# West Indian cricket team in India in 1987–88

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. The test series was drawn 1-1 and West Indies won the ODI series with 6–1.

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 25–29 November 1987 Scorecard
* West Indies won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Dara Dotiwala (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sanjay Manjrekar, Arshad Ayub (both Ind) and Winston Benjamin (WI) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 11–16 December 1987 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* India won by 255 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Narendra Hirwani, Woorkeri Raman, Ajay Sharma (all Ind) and Phil Simmons (WI) all made their Test debuts.

## ODIs

The West Indies won the Charminar Challenge Cup 6–1.

### 1st ODI

* 8 December 1987 Scorecard
| West Indies 203/8 (50 overs) | v | India 193 (44.4 overs) |
| CL Hooper 57* (84) Maninder Singh 3/40 (8 overs) | | Kapil Dev 87 (64) BP Patterson 6/29 (9.4 overs) |
* West Indies won by 10 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: R Mehra and V Vikramraju Player of the match: BP Patterson (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* Arshad Ayub (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 23 December 1987 Scorecard
| West Indies 187/7 (45 overs) | v | India 135 (41.3 overs) |
| IVA RIchards 41 (52) RJ Shastri 3/30 (9 overs) | | M Amarnath 33 (70) CA Walsh 4/16 (7.3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 52 runs Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: SK Ghosh and RV Ramani Player of the match: IVA RIchards (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 2 January 1988 Scorecard
| India 222/7 (45 overs) | v | West Indies 166 (41.5 overs) |
| M Amarnath 70 (83) IVA Richards 2/48 (9 overs) | | CG Greenidge 44 (70) Maninder Singh 2/19 (9 overs) |
* India won by 56 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: RB Gupta and PD Reporter Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced to 45 overs per side.
* WV Raman, AK Sharma and SK Sharma (all IND) made their ODI debuts.

### 4th ODI

* 5 January 1988 Scorecard
| India 221/9 (43 overs) | v | West Indies 225/4 (40.1 overs) |
| WV Raman 95 (123) IVA Richards 3/42 (8 overs) | | IVA Richards 110* (77) Kapil Dev 1/22 (8 overs) |
* West Indies won by 6 wickets Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SB Kulkarni Player of the match: IVA Richards (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
* The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
* SV Manjrekar (IND) and D Williams (WIN) made their ODI debuts.

### Indian Board Benevolent Fund Match

Scheduling issues and disagreement between the two Boards led to this match not counting as part of the Charminar Challenge Cup. The West Indians refused to allow the match to be counted as part of the Cup. The proceeds of the match went to the Cricketers’ Benevolent Fund.
* 7 January 1988 Scorecard
| West Indies 196 (48.3 overs) | v | India 194/9 (50 overs) |
| CL Hooper 33 (69) Kapil Dev 2/21 (8.3 overs) | | K Srikkanth 53 (71) BP Patterson 3/26 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 2 runs Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: PG Pandit and RV Ramani Player of the match: K Srikkanth (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 19 January 1988 Scorecard
| India 230/6 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 231/6 (49.1 overs) |
| M Amarnath 100* (148) WKM Benjamin 2/38 (10 overs) | | PV Simmons 67 (96) K Srikkanth 3/25 (6 overs) |
* West Indies won by 4 wickets Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad Umpires: SK Ghosh and VK Ramaswamy Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 6th ODI

* 22 January 1988 Scorecard
| West Indies 278/8 (50 overs) | v | India 205 (41 overs) |
| CL Hooper 113* (97) Arshad Ayub 2/36 (9 overs) | | RJ Shastri 73* (72) BP Patterson 4/29 (8 overs) |
* West Indies won by 73 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SB Kulkarni Player of the match: CL Hooper (WIN)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* ND Hirwani (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 7th ODI

* 25 January 1988 Scorecard
| India 239/8 (45 overs) | v | West Indies 241/1 (42.5 overs) |
| K Srikkanth 101 (106) BP Patterson 3/34 (9 overs) | | PV Simmons 104* (129) Maninder Singh 1/42 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 9 wickets University Stadium, Trivandrum Umpires: PG Pandit and V Vikramraju Player of the match: PV Simmons (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.