# West Indian cricket team in India in 1983–84

The West Indies cricket team embarked on a tour of India in 1983–84 following their surprise defeat to India in 1983 World Cup. Captained by Clive Lloyd, the West Indies played six Test matches against India as well as five ODI in addition to other first class matches. The series also known as Revenge Series ended with West Indies winning three tests and winning all the five ODIs. The series displayed Indian batsmen struggling to play against the West Indies pace attack. In most of the matches India lost about 4-5 wickets even before reaching 50 runs. The disastrous 3-0 loss was the widest ever margin of defeat on home soil. Despite the poor performance of Indian players, India did manage to create some records in this series. Kapil Dev produced his career best innings spell in this series of 9 wickets in an innings for 83 runs and Gavaskar scored his career best 236 not out in this series. This knock of 236 runs not out took him past Donald Bradman's record of 29 test hundreds and Vinoo Mankad's record score of 231.
There were various other highlights in these series. In the 5th Test, the crowds upset with India's poor performance blamed Sunil Gavaskar and he was pelted with stones and rotten fruits. The first ODI of this series played at Srinagar was the first ever international match played there. The host team was constantly booed by a section of the crowd. There were protests by separatists who dug up the pitch during the lunch break. This series saw debuts by Richie Richardson, Roger Harper, Chetan Sharma, Navjot Sidhu and Raju Kulkarni. Andy Roberts and Yashpal Sharma went into retirement after playing their last matches in this series. The third Test at Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad was the first test match ever played on this ground. After the sixth Test, total wickets taken by Malcolm Marshall was 33 wickets which equalled the West Indian record for most wickets in a series. In the same Test, Winston Davis was struck by a missile thrown by a spectator which led to captain Clive Lloyd pulling out his team back to pavilion. The match was resumed only after Lloyd received assurances from the state Governor that security would be increased.

## Squads

| West Indies team | Indian team |
| Clive Lloyd (c) | Kapil Dev (c) |
| Gordon Greenidge | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Desmond Haynes | Dileep Vengsarkar |
| Viv Richards(vc) | Mohinder Amarnath |
| Richie Richardson | Sandeep Patil |
| Gus Logie | Anshuman Gaekwad |
| Jeff Dujon (wk) | Syed Kirmani (wk) |
| Larry Gomes | Ravi Shastri |
| Roger Harper | Ashok Malhotra |
| Eldine Baptiste | Madan Lal |
| Michael Holding | Roger Binny |
| Malcolm Marshall | Sandhu |
| Wayne Daniel | Kirti Azad |
| Andy Roberts | Maninder Singh |
| Larry Gomes | Shivlal Yadav |
| Milton Pydanna | Yashpal Sharma |
| Winston Davis | Raghuram Bhat |

## Test matches

| Date | Match, venue | Results, Highlights |
| 21 Oct – 25 Oct | 1st Test, Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | West Indies won by an innings and 83 runs. |
| 29 Oct – 3 Nov | 2nd Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Match ended in a draw. Yashpal Sharma's last Test match |
| 12 Nov – 16 Nov | 3rd Test, Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad | West Indies won by 138 runs. Career best performance by Kapil Dev. 9 wickets for 83 runs in a single innings. Test debut by Sidhu. Gursharan Singh who substituted for Roger Binny took four catches, becoming the first substitute to do so. |
| 24 Nov – 29 Nov | 4th Test, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | Match ended in a draw. Test debut by Richie Richardson. |
| 10 Dec – 14 Dec | 5th Test Eden Gardens, Calcutta | West Indies won by an innings and 46 runs. Test debut by Roger Harper. |
| 24 Dec – 29 Dec | 6th Test M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | Match ended in a draw. Career best 236 not out by Sunil Gavaskar. Last test match of Andy Roberts. |

### First Test

* 21–25 October 1983 Scorecard
* West Indies won by an innings and 83 runs Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Bhairab Ganguli (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) Player of the match: Malcolm Marshall (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* Eldine Baptiste (WI) made his Test debut.
* Gordon Greenidge (WI) passed 3,000 runs in Tests.

### Second Test

* 29 October–3 November 1983 Scorecard
* Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla (Ind) and Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) passed 8,000 runs in Tests.
* 31 October was a rest day.

### Third Test

* 12–16 November 1983 Scorecard
* West Indies won by 138 runs Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: S. N. Hanumantha Rao (Ind) and Kasturi Ramaswami (Ind) Player of the match: Michael Holding (WI)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Navjot Sidhu (Ind) made his Test debut.
* 15 November was a rest day.
In the Indian second innings, six batsman scored just one run each.

### Fourth Test

* 24–29 November 1983 Scorecard
* Match drawn Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Swaroop Kishen (Ind) and Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) Player of the match: Viv Richards (WI)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Richie Richardson (WI) made his Test debut.
* 25 November was a rest day.

### Fifth Test

* 10–14 December 1983 Scorecard
* West Indies won by an innings and 46 runs Eden Garden, Calcutta Umpires: Madhav Gothoskar (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind) Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (WI)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Roger Harper (WI) made his Test debut.
* Ravi Shastri (Ind) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.
* Andy Roberts (WI) became the third West Indies player to claim 200 wickets in Tests.
* Clive Lloyd and Andy Roberts set a record for the highest ninth wicket partnership for West Indies in Tests.
* 13 December was a rest day.

### Sixth Test

* 24–29 December 1983 Scorecard
* Match drawn M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Umpires: M. G. Subramaniam (Ind) and S. Kishen (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
* No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 December was a rest day.
* Shivlal Yadav (Ind) picked his 50th wicket in Tests.
* Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) became the first batsman to score three double centuries against the West Indies.
* West Indies won the series 3-0.

## ODIs

| Match | Date | Venue | Results, Highlights |
| 1st ODI | 13 Oct 1983 | Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar | First international match at Srinagar. West Indies won by 28 runs. West Indies innings was cut short by a dust storm and bad light |
| 2nd ODI | 9 Nov 1983 | Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda | West Indies won by 4 wickets |
| 3rd ODI | 1 Dec 1983 | Nehru Stadium, Indore | West Indies won by 8 wickets. |
| 4th ODI | 7 Dec 1983 | Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur | West Indies won by 104 runs. ODI debut by Chetan Sharma.Highest partnership in India by West Indies 221, made by Vivian Richards and Gordon Greenidge |
| 5th ODI | 17 Dec 1983 | Nehru Stadium, Gauhati | West Indies won by 6 wickets. ODI debut by Raju Kulkarni and Richie Richardson. |
The West Indies won the Charminar Challenge Cup 5-0.

### 1st ODI

* 13 October 1983 Scorecard
| India 176 (41.2 overs) | v | West Indies 108/0 (22.4 overs) |
| K Srikkanth 40 (91) RA Harper 3/34 (9 overs) | | DL Haynes 55* (88) |
* West Indies won by 26 runs ("countback" rain rule) Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar Umpires: JD Ghosh and MI Ghouse Player of the match: DL Haynes (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 45 overs per side.
* When play was halted West Indies needed to have scored 81 runs from their first 22 overs to win.
* EAE Baptiste and RA Harper (WIN) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 9 November 1983 Scorecard
| India 214/6 (49 overs) | v | West Indies 217/6 (47.5 overs) |
| RJ Shastri 65 (125) HA Gomes 2/17 (3 overs) | | CG Greenidge 63 (114) Kapil Dev 2/38 (8.5 overs) |
* West Indies won by 4 wickets Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: S Banerjee and VK Ramaswamy Player of the match: CG Greenidge (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before from 50 overs to 49 overs per side.

### 3rd ODI

* 1 December 1983 Scorecard
| India 240/7 (47 overs) | v | West Indies 241/2 (45.2 overs) |
| M Amarnath 55 (122) RA Harper 2/55 (10 overs) | | CG Greenidge 96 (127) Kapil Dev 1/41 (9.2 overs) |
* West Indies won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Indore Umpires: MY Gupte and RV Ramani Player of the match: CG Greenidge (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before from 50 overs to 47 overs per side.

### 4th ODI

* 7 December 1983 Scorecard
| West Indies 333/8 (45 overs) | v | India 229/5 (45 overs) |
| IVA Richards 149 (99) Kapil Dev 3/44 (9 overs) | | SM Gavaskar 83 (107) AME Roberts 3/54 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 104 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: PG Pandit and SR Ramchandra Rao Player of the match: IVA Richards (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started from 50 to 45 overs per side.
* C Sharma (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 17 December 1983 Scorecard
| India 178/7 (44 overs) | v | West Indies 182/4 (41.4 overs) |
| GA Parkar 42 (50) EAE Baptiste 2/31 (9 overs) | | RB Richardson 46 (57) RJ Shastri 2/19 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 6 wickets Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: R Mrithyunjayan and AL Narasimhan Player of the match: GA Parkar (IND)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 45 overs per side. It was further reduced to 44 overs per side.
* RR Kulkarni (IND) and RB Richardson (WIN) made their ODI debuts.

## First-class matches

| Date | Match, venue | Results, Remarks |
| 4 Oct – 6 Oct | Central Zone v West Indians, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Match drawn. |
| 8 Oct – 10 Oct | South Zone v West Indians, Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad | Match drawn. |
| 15 Oct – 17 Oct | North Zone v West Indians, Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar | Match drawn. |
| 5 Nov – 7 Nov | Indian Board President's XI v West Indians, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | Match drawn. |
| 19 Nov – 21 Nov | West Zone v West Indians, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur | Match drawn. |
| 3 Dec – 5 Dec | East Zone v West Indians, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | West Indians won by an innings and 124 runs. |