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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1979 season and played 16 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures, winning only one, losing 3 and drawing 12.

India played four [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and lost the series to England 1-0 with three Tests drawn. England won the First Test at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] by an innings and 83 runs. The Second Test at [[Lord's]], the Third Test at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]] and the Fourth Test at [[The Oval]] were all drawn.

The Indian team was captained by [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] and included notable players such as [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Gundappa Viswanath]], [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] and [[Kapil Dev]].

==Test series summary==

===First Test===
{{Test match
| date =12–16 July 1979
| team1 ={{cr-rt|England }}
| team2 ={{cr| India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =633/5 d. (165.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[David Gower]] 200
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Kapil Dev]] 5/146 (48 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =297 (116.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Gundappa Viswanath]] 78
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Bob Willis]] 3/69 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =253 (95.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 68
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Ian Botham]] 5/70 (29 overs)

| result =England won by an innings and 83 runs
| venue =[[Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]]
| umpires =DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
| report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/39/39446.html Scorecard]
| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}

The England innings of 633/5d is the only example in Test cricket history where three different bowlers conceded 100+ runs and each failed to take a wicket: [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] - 0-107, [[Karsan Ghavri]] - 0-129 and [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] - 0-113.<ref name="Walmsley">{{cite book|last1=Walmsley|first1=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|date=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley|location=Reading, England|isbn=0947540067|pages=361}}</ref>

===Second Test===
{{Test match
| date =2–7 August 1979
| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =96 (55.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 42
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Ian Botham]] 5/35 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =419/9 d. (129.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[David Gower]] 82
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Kapil Dev]] 3/93 (38 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =318/4 (148 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Gundappa Viswanath]] 113
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Phil Edmonds]] 2/62 (45 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Lord's Cricket Ground]]
| umpires =HD Bird, KE Palmer
| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/39/39552.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}

===Third Test===
{{Test match
| date =16–21 August 1979
| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}
| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =270 (80.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Ian Botham]] 137
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Kapil Dev]] 3/84 (27 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =223/6 (110 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 78
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Bob Willis]] 2/42 (18 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Headingley]], [[Leeds]]
| umpires =HD Bird, BJ Meyer
| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/39/39606.html Scorecard]
| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}

===Fourth Test===
{{Test match
| date =30 August–4 September 1979
| team1 ={{cr-rt|England }}
| team2 ={{cr| India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =305 (124.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Graham Gooch]] 79
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Venkataraghavan]] 3/59 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =202 (79.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Gundappa Viswanath]] 62
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Ian Botham]] 4/65 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =334/8 (116.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Geoff Boycott]] 125
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Karsan Ghavri]] 3/76 (34 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =429/8 (150.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Sunil Gavaskar]] 221
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Ian Botham]] 3/97 (29 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Kennington Oval]], [[Kennington]]
| umpires =DJ Constant, KE Palmer
| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/39/39662.html Scorecard]
| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}

==External sources==
[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1979.html CricketArchive – tour itineraries]

==Annual reviews==
* [[Playfair Cricket Annual]] 1980
* [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1980

==Further reading==
* [[Ramachandra Guha]], ''A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport'', Picador, 2001

{{Indian cricket tours of England}}
{{International cricket tours of England}}
{{1979 English cricket season}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1979 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1979 in English cricket]]
[[Category:Indian cricket tours of England|1979]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980]]

Indian cricket team in England in 1979 - Revision history

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