| Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1982–83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17 February – 3 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | West Indies won the 5-Test series 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Mohinder Amarnath (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Four-day: Jamaica v Indians
17–20 February 1983 Scorecard |
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- Indians won the toss and decided to bat.
- Prince Francis, Aaron Daley and Errol Wilson (Jamaica) made their first-class debuts.[1]
Four-day: Trinidad and Tobago v Indians
Test matches
1st Test
23–28 February Scorecard |
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2nd Test
11–16 March scorecard |
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3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
28 April–3 May Scorecard |
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- 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
The West Indies won the series 2–1.
1st ODI
9 March 1983 Scorecard |
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- 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
29 March 1983 Scorecard |
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- 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
References
- ↑ "Jamaica v Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "Fifth Test Match, WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ "April 30, 1983: Gordon Greenidge and the 'Tragic Century'". News18. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Born to keep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
External links
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- India in West Indies, 1982-83 at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in West Indies 1982/83 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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