West Indian cricket team in India in 1987–88

West Indies cricket team in India in 1987-88
 
  India West Indies
Dates 25 November 1987–25 January 1988
Captains Dileep Vengsarkar(1st 3 tests) & Ravi Shastri(4th test) Viv Richards
Test series
Result 4-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Dileep Vengsarkar (305) Viv Richards (295)
Most wickets Narendra Hirwani (16) Courtney Walsh (26)
One Day International series
Results West Indies won the 7-match series 6–1
Most runs Mohinder Amarnath (262) Carl Hooper (250)
Most wickets Patrick Patterson (17) Ravi Shastri (9)

The West Indies national cricket team visited India in 1987-88 for a 4-match Test series and followed by 7 one day international matches along with a one-off benevolent fund match.[1] The test series was drawn 1-1 and West Indies won the ODI series with 6-1.[2]

Test Series

1st Test

25–29 November 1987
Scorecard
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75 (30.5 overs)
Arun Lal 20 (44)
Patrick Patterson 5/24 (8.5 overs)
127 (47.1 overs)
Desmond Haynes 45 (143)
Chetan Sharma 5/55 (13.1 overs)
327 (113.3 overs)
Dileep Vengsarkar 102 (257)
Courtney Walsh 5/54 (29.3 overs)
276/5 (85.3 overs)
Viv Richards 109* (111)
Arshad Ayub 4/72 (25 overs)
West Indies won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Dara Dotiwala (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

2nd Test

11–16 December 1987
Scorecard
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281 (67.4 overs)
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 71 (63)
Courtney Walsh 5/54 (17.4 overs)
337 (103.3 overs)
Richie Richardson 89 (186)
Ravi Shastri 4/71 (28.3 overs)
173 (46 overs)
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 65 (78)
Patrick Patterson 5/68 (16 overs)
4/1 (2 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 2 (4)
Chetan Sharma 1/1 (1 over)
Match drawn
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play on day 2
  • Carl Hooper (WI) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

26–31 December 1987
Scorecard
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530/5d (151.5 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 141 (265)
Kapil Dev 2/103 (28 overs)
565 (172.2 overs)
Dileep Vengsarkar 102retired hurt (266)
Courtney Walsh 4/136 (29 overs)
157/2 (62 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 69 (159)
Ravi Shastri 2/13 (10 overs)
Match Drawn
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Test

11–15 January 1988
Scorecard
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382 (104.1 overs)
Kapil Dev 109 (124)
Winston Davis 4/76 (18.1 overs)
184 (73.3 overs)
Viv Richards 68 (102)
Narendra Hirwani 8/61 (18.3 overs)
217/8d (76 overs)
Woorkeri Raman 83 (205)
Courtney Walsh 4/55 (16 overs)
160 (41.2 overs)
Gus Logie 67 (62)
Narendra Hirwani 8/75 (15.2 overs)
India won by 255 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)

References

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