The series can be deemed a landmark in Indian cricket in many ways. This was India's first ever test victory and test series victory over the West Indies. It was also their first victory in West Indies. The series marked the international debut for the batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar and he scored heavily in this series, including four test centuries and a double century. He would go on to serve India for almost 17 more years.
Leonard Williams and E Barrett (Leeward Islands) made their first-class debuts.
The Indians got off to a good start batting first, with Sunil Gavaskar and Ashok Mankad putting together 47 runs for the first wicket. Left-arm spinner Elquemedo Willettbowled out Mankad before lunch, with Ed Arthurton bowling a hostile spell of seam bowling after, to dismiss the Indians' middle-order that included wickets of M. L. Jaisimha and Salim Durani. Gavaskar, playing his first game of the tour, made 82 being dismissed caught and bowled by Willett. His side collapsed to 194/6 before Ajit Wadekar and Syed Abid Ali stitched a 112-run partnership taking their side to 306/6 at end of play on day one. Wadekar, who was dropped twice before he go to 10 went on to make a century.[2]
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The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1970 71 cricket season They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team with India winning the series 1 0 Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1971Date5 February 19 April 1971LocationWest IndiesResultIndia won the 5 Test series 1 0Teams West Indies IndiaCaptainsGarry SobersAjit WadekarMost runsGarry Sobers 597 Charlie Davis 529 Rohan Kanhai 433 Sunil Gavaskar 774 Dilip Sardesai 642 Eknath Solkar 224 Most wicketsJack Noreiga 17 Garry Sobers 12 John Shepherd 7 S Venkataraghavan 22 Bishan Singh Bedi 15 Erapalli Prasanna 11 The series can be deemed a landmark in Indian cricket in many ways This was India s first ever test victory and test series victory over the West Indies It was also their first victory in West Indies The series marked the international debut for the batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar and he scored heavily in this series including four test centuries and a double century He would go on to serve India for almost 17 more years Contents 1 Touring party 2 Tour matches 2 1 Four day Jamaica vs Indians 2 2 Four day West Indies Board President s XI v Indians 2 3 Three day Leeward Islands v Indians 2 4 Four day Trinidad and Tobago v Indians 2 5 Four day Barbados v Indians 2 6 Three day Windward Islands v Indians 3 Test matches 3 1 1st Test 3 2 2nd Test 3 3 3rd Test 3 4 4th Test 3 5 5th Test 4 References 5 External linksTouring party editThe Indian touring party was announced by the BCCI on 13 January 1971 The selectors named Ajit Wadekar the captain upon dropping Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Chandu Borde the latter due to lack of form and fitness S Venkataraghavan was named the vice captain Notable exclusions included spinner B S Chandrasekhar and Farokh Engineer and Rusi Surti the latter two owing to a ruling that they must have played during the season s Ranji Trophy competition Keki Tarapore was appointed the tour manager and Subhash Gupte the liaison officer 1 The team members were Ajit Wadekar Bombay captain amp batsman S Venkataraghavan Tamil Nadu vice captain amp off break bowler Syed Abid Ali Hyderabad medium bowler Bishan Singh Bedi Delhi left arm spin bowler Salim Durani Rajasthan left arm spin bowler Sunil Gavaskar Bombay opening batsman Devraj Govindraj Hyderabad fast medium bowler ML Jaisimha Hyderabad all rounder Kenia Jayantilal Hyderabad opening batsman Rusi Jeejeebhoy Bengal wicket keeper Pochiah Krishnamurthy Hyderabad wicket keeper Ashok Mankad Bombay batsman EAS Prasanna Mysore off break bowler Dilip Sardesai Bombay batsman Eknath Solkar Bombay left arm medium bowler Gundappa Viswanath Mysore batsmanTour matches editFour day Jamaica vs Indians edit 5 8 February ScorecardIndians nbsp v nbsp Jamaica272 98 2 overs Dilip Sardesai 97 Maurice Foster 4 23 16 overs 280 110 4 overs Desmond Lewis 96 Bishan Singh Bedi 3 58 33 4 overs 290 7d 111 1 overs Salim Durani 131 Othneil Miles 3 49 30 1 overs 103 1 44 overs Desmond Lewis 67 Bishan Singh Bedi 1 20 14 overs Match drawnSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires Douglas Sang Hue and N SealeyIndians won the toss and decided to bat Four day West Indies Board President s XI v Indians edit 11 14 February ScorecardIndians nbsp v West Indies Board President s XI280 116 5 overs Eknath Solkar 51 Maurice Foster 3 27 15 5 overs 184 76 4 overs Keith Boyce 41 Bishan Singh Bedi 5 94 32 overs 172 7d 62 5 overs Kenia Jayantilal 58 Grayson Shillingford 3 41 13 overs 212 4 62 overs Alvin Kallicharran 57 Syed Abid Ali 1 29 6 overs Match drawnJarrett Park Montego Bay Jamaica Umpires Johnny Gayle and Wesley MalcolmWest Indies Board President s XI won the toss and elected to field Three day Leeward Islands v Indians edit 25 28 February ScorecardIndians nbsp v Leeward Islands361 6d 135 overs Ajit Wadekar 128 Ed Arthurton 3 93 42 overs 147 63 overs Leonard Williams ML Jaisimha 5 38 17 overs 270 94 3 overs Livingstone Sargeant 56 ML Jaisimha 5 79 37 overs Indians won by 9 wicketsWarner Park Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis Umpires D Griffith and P QueeleyToss not known Leonard Williams and E Barrett Leeward Islands made their first class debuts The Indians got off to a good start batting first with Sunil Gavaskar and Ashok Mankad putting together 47 runs for the first wicket Left arm spinner Elquemedo Willett bowled out Mankad before lunch with Ed Arthurton bowling a hostile spell of seam bowling after to dismiss the Indians middle order that included wickets of M L Jaisimha and Salim Durani Gavaskar playing his first game of the tour made 82 being dismissed caught and bowled by Willett His side collapsed to 194 6 before Ajit Wadekar and Syed Abid Ali stitched a 112 run partnership taking their side to 306 6 at end of play on day one Wadekar who was dropped twice before he go to 10 went on to make a century 2 Four day Trinidad and Tobago v Indians edit 1 4 March 1971 ScorecardIndians nbsp v Trinidad and Tobago464 7d 158 overs Sunil Gavaskar 125 Inshan Ali 3 151 39 overs 338 133 1 overs Charlie Davis 100 Syed Abid Ali 4 80 24 1 overs 162 5d 68 overs Sunil Gavaskar 63 Alvin Corneal 2 26 25 overs 126 0 43 overs Oscar Durity 64 ML Jaisimha 0 3 3 overs Match drawnGuaracara Park Pointe a Pierre Trinidad Umpires Ralph Gosein and Stuart IshmaelIndians won the toss and elected to bat Sunil Gavaskar Indians passed 1 000 runs in first class cricket 3 Four day Barbados v Indians edit 27 30 March ScorecardIndians nbsp v nbsp Barbados185 53 overs Ajit Wadekar 43 John Shepherd 4 40 14 overs 449 112 5 overs Garfield Sobers 135 Syed Abid Ali 5 107 32 5 overs 313 125 4 overs Kenia Jayantilal 76 Tony Howard 4 59 24 4 overs 52 1 8 2 overs Seymour Nurse 26 Devraj Govindraj 1 32 4 overs Barbados won by 9 wicketsKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires D Griffith and Cortez JordanBarbados won the toss and decided to field Three day Windward Islands v Indians edit 8 10 April 1971 ScorecardWindward Islands v nbsp Indians207 102 overs Mike Findlay 62 Bishan Singh Bedi 4 52 33 overs 197 9d 81 5 overs Kenia Jayantilal 65 Martial Francis 4 78 29 overs 171 9d 64 5 overs Norbert Phillip 38 Devraj Govindraj 3 17 8 5 overs 92 2 28 overs Salim Durani 34 Joe Gibbs 1 26 5 overs Match drawnBotanical Gardens Roseau DominicaIndians won the toss and decided to field Test matches edit1st Test edit 18 23 February 1971 SccorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp West Indies387 158 4 overs Dilip Sardesai 212 Vanburn Holder 4 60 27 4 overs 217 93 5 overs Rohan Kanhai 56 Erapalli Prasanna 4 65 33 overs 385 5 136 overs f o Rohan Kanhai 158 Eknath Solkar 2 56 22 overs Match drawnSabina Park Kingston Umpires Ralph Gosein WI and Douglas Sang Hue WI West Indies won the toss and decided to field Kenia Jayantilal and Pochiah Krishnamurthy Ind and Arthur Barrett and Jack Noreiga WI made their Test debuts 21 February was a rest day As it was effectively a 4 day match deficit required to enforce follow on was 150 2nd Test edit 6 10 March 1971 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp v nbsp India214 72 5 overs Charlie Davis 71 Erapalli Prasanna 4 54 19 5 overs 352 157 4 overs Dilip Sardesai 112 Jack Noreiga 9 95 49 4 overs 261 110 5 overs Roy Fredericks 80 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 5 95 36 overs 125 3 49 4 overs Sunil Gavaskar 67 Arthur Barrett 3 43 8 4 overs India won by 7 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Umpires Ralph Gosein WI and Stuart Ishmael WI West Indies won the toss and decided to bat Sunil Gavaskar Ind made his Test debut 8 March was a rest day 3rd Test edit 19 24 March 1971 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp v nbsp India363 158 2 overs Desmond Lewis 81 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 3 128 59 overs 376 167 4 overs Sunil Gavaskar 116 Garry Sobers 3 72 43 overs 307 3d 100 overs Charlie Davis 125 Bishan Singh Bedi 2 55 26 overs 123 0 30 overs Sunil Gavaskar 64 Lance Gibbs 0 4 1 overs Match drawnBourda Georgetown Umpires Ralph Gosein WI and Cecil Kippins WI West Indies won the toss and decided to bat Keith Boyce and Desmond Lewis WI made their Test debuts 22 March was a rest day 4th Test edit 1 6 April 1971 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp v nbsp India501 5d 171 overs Garry Sobers 178 Bishan Singh Bedi 2 124 54 overs 347 125 4 overs Dilip Sardesai 150 Uton Dowe 4 69 23 overs 180 6d 43 overs Roy Fredericks 48 Abid Ali 3 70 21 overs 221 5 103 overs Sunil Gavaskar 117 Garry Sobers 2 31 23 overs Match drawnKensington Oval Bridgetown Umpires Cortez Jordan WI and Douglas Sang Hue WI India won the toss and decided to field Inshan Ali and Uton Dowe WI made their Test debuts 5 April was a rest day 5th Test edit 13 19 April 1971 ScorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp West Indies360 133 3 overs Sunil Gavaskar 124 David Holford 3 68 28 3 overs 526 216 3 overs Garry Sobers 132 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 4 100 37 3 overs 427 197 4 overs Sunil Gavaskar 220 Jack Noreiga 5 129 53 4 overs 165 8 40 overs Clive Lloyd 64 Syed Abid Ali 3 73 15 overs Match drawnQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Umpires Ralph Gosein WI and Douglas Sang Hue WI India won the toss and decided to bat 16 April was a rest day References edit India to West Indies 1970 71 test cricket tours co uk Archived from the original on 28 July 2018 Retrieved 28 July 2018 Wadekar 100 n o in Indians 306 6 The Gleaner Reuters 26 February 1971 p 21 Retrieved 28 July 2018 Trinidad and Tobago v Indians India in West Indies 1970 71 at CricketArchive subscription required External links editTour home at ESPNcricinfo Tour home at ESPNcricinfo archive India in West Indies 1970 71 at CricketArchive subscription required nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of the West Indies is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970 71 amp oldid 1192107349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
