In the autumn of 1979, Pakistan travelled to India to play six Test matches. India, who had lost both the Test and the ODI series (the latter in controversial fashion) a year earlier, were keen for revenge on home soil.
This time no limited-overs match was played between the two teams.
The action began with the first Test match, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Ehteshamuddin of Pakistan and Roger Binny of India made their Test debuts, but it was a match where bat very much dominated ball.
Pakistan won the toss and batted. Although they lost Majid Khan early, fellow opener Mudassar Nazar made 126. He got support from Javed Miandad (76) and captain Asif Iqbal (55). With No. 9 Wasim Bari unbeaten on 45, Pakistan declared their innings on 431/9.
India, though, responded in fine fashion. Captain Sunil Gavaskar provided the platform with 88, while his brother-in-law Gundappa Viswanath made 73 and Yashpal Sharma 62. Their efforts helped India to reach 416, limiting the first-innings deficit to just 15.
With no time left in the game to force a result, Pakistan were content to bat out the rest of the match, reaching 108/2 before the umpires removed the bails for the last time.
The second Test match, in Delhi, was more eventful, even if the result was the same.
Pakistan won the toss and batted first, slipping to 90/4, before recovering thanks to 97 form Wasim Raja and 64 from Asif, helping them to 273. Kapil Dev took 5-53.
But India struggled in turn and were bowled out for just 126, Sikander Bakht doing most of the damage with 8-69.
When Pakistan batted for a second time, Zaheer Abbas made 50 and Raja 69. However, with Kapil taking four more wickets, they were restricted to 242.
That meant India needed 390 to win, and they almost pulled off a shock by getting them.
Dilip Vengsarkar was the star making an unbeaten 146, while Chetan Chauhan scored 40 and Yashpal 60. India had reached 364/6 when time finally ran out in the game and both sies settled for another draw.