| 1 Oct 1978 | PAK 166/8 v IND 170/71st ODI · ODI | IND | 13* | 1/27 | 0 | India won by 4 runs | Quetta | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 13 Oct 1978 | PAK 83/2 v IND 792nd ODI · ODI | IND | 5 | 1/31 | 1 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) | Sialkot | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 16 Oct 1978 | PAK 503/8 & 264/4 v IND 462/9 & 43/01st Test · Test | IND | 8 & DNB | 0/71 & 1/25 | 0 | Match drawn | Faisalabad | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 27 Oct 1978 | PAK 539/6 & 128/2 v IND 199 & 4652nd Test · Test | IND | 15 & 43 | 1/98 & 1/53 | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets | Lahore | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 3 Nov 1978 | PAK 205/7 v IND 183/23rd ODI · ODI | IND | DNB | 2/49 | 0 | Pakistan awarded the match (opposition conceded) | Sahiwal | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 14 Nov 1978 | PAK 481/9 & 164/2 v IND 344 & 3003rd Test · Test | IND | 59 & 34 | 3/132 & 1/47 | 0 | Pakistan won by 8 wickets | Karachi | India tour of Pakistan 1978/79 |
| 1 Dec 1978 | IND 424 & 224/2 v WI 4931st Test · Test | IND | 42 & DNB | 1/70 | 0 | Match drawn | Bombay | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 15 Dec 1978 | IND 371 v WI 437 & 200/82nd Test · Test | IND | 12 | 1/79 & 2/30 | 0 | Match drawn | Bangalore | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 29 Dec 1978 | IND 300 & 361/1 v WI 327 & 197/93rd Test · Test | IND | 61 & DNB | 2/88 & 0/21 | 1 | Match drawn | Calcutta | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 12 Jan 1979 | IND 255 & 125/7 v WI 228 & 1514th Test · Test | IND | 0 & 26* | 4/38 & 3/46 | 1 | India won by 3 wickets | Madras | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 24 Jan 1979 | IND 566/8 v WI 172 & 179/35th Test · Test | IND | 126* | 3/59 & 0/32 | 1 | Match drawn | Delhi | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 2 Feb 1979 | IND 644/7 v WI 452/86th Test · Test | IND | 62 | 1/98 | 0 | Match drawn | Kanpur | West Indies tour of India and Sri Lanka 1978/79 |
| 9 Jun 1979 | IND 190 v WI 194/11st Match · ODI | IND | 12 | 1/46 | 0 | West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 51 balls remaining) | Birmingham | 1979 Prudential World Cup |
| 13 Jun 1979 | IND 182 v NZ 183/26th Match · ODI | IND | 25 | 0/38 | 0 | New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) | Leeds | 1979 Prudential World Cup |
| 16 Jun 1979 | IND 191 v SL 238/59th Match · ODI | IND | 16 | 1/53 | 0 | Sri Lanka won by 47 runs | Manchester | 1979 Prudential World Cup |
| 12 Jul 1979 | ENG 633/5 v IND 297 & 2531st Test · Test | IND | 1 & 21 | 5/146 | 0 | England won by an innings and 83 runs | Birmingham | India tour of England 1979 |
| 2 Aug 1979 | ENG 419/9 v IND 96 & 318/42nd Test · Test | IND | 4 & DNB | 3/93 | 0 | Match drawn | London | India tour of England 1979 |
| 16 Aug 1979 | ENG 270 v IND 223/63rd Test · Test | IND | 3 | 3/84 | 0 | Match drawn | Leeds | India tour of England 1979 |
| 30 Aug 1979 | ENG 305 & 334/8 v IND 202 & 429/84th Test · Test | IND | 16 & 0 | 3/83 & 2/89 | 1 | Match drawn | London | India tour of England 1979 |
| 11 Sept 1979 | IND 425 v AUS 390 & 212/71st Test · Test | IND | 83 | 2/95 & 1/30 | 1 | Match drawn | Madras | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 19 Sept 1979 | IND 457/5 v AUS 333 & 77/32nd Test · Test | IND | 38* | 2/89 & 0/1 | 0 | Match drawn | Bangalore | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 2 Oct 1979 | IND 271 & 311 v AUS 304 & 1253rd Test · Test | IND | 5 & 10 | 2/78 & 4/30 | 0 | India won by 153 runs | Kanpur | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 13 Oct 1979 | IND 510/7 v AUS 298 & 4134th Test · Test | IND | 29 | 5/82 & 2/48 | 0 | Match drawn | Delhi | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 26 Oct 1979 | IND 347 & 200/4 v AUS 442 & 151/65th Test · Test | IND | 30 & DNB | 5/74 & 1/33 | 0 | Match drawn | Calcutta | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 3 Nov 1979 | IND 458/8 v AUS 160 & 198/96th Test · Test | IND | 17 | 0/26 & 4/39 | 2 | India won by an innings and 100 runs | Bombay | Australia tour of India 1979/80 |
| 21 Nov 1979 | IND 416 v PAK 431/9 & 108/21st Test · Test | IND | 38 | 2/67 & 0/6 | 1 | Match drawn | Bangalore | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 4 Dec 1979 | IND 126 & 364/6 v PAK 273 & 2422nd Test · Test | IND | 15 & 21 | 5/58 & 4/63 | 1 | Match drawn | Delhi | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 16 Dec 1979 | IND 334 & 160 v PAK 173 & 1903rd Test · Test | IND | 69 & 3 | 1/23 & 1/26 | 0 | India won by 131 runs | Bombay | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 25 Dec 1979 | IND 162 & 193/2 v PAK 2494th Test · Test | IND | 2 & DNB | 6/63 | 0 | Match drawn | Kanpur | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 15 Jan 1980 | IND 430 & 78/0 v PAK 272 & 2335th Test · Test | IND | 84 & DNB | 4/90 & 7/56 | 1 | India won by 10 wickets | Madras | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 29 Jan 1980 | IND 331 & 205 v PAK 272/4 & 179/66th Test · Test | IND | 16 & 30 | 2/65 & 0/49 | 0 | Match drawn | Calcutta | Pakistan tour of India 1979/80 |
| 15 Feb 1980 | IND 242 & 149 v ENG 296 & 98/0Only Test · Test | IND | 0 & 45* | 3/64 & 0/21 | 0 | England won by 10 wickets | Bombay | England tour of India 1979/80 |
| 6 Dec 1980 | AUS 142 v IND 208/93rd Match · ODI | IND | 6 | 0/15 | 0 | India won by 66 runs | Melbourne | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 9 Dec 1980 | IND 162 v NZ 1575th Match · ODI | IND | 0 | 1/33 | 1 | India won by 5 runs | Perth | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 18 Dec 1980 | AUS 183/1 v IND 180/96th Match · ODI | IND | 4 | 1/27 | 0 | Australia won by 9 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 21 Dec 1980 | IND 204 v NZ 205/77th Match · ODI | IND | 75 | 1/37 | 1 | New Zealand won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) | Brisbane | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 23 Dec 1980 | IND 230/7 v NZ 2248th Match · ODI | IND | 27 | 2/34 | 0 | India won by 6 runs | Adelaide | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 2 Jan 1981 | AUS 406 v IND 201/9 & 2011st Test · Test | IND | 22 & 19 | 5/97 | 1 | Australia won by an innings and 4 runs | Sydney | India tour of Australia 1980/81 |
| 8 Jan 1981 | AUS 64/1 v IND 639th Match · ODI | IND | 0 | 1/15 | 0 | Australia won by 9 wickets (with 174 balls remaining) | Sydney | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 10 Jan 1981 | IND 112/9 v NZ 113/010th Match · ODI | IND | 21 | 0/29 | 0 | New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 30 balls remaining) | Melbourne | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 11 Jan 1981 | AUS 193/3 v IND 192/511th Match · ODI | IND | 4 | 0/27 | 0 | Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) | Melbourne | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 15 Jan 1981 | AUS 242/8 v IND 215/813th Match · ODI | IND | 20 | 2/46 | 1 | Australia won by 27 runs | Sydney | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 18 Jan 1981 | IND 220 v NZ 242/914th Match · ODI | IND | 0 | 3/37 | 0 | New Zealand won by 22 runs | Brisbane | 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series |
| 23 Jan 1981 | AUS 528 & 221/7 v IND 419 & 135/82nd Test · Test | IND | 2 & 7 | 2/112 & 1/55 | 1 | Match drawn | Adelaide | India tour of Australia 1980/81 |
| 7 Feb 1981 | AUS 419 & 83 v IND 237 & 324/93rd Test · Test | IND | 5 & 0 | 1/41 & 5/28 | 0 | India won by 59 runs | Melbourne | India tour of Australia 1980/81 |
| 14 Feb 1981 | NZ 218/6 v IND 140/91st ODI · ODI | IND | 50 | 1/40 | 1 | New Zealand won by 78 runs | Auckland | India tour of New Zealand 1980/81 |
| 15 Feb 1981 | NZ 210/8 v IND 1532nd ODI · ODI | IND | 1 | 2/34 | 0 | New Zealand won by 57 runs | Hamilton | India tour of New Zealand 1980/81 |
| 21 Feb 1981 | NZ 375 & 100 v IND 223 & 1901st Test · Test | IND | 0 & 9 | 3/112 & 4/34 | 0 | New Zealand won by 62 runs | Wellington | India tour of New Zealand 1980/81 |
| 6 Mar 1981 | NZ 286/5 v IND 255/92nd Test · Test | IND | 0 | 0/60 | 0 | Match drawn | Christchurch | India tour of New Zealand 1980/81 |
| 13 Mar 1981 | NZ 366 & 95/5 v IND 238 & 2843rd Test · Test | IND | 4 & 14 | 0/34 & 1/15 | 0 | Match drawn | Auckland | India tour of New Zealand 1980/81 |
