 271 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Dymock | 35 | 7 | 99 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 26 | 3 | 66 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 20 | 6 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Chetan Chauhan b Karsan Ghavri | 1 | - | 6 | - | - |
| 2. Bruce Yardley | c Yashpal Sharma b Karsan Ghavri | 29 | - | 98 | 3 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | c Gundappa Viswanath b Venkat | 24 | - | 128 | 3 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | b Shivlal Yadav | 50 | - | 135 | 6 | - |
| 5. Graham Yallop | hit wicket b Kapil Dev | 89 | - | 198 | 13 | - |
| +6. Kevin Wright | lbw b Kapil Dev | 6 | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| 7. Dav Whatmore | c Sunny Gavaskar b Dilip Doshi | 14 | - | 29 | 1 | - |
| 8. Rick Darling | c Syed Kirmani b Karsan Ghavri | 59 | - | 186 | 5 | - |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | run out ( > > ) | 11 | - | 20 | - | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | b Shivlal Yadav | 10 | - | 79 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | not out | 3 | - | 21 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-51 (Bruce Yardley), 3-75 (Allan Border), 4-168 (Kim Hughes), 5-175 (Kevin Wright), 6-192 (Dav Whatmore), 7-246 (Graham Yallop), 8-263 (Geoff Dymock), 9-294 (Rodney Hogg), 304 (Rick Darling). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 109.3 ovs) 304 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 27 | 5 | 78 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 23.3 | 5 | 65 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 18 | 6 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 16 | 5 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 25 | 3 | 65 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Dav Whatmore b Bruce Yardley | 12 | - | 30 | 1 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Bruce Yardley b Geoff Dymock | 84 | - | 368 | 10 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Dav Whatmore b Geoff Dymock | 20 | - | 44 | 2 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Dav Whatmore b Bruce Yardley | 52 | - | 140 | 7 | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | c Kevin Wright b Geoff Dymock | 0 | - | 15 | - | - |
| 6. Kapil Dev | b Geoff Dymock | 10 | - | 24 | 2 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | b Geoff Dymock | 45 | - | 90 | 8 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c sub b Rodney Hogg | 25 | - | 70 | 5 | - |
| 9. Shivlal Yadav | c Dav Whatmore b Geoff Dymock | 18 | - | 75 | 2 | - |
| 10. Venkat | not out | 4 | - | 26 | - | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | b Geoff Dymock | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-24 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-48 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-161 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-163 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-177 (Kapil Dev), 6-256 (Syed Kirmani), 7-261 (Chetan Chauhan), 8-302 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-311 (Shivlal Yadav), 311 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 11b, 9lb, 0w, 21nb, 0pen) 41 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 111.4 ovs) 311 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Dymock | 28.4 | 5 | 67 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 19 | 4 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 40 | 15 | 82 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 22 | 7 | 68 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Rick Darling | lbw b Kapil Dev | 4 | - | 28 | - | - |
| 2. Andrew Hilditch | b Dilip Doshi | 23 | - | 97 | 1 | - |
| 3. Graham Yallop | c Syed Kirmani b Karsan Ghavri | 15 | - | 25 | 2 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | lbw b Kapil Dev | 1 | - | 14 | - | - |
| 5. Dav Whatmore | b Shivlal Yadav | 33 | - | 125 | 5 | - |
| 6. Allan Border | b Shivlal Yadav | 8 | - | 68 | 1 | - |
| +7. Kevin Wright | b Shivlal Yadav | 11 | - | 49 | - | - |
| 8. Bruce Yardley | lbw b Kapil Dev | 5 | - | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | st Syed Kirmani b Shivlal Yadav | 6 | - | 10 | 1 | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | lbw b Kapil Dev | 6 | - | 18 | 1 | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | not out | 8 | - | 9 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Rick Darling), 2-32 (Graham Yallop), 3-37 (Kim Hughes), 4-49 (Andrew Hilditch), 5-74 (Allan Border), 6-93 (Dav Whatmore), 7-104 (Kevin Wright), 8-106 (Bruce Yardley), 9-113 (Geoff Dymock), 125 (Rodney Hogg). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 60.2 ovs) 125 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 16.2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 12 | 0 | 35 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani, Karsan Ghavri, Shivlal Yadav, Venkat, Dilip Doshi