# Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1982–83

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
* Match drawn Sabina Park, Kingston Umpires: Antonio Gaynor and W Malcolm
* Indians won the toss and decided to bat.
* Prince Francis, Aaron Daley and Errol Wilson (Jamaica) made their first-class debuts.

### Four-day: Trinidad and Tobago v Indians

* 3–6 March 1983 Scorecard
* 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
### 1st Test

* 23–28 February Scorecard
* 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.

### 2nd Test

* 11–16 March scorecard
* 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.

### 3rd Test

* 31 March–5 April Scorecard
* Match drawn Bourda, Georgetown Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and David Narine (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

### 4th Test

* 15–20 April Scorecard
* 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

* 28 April–3 May Scorecard
* 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.
* 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.

## ODI matches

The West Indies won the series 2–1.

### 1st ODI

* 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

* 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

* 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.