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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name              = Indians in Pakistan in 1978–79
| team1_image              = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name               = India
| team2_image              = Flag of Pakistan.svg
| team2_name               = Pakistan
| from_date                = 27 September
| to_date                  = 19 November 1978
| team1_captain            = [[Bishan Singh Bedi]]
| team2_captain            = [[Mushtaq Mohammad]]
| no_of_tests              = 3
| team1_tests_won          = 0
| team2_tests_won          = 2
| team1_tests_most_runs    = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] (447)
| team2_tests_most_runs    = [[Zaheer Abbas]] (583)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] (8)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] (17)
| player_of_test_series    = 
| no_of_ODIs               = 3
| team1_ODIs_won           = 1
| team2_ODIs_won           = 2
| team1_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Surinder Amarnath]] (100)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Zaheer Abbas]] (91)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] (4)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[Hasan Jamil]] (6)
| player_of_ODI_series     =  
}}

The [[India national cricket team]] toured [[Pakistan]] during the 1978&ndash;79 cricket season. They played three [[Test cricket|Test]] matches against the [[Pakistan cricket team]], with Pakistan winning the series 2&ndash;0. The tour also featured three [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches. In the third match, India's captain, [[Bishen Bedi]], conceded the game in protest against [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] short-pitched bowling. It was the first time an international cricket match had ended in this way.<ref name="OTD">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149140.html |title=Three cricketers go to prison |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="sc">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64167/Pakistan-vs-India-3rd-ODI-india-in-pakistan-odi-series/ |title=3rd ODI, India tour of Pakistan at Sahiwal, Nov 3 1978 |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> India also played six tour matches, all of which were [[First-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures.

== Background ==
This was going to be the first tour for either sides [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61|in 17 years]]. India were touring Pakistan only for the second time and first after [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55|1954–55]]. India was set to tour Pakistan sometime in the mid-1960s, but wars between the two countries in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965]] and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971]], and political instability in both countries in the mid-1970s scrapped any possibility of an immediate future series. However, in early 1978, [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] and [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] finally penned down the dates during which the tour would take place: from 27 September till 19 November 1978. Before the tour, 15 Tests were played between the teams, with India winning two, Pakistan one and the rest ending in [[Result (cricket)#Draw|draws]].<ref name="Dawn">{{cite web |last1=Paracha |first1=Nadeem F. |title=After the 17-year-itch: The historic 1978 Indo-Pak cricket series |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1222441 |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127051840/https://www.dawn.com/news/1222441 |archive-date=27 November 2015 |language=en |date=26 November 2015}}</ref>

== Touring party ==
[[Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad]] was named India's tour manager on 27 August 1978; [[P. R. Man Singh]] was named his deputy. [[Bishan Singh Bedi]]'s retention as captain was announced on 30 August and the squad was named on 19 September, following a camp in [[Bangalore]] between 5 and 14 September of 25 probables. [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]] was dropped from the squad, which included three uncapped players — [[Kapil Dev]], [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] and [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]].<ref name="tct">{{cite web |title=Test Cricket Tours - India to Pakistan 1978-79 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2630698.html |publisher=test-cricket-tours.co.uk |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303112443/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2630698.html |archive-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> India went with the famed [[Spin bowling|spin]] quartet comprising Bedi, [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]], [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] and [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|S. Venkataraghavan]], who had by now 700 Test wickets between them.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paracha |first1=Nadeem F. |title=After the 17-year-itch: The historic 1978 Indo-Pak cricket series |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1222441/after-the-17-year-itch-the-historic-1978-indo-pak-cricket-series |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=5 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127051838/http://www.dawn.com/news/1222441/after-the-17-year-itch-the-historic-1978-indo-pak-cricket-series |archive-date=27 November 2015 |language=en |url-status=live |date=26 November 2015}}</ref> The party flew to [[Karachi]] on 24 September before the first match starting on 27 September.<ref name="tct"/>

The squad included:<ref name="tct"/>
* [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Sunil Gavaskar]] ([[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Mohinder Amarnath]]
* [[Surinder Amarnath]]
* [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]]
* [[Chetan Chauhan]]
* [[Kapil Dev]]
* [[Anshuman Gaekwad]]
* [[Karsan Ghavri]]
* [[Syed Kirmani]]
* [[E. A. S. Prasanna]]
* [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]]
* [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]
* [[Dilip Vengsarkar]]
* [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|S. Venkataraghavan]]
* [[Gundappa Viswanath]]

== Tour matches ==
=== Three-day: Banks XI v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 27–29 September 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Banks XI

| score-team1-inns1 = 309/1[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (103 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 165[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Abdur Raqib (cricketer)|Abdur Raqib]] 1/48 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 212/3[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (65 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Javed Miandad]] 87[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 1/31 (7 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 180/4d (62 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 72*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Abdur Raqib (cricketer)|Abdur Raqib]] 2/76 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 124/2 (25 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Wasim Raja]] 58
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] 2/24 (7 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_BANKS-XI_27-29SEP1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]]
| umpires = [[Mahboob Shah]] and [[Shujauddin Siddiqi]]
| motm = 
| toss = Indians won the toss and decided to bat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Banks v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38587.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018165046/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38587.html |archive-date=18 October 2013}}</ref>
| rain = 
| notes = [[Javed Miandad]] (Pak) passed 8,000 runs in first-class matches.
}}

=== Combined XI v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–6 October 1978
| team1 = Combined XI
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 268/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (72 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Zaheer Abbas]] 75
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 3/61 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 303/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (85.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 71
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Anwar Zeb]] 2/39 (9.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 201 (65.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Wasim Raja]] 45
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] 3/51 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 130/8 (50 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 44
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Anwar Khan (cricketer)|Anwar Khan]] 6/42 (22 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_COMB-XI_04-06OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Peshawar Club Ground]], [[Peshawar]]
| umpires = [[Agha Saadat Ali]] and [[Shakoor Rana]]
| motm = 
| toss = Combined XI won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Shafiq Ahmed]] (Combined XI) passed 8,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38589.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026051356/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38589.html |archive-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
}}

=== Three-day: Patron's XI v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 8–10 October 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Patron's XI

| score-team1-inns1 = 258/5[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (107 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chetan Chauhan]] 83
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Saleem Altaf]] 2/24 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 199 (71.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Haroon Rasheed]] 59
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] 6/35 (27 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 188/6 (94 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 53[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Iqbal Qasim]] 2/18 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PATRON-XI_08-10OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Pindi Club Ground]], [[Rawalpindi]]
| umpires = [[Azhar Hasan]] and [[Khalid Aziz (umpire)|Khalid Aziz]]
| motm = 
| toss = Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Sadiq Mohammad]] (Patron's XI) passed 16,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=BCCP Patron's XI v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38591.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402224849/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38591.html |archive-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
}}

=== Three-day: Combined Universities v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 23–25 October 1978
| team1 = Combined Universities
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 156 (58.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashraf Ali (cricketer, born 1958)|Ashraf Ali]] 39
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] 4/47 (18.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 149 (56.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] 47[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Amin Lakhani]] 6/58 (25.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 185 (80.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ashraf Ali (cricketer, born 1958)|Ashraf Ali]] 51
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 4/45 (22.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 193/8 (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 72
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Amin Lakhani]] 6/80 (34 overs)

| result = Indians won by 2 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_COMB-UNIV_23-25OCT1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = Jahanzeb Polo Ground, [[Multan]]
| umpires = [[Aslam Khokhar]] and [[Khizer Hayat]]
| motm = 
| toss = Combined Universities won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Haroon Rasheed]] (Combined Universities) passed 4,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref name="Univ">{{cite web |title=Universities and Young Pakistan v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38601.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210103920/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38601.html |archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[Amin Lakhani]] (Combined Universities) claimed [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]]s in both innings.<ref name="Univ"/>
}}

=== Three-day: Punjab v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 5–7 November 1978
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 250/1[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (74 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Anshuman Gaekwad]] 126[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammad Nazir]] 1/69 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 242/4[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Talat Ali]] 107
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 1/39 (13 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 230 (83 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 95
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mohammad Nazir]] 4/77 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 93 (21.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Jamshed Hussain]] 37
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 5/39 (10 overs)

| result = Indians won by 145 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PNJB_05-07NOV1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Bahawal Stadium]], [[Bahawalpur]]
| umpires = [[Amanullah Khan (umpire)|Amanullah Khan]] and Salahuddin Ahmed
| motm = 
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Asad Mahmood (Punjab) made his debut in first-class matches.<ref name="Punjab">{{cite web |title=Punjab v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38619.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004170159/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38619.html |archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref>
*[[Mohinder Amarnath]] (Indians) passed 5,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref name="Punjab"/>
}}

=== Three-day: Sind v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–11 November 1978
| team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]]
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 224 (73.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]] 107
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|S. Venkataraghavan]] 6/62 (26.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 286/5[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (100 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Surinder Amarnath]] 144
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Naeem Ahmed]] 4/95 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 34/1 (16 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]] 17[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 1/13 (4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_SIND_09-11NOV1978.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Niaz Stadium]], [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
| umpires = [[Athar Zaidi]] and Iqbal Athar
| motm = 
| toss = Sind won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Anshuman Gaekwad]] (Indians) passed 4,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sind v Indians |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38623.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402223327/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38623.html |archive-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
}}

== Test series ==
===First Test===
{{Test match
 | date =16–21 October 1978
 | team1 ={{cr-rt|Pakistan}}
 | team2 ={{cr|India}}

 | score-team1-inns1 =503/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (152 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns1 =[[Zaheer Abbas]] 176
 | wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] 4/130 (38 overs)

 | score-team2-inns1 =462/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (142.5 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns1 =[[Gundappa Viswanath]] 145
 | wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Mushtaq Mohammad]] 4/55 (27 overs)

 | score-team1-inns2 =264/4d (71.5 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns2 =[[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]] 104
 | wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Surinder Amarnath]] 1/5 (1.5 overs)

 | score-team2-inns2 =43/0 (19 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns2 =[[Chetan Chauhan]] 30[[not out|*]]
 | wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Iqbal Qasim]] 0/0 (4 overs)

 | result =Match drawn
 | venue =[[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]]
 | umpires =[[Khalid Aziz (umpire)|Khalid Aziz]] (Pak) and [[Shakoor Rana]] (Pak)
 | report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63217.html Scorecard]
 | toss =Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
 | rain =
 | motm=
 | notes = This was the first Test played at this venue.<ref name="Wisden1stTest">{{cite web |title=PAKISTAN v INDIA |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-v-india-152186 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kapil Dev]] (Ind) made his Test debut.
*[[Javed Miandad]] (Pak) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.<ref>{{cite web |title=India in Pakistan 1978/79 (1st Test) |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38596.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102001158/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38596.html |archive-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>
*[[Zaheer Abbas]] and Javed Miandad's first innings partnership of 255 runs for the fourth wicket was the highest for any wicket by either team against each other.<ref name="Wisden1stTest"/>
*19 October was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
*[[Gundappa Viswanath]] became the first India cricketer to make [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] against [[List of International Cricket Council members|every Test-playing nation]] at the time.<ref name="Wisden1stTest"/>
}}

=== Second Test===
{{Test match
 | date =27 October–1 November 1978
 | team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
 | team2 ={{cr|Pakistan}}

 | score-team1-inns1 =199 (56.5 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns1 =[[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 76
 | wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Sarfraz Nawaz]] 4/46 (16 overs)

 | score-team2-inns1 =539/6[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (133 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns1 =[[Zaheer Abbas]] 235
 | wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Bishan Singh Bedi]] 2/130 (34 overs)

 | score-team1-inns2 =465 (170.3 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns2 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 97
 | wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Imran Khan]] 3/110 (42.3 overs)

 | score-team2-inns2 =128/2 (20.4 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns2 =[[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]] 38
 | wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Mohinder Amarnath]] 1/39 (6 overs)

 | result =Pakistan won by 8 wickets
 | venue =[[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]]
 | umpires =[[Mahboob Shah]] (Pak) and [[Shujauddin Siddiqi]] (Pak)
 | report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63218.html Scorecard]
 | toss =Pakistan won the toss and decided to field.
 | rain =
 | motm=
 | notes = 30 October was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
*[[Zaheer Abbas]] (Pak) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.<ref>{{cite web |title=India in Pakistan 1978/79 (2nd Test) |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38603.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503122240/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38603.html |archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>
}}

=== Third Test ===
{{Test match
 | date =14–19 November 1978
 | team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
 | team2 ={{cr|Pakistan}}

 | score-team1-inns1 =344 (115.2 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns1 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 111
 | wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Sarfraz Nawaz]] 4/89 (31.2 overs)

 | score-team2-inns1 =481/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (141 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns1 =[[Javed Miandad]] 100
 | wickets-team2-inns1 =[[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 3/97 (25 overs)

 | score-team1-inns2 =300 (82 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns2 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 137 (240)
 | wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Sarfraz Nawaz]] 5/70 (24 overs)

 | score-team2-inns2 =164/2 (24.5 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns2 =[[Javed Miandad]] 62
 | wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Mohinder Amarnath]] 1/35 (5.5 overs)

 | result =Pakistan won by 8 wickets
 | venue =[[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]]
 | umpires =[[Mahboob Shah]] (Pak) and [[Shujauddin Siddiqi]] (Pak)
 | report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63219.html Scorecard]
 | toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.
 | rain =
 | motm= 
 | notes = 16 November was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
}}

== ODI series ==

===First ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 1 October 1978
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 170/7 (40 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 51 (61)
| wickets1 = [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] 3/34 (8 overs)

| score2 = 166/8 (40 overs)
| runs2 = [[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]] 50 (64)
| wickets2 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 2/38 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 4 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79-62330/pakistan-vs-india-1st-odi-64165/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = [[Ayub National Stadium]], [[Quetta]]
| umpires = [[Mahboob Shah]] (Pak) and [[Shujauddin Siddiqi]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Surinder Amarnath]], [[Chetan Chauhan]] and [[Kapil Dev]] (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.
}}

=== Second ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 13 October 1978
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 79 (34.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 34[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets1 = [[Hasan Jamil]] 3/18 (8 overs)

| score2 = 83/2 (16.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Zaheer Abbas]] 48 (46)
| wickets2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 1/10 (0.5 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64166/pakistan-vs-india-2nd-odi-india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot|Jinnah Stadium]], [[Sialkot]]
| umpires = [[Agha Saadat Ali]] (Pak) and [[Shakoor Rana]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Hasan Jamil]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (Ind), and [[Azmat Rana]] (Pak) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 3 November 1978
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 205/7 (40 overs)
| runs1 = [[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]] 62 (72)
| wickets1 = [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|S. Venkataraghavan]] 2/34 (8 overs)

| score2 = 183/2 (37.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Anshuman Gaekwad]] 78[[not out|*]] (115)
| wickets2 = [[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]] 1/44 (8 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by concession
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17117/scorecard/64167/pakistan-vs-india-3rd-odi-india-tour-of-pakistan-1978-79 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Zafar Ali Stadium]], [[Sahiwal]]
| umpires = [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak) and [[Khizer Hayat]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = The match was conceded by India after a number of short-pitched balls were not called [[Wide (cricket)|wide]].
*[[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/62330.html Tour page] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK Tour page] at ESPNcricinfo archive

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