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Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1982–83

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Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1982–83
Date17 February – 3 May 1983
LocationCricket West Indies West Indies
ResultWest Indies won the 5-Test series 2–0
Player of the seriesMohinder Amarnath (Ind)
Teams
 West Indies  India
Captains
Clive Lloyd Kapil Dev
Most runs
Clive Lloyd (407)
Gordon Greenidge (393)
Desmond Haynes (333)		 Mohinder Amarnath (598)
Dilip Vengsarkar (279)
Kapil Dev (254)
Most wickets
Andy Roberts (24)
Malcolm Marshall (21)
Michael Holding (12)		 Kapil Dev (17)
Ravi Shastri (10)
Venkataraghavan (10)
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The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1982–83 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the series 2–0.

Tour matches

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Four-day: Jamaica v Indians

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17–20 February 1983
Scorecard
v
185 (64 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 42
Courtney Walsh 4/31 (12 overs)
306 (112.5 overs)
Jeff Dujon 104
Mohinder Amarnath 4/26 (10 overs)
395/6d (130 overs)
Anshuman Gaekwad 89
Mark Neita 2/43 (21 overs)
71/4 (31 overs)
Colin Fletcher
Kapil Dev 2/11 (8 overs)
Match drawn
Sabina Park, Kingston
Umpires: Antonio Gaynor and W Malcolm

Four-day: Trinidad and Tobago v Indians

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3–6 March 1983
Scorecard
v
193 (62.1 overs)
Phil Simmons 81
Maninder Singh 5/48 (21 overs)
403 (135.5 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 114
Ganesh Mahabir 4/71 (27.5 overs)
141 (43.2 overs)
Richard S. Gabriel 30
Maninder Singh 7/47 (18.2 overs)
Indians won by an innings and 69 runs
Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Clarence Shaffralli and Sadique Mohammed
  • Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.

Test matches

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1st Test

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23–28 February
Scorecard
v
251 (87.4 overs)
Balwinder Sandhu 68
Andy Roberts 4/61 (22 overs)
254 (116.3 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 70 (249)
Ravi Shastri 4/43 (24 overs)
174 (85.3 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 40
Andy Roberts 5/39 (24.3 overs)
173/6 (25.2 overs)
Viv Richards 61 (36)
Kapil Dev 4/73 (13 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets
Sabina Park, Kingston
Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Wesley Malcolm (WIN)
Player of the match: Andy Roberts (WIN)
  • West Indies won the toss and decided to field
  • Gus Logie (WIN) made his Test debut.
  • Kapil Dev (Ind) passed 2,000 runs in tests.[2]

2nd Test

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11–16 March
scorecard
v
175 (66.1 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 58
Malcolm Marshall 5/37 (19.1 overs)
394 (138.3 overs)
Clive Lloyd 143
Kapil Dev 3/91 (31 overs)
469/7 (139.1 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 117
Andy Roberts 2/100 (25 overs)
Match drawn
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Umpires: Sadique Mohammed (WIN) and Stanton Parris (WIN)
Player of the match: Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and decided to field
  • 14 March was a rest day.
  • Kapil Dev (Ind) claimed his 200th wicket in Tests.[3]

3rd Test

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31 March–5 April
Scorecard
v
470 (142.4 overs)
Viv Richards 109
Balwinder Sandhu 3/87 (25.4 overs)
284/3 (79 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 147
Malcolm Marshall 1/39 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown
Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and David Narine (WIN)
  • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

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15–20 April
Scorecard
v
209 (57.2 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 91
Andy Roberts 4/48 (16 overs)
486 (158.2 overs)
Gus Logie 130
Kapil Dev 3/76 (32.2 overs)
277 (79.2 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 80
Andy Roberts 4/31 (19.2 overs)
1/0 (0.1 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 0* (2)
Syed Kirmani 0/0 (0.1 overs)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Stanton Parris (WIN)
Player of the match: Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and decided to field

5th Test

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28 April–3 May
Scorecard
v
457 (126.5 overs)
Ravi Shastri 102
Malcolm Marshall 4/87 (27.5 overs)
550 (166.4 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 154*
Madan Lal 3/105 (35 overs)
247/5 d. (88 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 116
Malcolm Marshall 2/33 (18 overs)
Match drawn
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's
Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Andrew Weekes
Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (WIN)
  • West Indies won the toss and decided to field
  • Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (Ind) and Winston Davis (WIN) made their Test debuts.
  • It was only the fifth time in Tests that four or more batsmen had passed three figures in a single innings.[4]
  • Gordon Greenidge retired in the West Indian first innings to see his dying daughter. Out of respect, an exception to the Laws of Cricket was made to classify Greenidge as "retired not out" for this innings.[5][6]

ODI matches

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The West Indies won the series 2–1.

1st ODI

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9 March 1983
Scorecard
West Indies 
215/4 (38.5 overs)
v
 India
163/7 (39 overs)
Desmond Haynes 97 (104)
Kapil Dev 2/21 (6.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 27 (26)
Larry Gomes 3/50 (9 overs)
West Indies won by 52 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: David Narine (WI) and Andrew Weekes (WI)
Player of the match: Desmond Haynes (WI)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 45 overs per side.
  • The match was further reduced to 38.5 overs per side. India's overs allocation were increased to 39 overs due to the slow over rate of the West Indies.

2nd ODI

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29 March 1983
Scorecard
India 
282/5 (47 overs)
v
 West Indies
255/9 (47 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 90 (117)
Malcolm Marshall 1/23 (7 overs)
Viv Richards 64 (51)
Ravi Shastri 3/48 (8 overs)
India won by 27 runs
Albion Sports Complex, Albion, Guyana
Umpires: David Archer (WI) and Mohamed Baksh (WI)
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced from 50 overs to 47 overs per side.
  • Winston Davis (WI) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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7 April 1983
Scorecard
India 
166 (44.4 overs)
v
 West Indies
167/3 (40.2 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 54 (59)
Larry Gomes 4/38 (10 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 64 (95)
Ravi Shastri 1/10 (5 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park (old ground), St. George's, Grenada
Umpires: Stanton Parris (WI) and Pat Whyte (WI)
Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Jamaica v Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
  2. ^ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Fifth Test Match, WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ^ "April 30, 1983: Gordon Greenidge and the 'Tragic Century'". News18. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Born to keep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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