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India in Pakistan 1982/83 6 Tests India in Pakistan 1982/83 Six Tests. Pakistan Won 3 - 0. Playing Hours: 5d x 5.5hr Captains: Imran Khan (Pak), SM Gavaskar (Ind) New ball at 75 overs Player of the series: Imran Khan, M Amarnath 1. Lahore (Gaddafi) Match Drawn. Ball-by-Ball Partnership Details 2. Karachi (National) Pakistan won by an innings & 86 runs. Ball-by-ball Partnership Details 3. Faisalabad Pakistan won by 10 wickets. Ball-by-ball Partnership Details 4. Hyderabad (Pak) Pakistan won by an innings & 119 runs. Ball-by-ball Partnership Details 5. Lahore (Gaddafi) Match Drawn. Ball-by-ball Partnership Details 6. Karachi (National) Match Drawn. Ball-by-ball Partnership Details Details of scores of 50+ Session-by-session All Averages Tour Page by test-cricket-tours.co.uk Major Statistical Sources: Pakistan TV linear scoresheets supplied by Shahzad Ali Khan Key to Catching Positions Match Performance Summary 1st Test 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Amarnath, M Ind 109 0 /65 8 1 /69 100 0 /68 125 0 /64 120 - 122 0 /15 584 1 /281 Arun Lal, J Ind 51 - 46 - 3 0 /6 - - - - - - 100 0 /6 Doshi, DR Ind 0 6 /147 0 1 /68 6 0 /130 15 1 /143 - - - - 21 8 /488 Gavaskar, SM Ind 83 0 /0 50 - 139 0 /10 77 - 13 - 72 - 434 0 /10 Kapil Dev, N Ind 9 2 /176 74 5 /102 57 7 /220 5 0 /111 0 8 /85 33 2 /137 178 24 /831 Kirmani, SMH Ind 10 - 12 - 72 - 1 - 0 - 18 - 113 - Madan Lal, S Ind 7 3 /111 55 3 /129 64 2 /109 - - - - - - 126 8 /349 Patil, SM Ind 68 - 4 - 90 - 11 - - - - - 173 - Sandhu, BS Ind - - - - - - 83 2 /107 0 0 /56 32 2 /87 115 4 /250 Sekhar, TAP Ind - - - - - - - - 0 0 /86 0 0 /43 0 0 /129 Yashpal Sharma Ind - - - - - - - - 63 - 28 - 91 - Shastri, RJ Ind 7 0 /114 - - - - - - - - 145 1 /62 152 1 /176 Maninder Singh Ind - - 0 0 /67 8 1 /103 16 0 /135 0 2 /90 0 0 /49 24 3 /444 Srikkanth, K Ind - - - - - - 7 - 21 - - - 28 - Vengsarkar, DB Ind 3 - 79 - 7 0 /4 62 - 1 - 89 - 241 0 /4 Viswanath, GR Ind 1 - 24 - 62 - 37 - 0 - 10 - 134 - Zaheer Abbas Pak 215 - 186 - 168 - 25 - 13 - 43 0 /24 650 0 /24 Mansoor Akhtar Pak 17 - 0 - 23 - - - - - - - 40 - Sikander Bakht Pak - - - - 9 1 /107 - - - - - - 9 1 /107 Wasim Bari Pak 12 - 30 - 6 - 0 - 8 - 12 - 68 - Jalal-ud-Din Pak 1 2 /93 0 0 /59 - - - - - - - - 1 2 /152 Imran Khan Pak 45 3 /68 33 11 /79 117 11 /180 0 8 /80 20 2 /45 32 5 /106 247 40 /558 Majid Khan Pak - - - - - - - - 0 0 /4 - - 0 0 /4 Mohsin Khan Pak 195 - 12 - 12 - 24 - 7 - 91 0 /3 341 0 /3 Salim Malik Pak 6 - 3 - 107 - 0 - 6 - 0 - 122 - Javed Miandad Pak 17 - 39 - 126 - 280 - 85 - 47 0 /11 594 0 /11 Tahir Naqqash Pak 20 0 /114 - - - - - - - - 0 2 /97 20 2 /211 Sarfraz Nawaz Pak 18 4 /63 13 2 /72 4 5 /174 0 7 /141 26 0 /46 6 1 /137 67 19 /633 Mudassar Nazar Pak 67 0 /10 119 - 40 2 /66 231 - 152 0 /41 152 1 /30 761 3 /147 Abdul Qadir Pak - - 0 6 /142 38 1 /81 0 2 /112 0 1 /63 0 1 /128 38 11 /526 Iqbal Qasim Pak - - - - - - 0 3 /106 0 0 /19 - - 0 3 /125 Wasim Raja Pak - - - - - - - - - - 10 0 /13 10 0 /13 Haroon Rashid Pak - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - Back to Series Index Back to Blog © 2019 Charles Davis.
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