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Test no. 794

England in India Test Series - 4th Test
India v England

1976/77 season

Played at Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore, on 28,29,30 January, 1,2 February 1977 (5-day match)

Result India won by 140 runs


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Underwood b Lever	4	7	8	1	0	50.00
	AD Gaekwad	c Tolchard b Greig	39	132	72	4	0	54.16
	S Amarnath	b Greig	63	188	103	9	0	61.16
	GR Viswanath	c Brearley b Underwood	13	62	46	2	0	28.26
	BP Patel	c Randall b Willis	23	97	65	0	0	35.38
	Yajurvindra Singh	c Knott b Willis	8	41	32	1	0	25.00
	SMH Kirmani	b Willis	52	151	103	8	0	50.48
	KD Ghavri	c Knott b Willis	16	123	65	0	0	24.61
	EAS Prasanna	c Greig b Willis	6	24	10	1	0	60.00
	BS Bedi	not out	8	17	11	1	0	72.72
	BS Chandrasekhar	c Knott b Willis	1	3	2	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 6)	20

	Total	(all out; 85 overs)	253	(2.97 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Gavaskar), 2-102 (Gaekwad), 3-124 (Amarnath), 4-134 (Viswanath), 5-153 (Yajurvindra Singh), 6-170 (Patel), 7-236 (Kirmani), 8-240 (Ghavri), 9-249 (Prasanna), 10-253 (Chandrasekhar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	17	2	53	6	3.11
JK Lever	17	2	48	1	2.82
CM Old	12	0	43	0	3.58
DL Underwood	21	7	45	1	2.14
AW Greig	18	5	44	2	2.44


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DL Amiss	c Yajurvindra Singh b Chandrasekhar	82	238	189	11	0	43.38
	JM Brearley	c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar	4	33	27	0	0	14.81
	KWR Fletcher	c Yajurvindra Singh b Prasanna	10	49	47	0	0	21.27
	DW Randall	c Yajurvindra Singh b Prasanna	10	42	35	1	0	28.57
	RW Tolchard	b Chandrasekhar	0	10	6	0	0	0.00
	AW Greig	c Yajurvindra Singh b Chandrasekhar	2	3	2	0	0	100.00
	APE Knott	b Bedi	29	69	35	4	0	82.85
	CM Old	lbw b Prasanna	9	56	55	1	0	16.36
	JK Lever	not out	20	124	111	1	0	18.01
	DL Underwood	c Yajurvindra Singh b Chandrasekhar	12	61	52	1	0	23.07
	RGD Willis	lbw b Chandrasekhar	7	33	22	1	0	31.81
	Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 2)	10

	Total	(all out; 96.2 overs)	195	(2.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Brearley), 2-34 (Fletcher), 3-64 (Randall), 4-65 (Tolchard), 5-67 (Greig), 6-137 (Knott), 7-146 (Amiss), 8-154 (Old), 9-175 (Underwood), 10-195 (Willis)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Ghavri	13	3	31	0	2.38
Yajurvindra Singh	1	0	2	0	2.00
BS Bedi	23	11	29	1	1.26
BS Chandrasekhar	31.2	7	76	6	2.42
EAS Prasanna	28	10	47	3	1.67


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Brearley b Underwood	50	125	82	9	0	60.97
	AD Gaekwad	b Old	9	64	40	1	0	22.50
	S Amarnath	c Tolchard b Willis	14	65	36	1	0	38.88
	BP Patel	c Knott b Underwood	17	63	38	3	0	44.73
	Yajurvindra Singh	c Fletcher b Underwood	15	150	90	0	0	16.66
	EAS Prasanna	c Old b Willis	12	32	26	2	0	46.15
	GR Viswanath	not out	79	211	158	6	0	50.00
	SMH Kirmani	c Randall b Underwood	21	24	17	4	0	123.52
	KD Ghavri	c Amiss b Lever	12	69	41	1	0	29.26
	BS Bedi	run out	15	32	20	3	0	75.00
	BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	14	9	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 8)	15

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 91 overs)	259	(2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-31 (Gaekwad), 2-80 (Gavaskar), 3-82 (Amarnath), 4-104 (Patel), 5-124 (Prasanna), 6-154 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-189 (Kirmani), 8-223 (Ghavri), 9-257 (Bedi)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	18	2	47	2	2.61
JK Lever	9	1	28	1	3.11
CM Old	10	4	19	1	1.90
DL Underwood	31	8	76	4	2.45
AW Greig	23	2	74	0	3.21


England 2nd innings (target: 318 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DL Amiss	c Yajurvindra Singh b Ghavri	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
	JM Brearley	c Gaekwad b Bedi	4	39	30	0	0	13.33
	KWR Fletcher	c Yajurvindra Singh b Chandrasekhar	1	30	19	0	0	5.26
	DW Randall	c Gaekwad b Bedi	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
	RW Tolchard	lbw b Chandrasekhar	14	54	40	2	0	35.00
	AW Greig	st Kirmani b Bedi	31	76	67	4	0	46.26
	APE Knott	not out	81	132	91	9	0	89.01
	CM Old	lbw b Chandrasekhar	13	40	34	2	0	38.23
	JK Lever	c Ghavri b Bedi	11	36	31	0	0	35.48
	DL Underwood	c Patel b Bedi	10	19	21	1	0	47.61
	RGD Willis	st Kirmani b Bedi	0	9	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 1)	12

	Total	(all out; 57.3 overs)	177	(3.07 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Amiss), 2-7 (Fletcher), 3-7 (Brearley), 4-8 (Randall), 5-35 (Tolchard), 6-61 (Greig), 7-105 (Old), 8-148 (Lever), 9-166 (Underwood), 10-177 (Willis)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Ghavri	4	1	4	1	1.00
BS Bedi	21.3	4	71	6	3.30
BS Chandrasekhar	15	3	55	3	3.66
EAS Prasanna	15	5	35	0	2.33
SM Gavaskar	2	2	0	0	0.00

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 3-1

Test debut Yajurvindra Singh (India)

Umpires Mohammad Ghouse and MV Nagendra

Close of play
28 Jan day 1 - India 1st innings 205/6 (SMH Kirmani 31*, KD Ghavri 9*)
29 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 138/6 (DL Amiss 76*, CM Old 0*)
30 Jan day 3 - India 2nd innings 105/4 (Yajurvindra Singh 7*, EAS Prasanna 1*)
31 Jan rest day
1 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 34/4 (RW Tolchard 14*, AW Greig 12*)
2 Feb day 5 - England 2nd innings 177 (57.3 ov) - end of match

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