West Indian cricket team in India in 2011–12
| West Indian cricket team in India in 2011–12 | |||
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 6 November – 11 December 2011 | ||
| Captains |
MS Dhoni (Test) Virender Sehwag[n 1] (ODI) | Darren Sammy | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (319) | Darren Bravo (404) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (22) | Darren Sammy (9) | |
| Player of the series | Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Rohit Sharma (305) | Kieron Pollard (199) | |
| Most wickets | Ravindra Jadeja (9) | Kemar Roach (9) | |
| Player of the series | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | ||
The West Indies cricket team toured India from 6 November to 11 December 2011. The tour consisted of three Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1] On day three of the First Test, Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to pass 15,000 runs in Test cricket.[2]
Squads[]
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 West Indies[4]
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Test series[]
1st Test[]
6–10 November
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209 (52.5 overs)
Virender Sehwag 55 (46) Darren Sammy 3/55 (8 overs) | ||
276/5 (80.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 76 (148) Darren Sammy 2/56 (16 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 15,000 Test runs.
- Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav (both Ind) made their Test debuts.
- Ravichandran Ashwin becomes only the third Indian cricketer to be named Man of the Match on Test debut.[citation needed]
2nd Test[]
14–18 November
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153 (48 overs)
Darren Bravo 30 (56) Pragyan Ojha 4/64 (22 overs) | ||
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- India got their second largest lead of 478 in Test cricket.
3rd Test[]
22–26 November
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590 (184.1 overs)
Darren Bravo 166 (284) Ravichandran Ashwin 5/156 (52.1 overs) |
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134 (57.2 overs)
Darren Bravo 48 (105) Pragyan Ojha 6/47 (27 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Varun Aaron (Ind) made his Test debut.
- Rahul Dravid became the second cricketer to score 13,000 Test runs.
- Ravichandran Ashwin became the third Indian to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test.
- Second Test match ever to be drawn with scores level.
ODI series[]
1st ODI[]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI[]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI[]
4th ODI[]
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rahul Sharma (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- Virender Sehwag's score of 219 broke the previous record for the highest individual ODI score by Sachin Tendulkar. It was the second double-century by a batsman in ODI cricket. The innings consisted of 25 fours and 7 sixes, hitting 65% of his runs with boundaries.[5]
- India registered their highest ever total in ODIs.
5th ODI[]
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gautam Gambhir was the stand in captain for this match in absence of Virender Sehwag.
- Jason Mohammed (WI) made his ODI debut.
Notes[]
- ^ Gautam Gambhir captained India in the fifth ODIs.
References[]
- ^ "West Indies tour of India 2011/12 / Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Sachin Tendulkar passes 15,000 Test runs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ India v West Indies / India Squad – 1st Test Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ India v West Indies / West Indies Squad – 1st Test Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2011 in Indian cricket
- 2011 in West Indian cricket
- Indian cricket seasons from 2000–01
- International cricket competitions in 2011–12
- West Indian cricket tours of India