Tour of Pakistan 1978-79        Captain: Bishan Bedi
	Seventeenth Test tour     Second Test-playing tour of  Pakistan by India         (September –            November 1978)	India and Pakistan resumed Test-playing relations after an 18-year gap.  For a change, after two previous series in which all the matches were drawn, this one produced a result. Pakistan, armed with her Packer players again, inflicted a decisive two-nil defeat on the Indians, who batted well but could not bowl the opposition out.  Zaheer and Javed were particularly heavy scorers.  The Pakistan government was so pleased after the victory at Lahore that they declared a public holiday. The home side also won the one-day series when India conceded in protest at persistent short-pitched  and wide bowling which the umpires did not penalise. The Indians caused an upset at Sahiwal when they walked out of an official reception but the tour was generally conducted in a friendly manner and the tourists found the host country hospitable. The Indian manager, Mr Gaekwad, presented a trophy bearing his name to the winners of the series, which would be competed for in future years.	Other Indian tours     Previous tour Australia 1977-78   Next tour England 1979     Next Pakistan tour 1982-83
	Members of the Test tour  party  (16)     Opening batsmen  Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan Middle-order batsmen: Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar,  Gundappa Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, Surinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad. Wicket-keepers: Syed Kirmani, Bharat Reddy Spin bowlers: Bishan Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghaven Fast bowlers:  Kharsan Ghavri, Kapil Dev.	M B Amarnath D 28 RHB    RM   S Amarnath D 29 LHB   B S Bedi D 32 SLA    captain   B S Chandrasekhar K 33 LBG   C P S Chauhan D 31 RHB  opener   A D Gaekwad Ba 26 RHB   S M Gavaskar B 29 RHB  opener    vice-captain   K D Ghavri B 27 LHB   LFM   Kapil Dev Hy 19 RFM   S M H Kirmani K 28 WK   E A S Prasanna K 38 OB   B Reddy TN 23 reserve  WK   D B Vengsarkar B 22 RHB   S Venkataraghaven TN 33 OB   G R Viswanath K 29 RHB   M Yashpal Sharma Pj 24 RHB	Representation of teams:     Ba – Baroda (1) B  -  Bombay (3) D  -  Delhi (4) Hy  - Haryana (1) K  -  Karnataka (4) Pj  - Punjab (1) TN  - Tamil Nadu (2)           Average age of  team at time of first Test match (16 October 1978) :  28 yrs 7 months.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Bedi 58, Chandrasekhar 50,  Prasanna 47,  Viswanath 43,  Gavaskar 37,  Venkataraghaven 37,  Kirmani 20,  M.Amarnath 18,  Gaekwad 14,  Ghavri 11,  Vengsarkar 11,  Chauhan 9,  S Amarnath 5,  Kapil Dev 0,  Reddy 0,  Yashpal 0.
	Team Officials	Fatesinhrao Gaekwad Tour Manager P R Man Singh Assistant manager   Man Singh was the Secretary of Hyderabad Cricket Association.
	Selectors	P R Umrigar (chairman),  Kishen Rungta,  V L Mehra,  D G Phadkar,  M L Jaisimha.  They met in Bombay.
	Selection	The Manager, Gaekwad, was widely known as Jackie Baroda. His appointment was announced on 27 August and the captain's on 30 August. After a 'conditioning camp' in Bangalore between 5 and 14 September the selectors chose a team out of 25 probables.   Unavailable:   Barun Burman (injured hand) Tour Party Announced : 19 September 1978. Just five days after the announcement of the team, the team left for Pakistan.   Not selected:   Nawab of Pataudi; Venkat Sunderam (D), LHB opener, was a reserve. He never played for India but after his playing career Sunderam bcame a state selector, coach for Uttar Pradesh, and chairman of BCCI's Grounds and Pitches committee	Time between selection and departure from India        5 days   (19 - 24 September)
	Travel	On 24 September 1978 the Indians flew from Bombay to Karachi. The manager, F R Gaekwad, the former Maharaja of Baroda, was met by Amir Elahi who, like Vijay Hazare and Dattu Gaekwad, was one of his former aides-de-camp.	Time spent in Pakistan    58 days   (24 September- 21 November)
	On-tour selection committee	Bedi (captain),  Gavaskar (vice-captain),  Venkataraghaven,  Fatesinhrao Gaekwad (manager)
	Reinforcements	None required.
	Fixtures/Results	Karachi Pakistan Banks Drawn § Quetta Pakistan  (1st ODI) Won 4 r Peshawar NWFP - Baluchistan Drawn Rawalpindi BCCP Patron's XI Drawn §  Sialkot Pakistan  (2nd ODI) Lost 8 w FAISALABAD PAKISTAN  First Test DRAWN Multan Pakistan Universities Won 2 w LAHORE PAKISTAN  Second Test LOST 8 w § Sahiwal Pakistan  (3rd ODI) Conceded Bahawalpur Punjab Won 145 r Hyderabad Sind Drawn KARACHI PAKISTAN  Third Test LOST 8 w	† not first-class § one-day international . Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:  22 days (24 September - 16 October)
	Test appearances on tour	3  -  M Amarnath,  S Amarnath,  Bedi,  Chandrasekhar,  Chauhan,  Gavaskar,  Kapil Dev,  Kirmani,  Vengsarkar, Viswanath,  2  -   Prasanna 1  -   Ghavri 0  -   Gaekwad,  Reddy,  Venkataraghaven,  Yashpal Sharma.
	Highlights	•    Gavaskar’s sequence of scores was: 89, 8 not out, 5, 97, 111, and 137:  average 89.4 •    Viswanath (145 at Faisalabad) became the first Indian to score a century against every Test nation. •    Kapil Dev emerged as an all-rounder of great promise. •
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches   3 0 2 1 - Other first-class matches   6 2 0 4 - ϯ Minor matches   0 - - - - §  One-day internationals   3 1 1 1 - All Matches 12 3 3 6 -
	Return to India	The team flew from Karachi to Bombay on 21 November 1978.  They were met at the airport by 2000 jeering spectators Within hours of their return, the selectors had replaced Bedi as captain.	Time away from India  58 days   (24 September to 21 November)

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