West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59

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West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59
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  India West Indies
Dates 5 November 1958 – 15 February 1959
Captains Polly Umrigar (1st Test)
Ghulam Ahmed (2nd and 3rd Tests)
Vinoo Mankad (4th Test)
Hemu Adhikari (5th Test)		 Gerry Alexander
Test series
Result West Indies won the 5-match series 3–0
Most runs Polly Umrigar (337) Garfield Sobers (557)
Most wickets Subhash Gupte (22) Wes Hall (30)

The West Indies cricket team toured India from November 1958 to February 1959 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team. The West Indies won the series 3–0. The West Indies were captained by Gerry Alexander while India used four different captains in the series, Ghulam Ahmed leading in two Tests.[1]

Touring party[]

The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 16-man squad for the India tour on 1 April 1958 led by Frank Worrell.[2] However, Worrell withdrew from the tour in May. John Holt and Wes Hall were added to the squad in August.[3]

The squad included:

Test series summary[]

First Test[]

28 November–3 December 1958
Scorecard
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227 (101.1 overs)
Rohan Kanhai 66
Subhash Gupte 4/86 (33 overs)
152 (68.2 overs)
Polly Umrigar 55
Roy Gilchrist 4/39 (23.2 overs)
323/4d (112 overs)
Garfield Sobers 142*
Ghulam Guard 2/69 (17 overs)
289/5 (132 overs)
Pankaj Roy 90
Roy Gilchrist 2/75 (41 overs)
Match drawn
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Jamshed Patel (Ind) and M. G. Vijayasarathi (Ind)

Second Test[]

12–17 December 1958
Scorecard
v
222 (85.3 overs)
Gerry Alexander 70
Subhash Gupte 9/102 (34.3 overs)
222 (101.4 overs)
Polly Umrigar 57
Wes Hall 6/50 (28.4 overs)
443/7d (127 overs)
Garfield Sobers 198
Gulabrai Ramchand 2/114 (40 overs)
240 (101.1 overs)
Nari Contractor 50
Wes Hall 5/76 (32 overs)
West Indies won by 203 runs
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Mohammad Yunus (Ind) and Jamshed Patel (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 15 December was taken as a rest day.
  • Vasant Ranjane (Ind) and Joe Solomon (Win) made their Test debuts.

Third Test[]

31 December 1958–4 January 1959
Scorecard
v
614/5d (162.1 overs)
Rohan Kanhai 256
Surendranath 2/168 (46 overs)
124 (62.5 overs)
Polly Umrigar 44*
Roy Gilchrist 3/18 (23 overs)
154 (f/o) (49 overs)
Vijay Manjrekar 58*
Roy Gilchrist 6/55 (21 overs)
West Indies won by an innings and 336 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Mohammad Yunus (Ind) and Noshirvan Nagarwala (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ramnath Kenny and Surendranath (both Ind) made their Test debuts.
  • Rohan Kanhai made his first century and the highest individual by a West Indies player against India in a Test (256).[6]
  • 2 January was taken as a rest day.

Fourth Test[]

21–26 January 1959
Scorecard
v
500 (181 overs)
Basil Butcher 142
Vinoo Mankad 4/95 (38 overs)
222 (78.1 overs)
A. G. Kripal Singh 53
Garfield Sobers 4/26 (18.1 overs)
168/5d (76 overs)
John Holt 81*
Subhash Gupte 4/78 (30 overs)
151 (70 overs)
Chandu Borde 56
Roy Gilchrist 3/36 (17 overs)
West Indies won by 295 runs
Nehru Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Bapu Joshi (Ind) and M. G. Vijayasarathi (Ind)

Fifth Test[]

6–11 February 1959
Scorecard
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415 (141.3 overs)
Chandu Borde 109
Wes Hall 4/66 (26 overs)
644/8d (214 overs)
John Holt 123
Ramakant Desai 4/169 (49 overs)
275 (111.2 overs)
Chandu Borde 96
Collie Smith 5/90 (42 overs)
Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli (Ind) and Noshirvan Nagarwala (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ramakant Desai (Ind) made his Test debut.
  • Chandu Borde (Ind) scored his first Test century.[8]
  • 9 February was taken as a rest day.
  • John Holt passed 1,000 runs in Tests.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "West Indies in India 1958–59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Worrell to Lead W. Indies Team to India". The Indian Express. Reuters. 2 April 1958. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to India & Pakistan 1958-59". Test Cricket Tours. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (1st Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  5. ^ Chughtai, Arshad (9 March 2006). "Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ^ "India v West Indies". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (4th Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (5th Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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