Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1982–83

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.

Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1982–83
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)
Teams  West Indies  India Captains Clive Lloyd Kapil Dev Most runs Clive Lloyd (407) Gordon Greenidge (393) Desmond Haynes (333) Mohinder Amarnath (598) Dilip Vengsarkar (279) Kapil Dev (254) Most wickets Andy Roberts (24) Malcolm Marshall (21) Michael Holding (12) Kapil Dev (17) Ravi Shastri (10) Venkataraghavan (10)
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Tour matches

Four-day: Jamaica v Indians

17–20 February 1983 Scorecard

Indians	v	Jamaica
185 (64 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 42 Courtney Walsh 4/31 (12 overs)		306 (112.5 overs) Jeff Dujon 104 Mohinder Amarnath 4/26 (10 overs)
395/6d (130 overs) Anshuman Gaekwad 89 Mark Neita 2/43 (21 overs)		71/4 (31 overs) Colin Fletcher Kapil Dev 2/11 (8 overs)

Match drawn Sabina Park, Kingston Umpires: Antonio Gaynor and W Malcolm

• 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

3–6 March 1983 Scorecard

Trinidad and Tobago	v	Indians
193 (62.1 overs) Phil Simmons 81 Maninder Singh 5/48 (21 overs)		403 (135.5 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 114 Ganesh Mahabir 4/71 (27.5 overs)
141 (43.2 overs) Richard S. Gabriel 30 Maninder Singh 7/47 (18.2 overs)

Indians won by an innings and 69 runs Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago Umpires: Clarence Shaffralli and Sadique Mohammed

• Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.

Test matches

1st Test

23–28 February Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
251 (87.4 overs) Balwinder Sandhu 68 Andy Roberts 4/61 (22 overs)		254 (116.3 overs) Gordon Greenidge 70 (249) Ravi Shastri 4/43 (24 overs)
174 (85.3 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 40 Andy Roberts 5/39 (24.3 overs)		173/6 (25.2 overs) Viv Richards 61 (36) Kapil Dev 4/73 (13 overs)

West Indies won by 4 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Wesley Malcolm (WIN) Player of the match: Andy Roberts (WIN)

• West Indies won the toss and decided to field
• Gus Logie (WIN) made his Test debut.
• Kapil Dev (Ind) passed 2,000 runs in tests.^[2]

2nd Test

11–16 March scorecard

India	v	West Indies
175 (66.1 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 58 Malcolm Marshall 5/37 (19.1 overs)		394 (138.3 overs) Clive Lloyd 143 Kapil Dev 3/91 (31 overs)
469/7 (139.1 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 117 Andy Roberts 2/100 (25 overs)

Match drawn Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Umpires: Sadique Mohammed (WIN) and Stanton Parris (WIN) Player of the match: Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)

• West Indies won the toss and decided to field
• 14 March was a rest day.
• Kapil Dev (Ind) claimed his 200th wicket in Tests.^[3]

3rd Test

31 March–5 April Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
470 (142.4 overs) Viv Richards 109 Balwinder Sandhu 3/87 (25.4 overs)		284/3 (79 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 147 Malcolm Marshall 1/39 (13 overs)

Match drawn Bourda, Georgetown Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and David Narine (WIN)

• West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

15–20 April Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
209 (57.2 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 91 Andy Roberts 4/48 (16 overs)		486 (158.2 overs) Gus Logie 130 Kapil Dev 3/76 (32.2 overs)
277 (79.2 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 80 Andy Roberts 4/31 (19.2 overs)		1/0 (0.1 overs) Gordon Greenidge 0* (2) Syed Kirmani 0/0 (0.1 overs)

West Indies won by 10 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Stanton Parris (WIN) Player of the match: Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)

• West Indies won the toss and decided to field

5th Test

28 April–3 May Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
457 (126.5 overs) Ravi Shastri 102 Malcolm Marshall 4/87 (27.5 overs)		550 (166.4 overs) Gordon Greenidge 154* Madan Lal 3/105 (35 overs)
247/5 d. (88 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 116 Malcolm Marshall 2/33 (18 overs)

Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Umpires: David Archer (WIN) and Andrew Weekes Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (WIN)

• 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

The West Indies won the series 2–1.

1st ODI

9 March 1983 Scorecard

West Indies  215/4 (38.5 overs)	v	India 163/7 (39 overs)
Desmond Haynes 97 (104) Kapil Dev 2/21 (6.5 overs)		Dilip Vengsarkar 27 (26) Larry Gomes 3/50 (9 overs)

West Indies won by 52 runs Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: David Narine (WI) and Andrew Weekes (WI) Player of the match: Desmond Haynes (WI)

• 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

29 March 1983 Scorecard

India  282/5 (47 overs)	v	West Indies 255/9 (47 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 90 (117) Malcolm Marshall 1/23 (7 overs)		Viv Richards 64 (51) Ravi Shastri 3/48 (8 overs)

India won by 27 runs Albion Sports Complex, Albion, Guyana Umpires: David Archer (WI) and Mohamed Baksh (WI) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)

• 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

7 April 1983 Scorecard

India  166 (44.4 overs)	v	West Indies 167/3 (40.2 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 54 (59) Larry Gomes 4/38 (10 overs)		Gordon Greenidge 64 (95) Ravi Shastri 1/10 (5 overs)

West Indies won by 7 wickets Queen's Park (old ground), St. George's, Grenada Umpires: Stanton Parris (WI) and Pat Whyte (WI) Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Jamaica v Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
2. "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
3. "WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
4. "Fifth Test Match, WEST INDIES v INDIA 1982-83". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
5. "April 30, 1983: Gordon Greenidge and the 'Tragic Century'". News18. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
6. "Born to keep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

External links

• Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
• India in West Indies, 1982-83 at ESPNcricinfo archive
• India in West Indies 1982/83 at CricketArchive (subscription required)