Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1996–97
Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1996-97 | |||
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India | West Indies | ||
Dates | 28 February – 3 May 1997 | ||
Captains | Sachin Tendulkar | Courtney Walsh | |
Test series | |||
Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Rahul Dravid (360) | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (443) | |
Most wickets | Anil Kumble (19) | Franklyn Rose (18) | |
Player of the series | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | West Indies won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
Most runs | Sourav Ganguly (122) | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (209) | |
Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (5) | Curtly Ambrose (6) | |
Player of the series | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
The India national cricket team toured the West Indies from 28 February to 3 May 1997. They played five Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODI) against the West Indies.
West Indies won the Test series 1–0. Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies was named the player of the series after he scored 443 runs at an average of 73.83. West Indies also won the ODI series 3–1, and Chanderpaul was again named the player of the series, having scored 209 runs.
Background
Before the tour began, India's leading
India had historically a poor record in the West Indies, having won only two of the 28 Tests played there leading into the series. They were also coming on the back of a 2–0 Test series defeat against an away series to South Africa.[5]
Test series
1st Test
6–10 March 1997
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- West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
- Abey Kuruvilla (Ind), and Roland Holder and Franklyn Rose (WI) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
14–18 March 1997
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436 (183.4 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 201 (491) 5/87 (41.4 overs)Curtly Ambrose | ||
- West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
- Mervyn Dillon (WI) made his Test debut.
3rd Test
27–31 March 1997
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81 (35.5 overs)
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- India won the toss and decided to field
4th Test
5th Test
ODI series
1st ODI
26 April 1997
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain breaks resulted in the West Indies target being set at 146 in 34 overs.
- Abey Kuruvilla (Ind) and Franklyn Rose (WI) made their ODI debuts.
India won the toss and elected to bat first on a bouncy wicket. Despite having scored a hundred in a warm-up game at the same venue on 24 April,
2nd ODI
27 April 1997
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain resulted in India's target being set at 113 in 40 overs.
- Noel David (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- This was India's first international win in the West Indies since 1983.[7]
The second game of the series was played on the same venue the next day with India winning the toss again and sending the West Indies to bat first on what was now a drier
3rd ODI
India won the toss and put West Indies, who replaced
4th ODI
3 May 1997
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The 200-run partnership between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Stuart Williams was a record for West Indies for the first wicket.[10]
Having been put to bat, India lost its openers inside five overs for 6 runs. The poor start reduced India to 17/2 at the end of ten overs before recovering to reach 62/2 after 20 overs, with Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin in the middle. After they fell, Robin Singh (29) and Ajay Jadeja (68) put on 75 runs.[11] A slower scoring rate throughout the innings took the total to a low 199 at the end of 50 overs. In response, West Indies opener, Chanderpaul started off strongly scoring boundaries in regular intervals, and despite looking vulnerable to the seaming ball at the start, his opening partner Stuart Williams stuck on and remained unbeaten at 78 taking the team past the line. Chanderpaul meanwhile scored his first ODI hundred before finishing unbeaten at 109 off 134 balls and was named player of the match and the series.[12]
References
- ^ Gangadhar, V. (4 March 1997). "The Achilles factor in cricket". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Panicker, Prem (1 March 1997). "Shocker for India: Srinath likely to return home". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Gaundalkar, Anant (5 March 1997). "Srinath has bowled more than any other fast bowler in this past year of international cricket". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus; Panicker, Prem (4 March 1997). "Noel David to be flown to Caribbean". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Gaundalkar, Anant (5 March 1997). "India has won just 2 of the 28 Tests played in the Caribbean". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Panicker, Prem (27 April 1997). "Windies takes first game of ODI series". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Second One-Day International: West Indies v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Panicker, Prem (30 April 1997). "India toss a won game in the trashcan". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Third One-Day International: West Indies v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Fourth One-Day International: West Indies v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Chanderpaul leads Wes Indies to victory". The Indian Express. 4 May 1997. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Panicker, Prem (5 May 1997). "Windies take ODI series 3-1". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
External links
- Tour home on ESPNcricinfo
- India in West Indies and Bermuda 1996/97 at CricketArchive (subscription required)