The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1952–53 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the series 1–0. India also played five other first-class matches, one of which resulted in India's victory.[1] The tour was the first of the Caribbean by a national team other than England.[2]
| Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1952–53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 10 January – 4 April 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | West Indies won 5-Test series 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Touring party
editVijay Hazare was named India's captain for the tour on 24 November 1952 and was included in the selection panel. The touring party was announced on 6 December. Five of the selected players withdrew before the tour began. Probir Sen was replaced by Ebrahim Maka and C. D. Gopinath, who broke his collar bone, by Mysore cricketer L. Adiseth, who also withdrew later. Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan, who had a groin injury, was replaced by N. Kannayiram. Ghulam Ahmed turned down the tour in order to get married on 26 December, three days after the team flew from India.[2] He was initially not replaced as the Board of Control for Cricket in India believed he could be convinced to fly to the Caribbean after his wedding. However, he declined to do so as his wedding had already been postponed once because of a relative's illness. Subsequently, leg-spinner Jayasinghrao Ghorpade was called in.[3]
The final touring party was:[2]
Test matches
edit1st Test
edit21–28 January 1953 (6-day match)
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- India won the toss and decided to bat
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari (Ind) and Alfred Binns, Bruce Pairaudeau and Frank King (all WI) made their debut in Test matches.
- 25 and 26 January were rest days.
2nd Test
edit3rd Test
edit4th Test
edit5th Test
editReferences
edit- ^ "India in West Indies Jan/Apr 1953 - Results Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Gupta, Rajneesh. "India in the West Indies: How it all began". Rediff. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Test Cricket Tours - India to West Indies 1952-53". test-cricket-tours.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Further reading
edit- "India in West Indies, 1953", Wisden 1954, pp. 820–34
External links
edit- India in West Indies, 1952-53 at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in West Indies 1952-53 at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
- "Sailing by banana boat to face the Three Ws" by G.S. Ramchand at ESPNcricinfo