With two Test matches and two ODIs already played, India and Pakistan next met in the third Test, in Jaipur.
India won the toss and batted. Despite losing Sunil Gavaskar to the first ball of the match, they were soon in a good position, thanks to K. Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath. They helped lay the platform for Mohammad Azharuddin and Ravi Shastri, who put on 130 for the fifth wicket. Azharuddin then fell for 110, but Shastri went on to score 125, and with Kapil Dev scoring a half century into the bargain, India reached 465/8 before declaring.
Rain, though, wiped out the whole of the third day’s play, meaning that the chances of either side being able to force a definitive result were severely compromised.
The Pakistan reply was led by opener Rameez Raja, who top-scored with 114. Javed Miandad scored 50 and captain Imran Khan 66, as Pakistan were bowled out for 341. In what remained of the match, India settled for batting practice, making 114/2. Srikkanth scored 51 of these.
The fourth Test match was staged in Ahmedabad.
This time it Pakistan batted, having won the toss. They recovered from 99/4, thanks to the middle-order trio of Manzoor Elahi (52), Imran (72), and Ijaz Faqih (105). They helped Pakistan close on 395. Shivlal Yadav was the most successful Indian bowler, with 4-109 in more than 48 overs.
India made a reasonable start to their reply, thanks to 63 from Gavaskar. During the course of the innings, Gavaskar became the first cricketer to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
Dilip Vengsarkar scored 109 and Kapil made an unbeaten fifty, but the innings rather fell away, as the last four wickets fell for the loss of 17. India were bowled out for 323 as Wasim Akram claimed 4-60.
Again, it was felt that no result was possible, so Pakistan just batted out the match, making 134/2. Opener Rizwan-uz-Zaman top scored for them with 58, while Younis Ahmed was unbeaten on 34.