This tour was intended to start an annual exchange of short visits between the two countries but it was received with general indifference. Dogged by bad weather, the three Tests were all drawn, although India, the new world champions, won both ODIs, which, unlike the Tests, were well attended. Another limited-overs match, played for the Prime Minister's Fund under floodlights at an athletics stadium in New Delhi, built for the previous year's Asian Games, was a sell-out and nearly 100,000 spectators still occupied the vast terraces when the match, interrupted by an electrical fault, finished well after midnight. Only the last Test, played at Nagpur, drew a full house every day. There were various, unconnected reasons for low attendances, the one common factor being the adverse weather, while at Bangalore, the sale of tickets was depressed by the state government withdrawing the exemption of entertainment tax on sporting events. A heavy police presence and irksome security measures did not create the ideal atmosphere for a Test. Pakistan were also missing Imran Khan, Sarfraz Nawaz and Abdul Qadir. The first two Tests were so slow moving that they would most likely have been drawn even if rain had kept away. However, the pitch at Nagpur was a different proposition, and India must be given credit for striving to force a decision there, even though their batting had proved unreliable in the two previous Tests. Pakistan, although never at risk, made no corresponding effort to win.