West Indian cricket team in India in 1983–84

West Indies cricket team in India in 1983–84 (Revenge Series)[1]
Date	4 October – 31 December 1983
Location	India
Result	West Indies won the 6-Test series 3–0 West Indies won the ODI series 5-0
Player of the series	Kapil Dev Malcolm Marshall
Teams  West Indies  India Captains Clive Lloyd Kapil Dev Most runs Clive Lloyd (497) Gordon Greenidge (411) Jeff Dujon (367) Sunil Gavaskar (505) Dilip Vengsarkar (425) Ravi Shastri (336) Most wickets Malcolm Marshall (33) Michael Holding (30) Wayne Daniel (14) Winston Davis (14) Kapil Dev (29) Ravi Shastri (12) Maninder Singh (10)
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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 ^[1][2] 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.^[3] 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^[4] and Gavaskar scored his career best 236 not out in this series.^[1][5][6][7] 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.^[8][9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11][12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

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
Oct 21 - Oct 25	1st Test, Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	West Indies won by an innings and 83 runs.
Oct 29 - Nov 3	2nd Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Match ended in a draw. Yashpal Sharma's last Test match
Nov 12 - Nov 16	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.
Nov 24 - Nov 29	4th Test, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	Match ended in a draw. Test debut by Richie Richardson.
Dec 10 - Dec 14	5th Test Eden Gardens, Calcutta	West Indies won by an innings and 46 runs. Test debut by Roger Harper.
Dec 24 - Dec 29	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[]

Second Test[]

Third Test[]

In the Indian second innings, six batsman scored just one run each.^[17]

Fourth Test[]

Fifth Test[]

Sixth Test[]

ODIs[]

Match	Date	Venue	Results, Highlights
1st ODI	13 Oct 1983	Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar	First international match at Srinagar.[22] 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[]

2nd ODI[]

3rd ODI[]

4th ODI[]

5th ODI[]

First-class matches[]

Date	Match, venue	Results, Remarks[23]
Oct 4 - Oct 6	Central Zone v West Indians, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Match drawn.
Oct 8 - Oct 10	South Zone v West Indians, Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad	Match drawn.
Oct 15 - Oct 17	North Zone v West Indians, Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar	Match drawn.
Nov 5 - Nov 7	Indian Board President's XI v West Indians, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	Match drawn.
Nov 19 - Nov 21	West Zone v West Indians, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur	Match drawn.
Dec 3 - Dec 5	East Zone v West Indians, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	West Indians won by an innings and 124 runs.

References[]

External links[]

• The West Indians in India, 1983-84 by Wisden