Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78

Date	2 December 1977 - 3 February 1978
Location	Australia
Result	Australia won the 5-match series 3-2

Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78
Date	2 December 1977 - 3 February 1978
Location	Australia
Result	Australia won the 5-match series 3-2
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Bob Simpson	Bishan Bedi
Most runs
Bob Simpson (539)	Gundappa Viswanath (473)
Most wickets
Wayne Clark (cricketer) (28)	Bishan Bedi (31)
← 1967–68 Series (previous)	(next) 1980-81 Series →

The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1977–78 season to play 5 Test matches. Australia won the test series 3-2. The matches were played at the same time as the first World Series Cricket matches.

Test series summary

First Test

2–6 December 1977
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
166 (46.7 overs) Peter Toohey 82 Bedi 5/55 (13.7 overs)		153 (50 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 48 Wayne Clark 4/46 (18 overs)
327 (91.5 overs) Bob Simpson 89 Madan Lal 5/72 (19 overs)		324 (84.7 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 113 Jeff Thomson 4/76 (19.7 overs)

Australia won by 16 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: TF Brooks, MG O'Connell

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

16–21 December 1977
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
402 (79.6 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 90 Jeff Thomson 4/101 (24 overs)		394 (118.6 overs) Bob Simpson 176 Bedi 5/89 (31 overs)
330/9 d. (73.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 127 Sam Gannon 4/77 (18 overs)		342/8 (87.2 overs) Tony Mann 105 Bedi 5/105 (30.2 overs)

Australia won by 2 wickets
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French

India won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test

30 Dec - 4 Jan 1978
CricInfo

India	v	Australia
256 (69.2 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 72 Wayne Clark 4/73 (19.2 overs)		213 (50.1 overs) Craig Serjeant 85 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/52 (14.1 overs)
343 (88.7 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 118 Wayne Clark 4/96 (29 overs)		164 (51.1 overs) Gary Cosier 34 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/52 (20 overs)

India won by 222 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell

India won the toss and decided to bat

Fourth Test

7–12 January 1978
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
131 (49.4 overs) Bob Simpson 38 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/30 (15 overs)		396/8 d. (101 overs) GR Viswanath 79 Jeff Thomson 4/83 (27 overs)
263 (98.7 overs) Peter Toohey 85 Erapalli Prasanna 4/51 (29 overs)

India won by an innings and 2 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Fifth Test

28 Jan-3 Feb 1978
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
505 (112.4 overs) Graham Yallop 121 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/136 (29.4 overs)		269 (82.2 overs) GR Viswanath 89 Wayne Clark 4/62 (20.7 overs)
256 (82.5 overs) Rick Darling 56 karsan Ghavri 4/45 (10.5 overs)		445 (141.4 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 86 Bruce Yardley 4/134 (43 overs)

Australia won by 47 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

External sources

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1978
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1978

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