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.
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Date | 17 February – 3 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | West Indies won the 5-Test series 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Mohinder Amarnath (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tour matches
editFour-day: Jamaica v Indians
edit17–20 February 1983
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- Indians won the toss and decided to bat.
- Prince Francis, Aaron Daley and Errol Wilson (Jamaica) made their first-class debuts.[1]
Four-day: Trinidad and Tobago v Indians
editTest matches
edit1st Test
edit23–28 February
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2nd Test
edit11–16 March
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3rd Test
edit4th Test
edit5th Test
edit28 April–3 May
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- 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.[4]
- 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.[5][6]
ODI matches
editThe West Indies won the series 2–1.
1st ODI
edit 9 March 1983
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- 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
edit 29 March 1983
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- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jamaica v Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
- ^ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Fifth Test Match, WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "April 30, 1983: Gordon Greenidge and the 'Tragic Century'". News18. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Born to keep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
External links
edit- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- India in West Indies, 1982-83 at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in West Indies 1982/83 at CricketArchive (subscription required)