Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71

Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1952–53


Date	5 February – 19 April 1971
Location	West Indies
Result	India won the 5-Test series 1–0

Teams

West Indies

India

Captains

Garry Sobers

Ajit Wadekar

Most runs

Garry Sobers (597)
Charlie Davis (529)
Rohan Kanhai (433)

Sunil Gavaskar (774)
Dilip Sardesai (642)
Eknath Solkar (224)

Most wickets

Jack Noreiga (17)
Garry Sobers (12)
John Shepherd (7)

Srinivas Venkataraghavan (22)
Bishan Singh Bedi (15)
Erapalli Prasanna (11)

The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1970–71 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with India winning the series 1–0.

The series can be deemed as a landmark in Indian cricket in many ways. This was India's first ever test victory and test series victory over the West Indies. It was also their first victory in West Indies. The series marked the international debut for the batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar and he scored heavily in this series, including four test centuries and a double century. He would go on to serve India for almost 17 more years.

Test matches

1st Test

18–23 February 1971
Sccorecard

India	v	West Indies
387 (158.4 overs) Dilip Sardesai 212 Vanburn Holder 4/60 (27.4 overs)		217 (93.5 overs) Rohan Kanhai 56 Erapalli Prasanna 4/65 (33 overs)
		385/5 (136 overs) (f/o) Rohan Kanhai 158 Eknath Solkar 2/56 (22 overs)

Match drawn
Sabina Park, Kingston
Umpires: RG Gosein, D Sang Hue

West Indies won the toss and decided to field

2nd Test

6–10 March 1971
Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
214 (72.5 overs) Charlie Davis 71 Erapalli Prasanna 4/54 (19.5 overs)		352 (157.4 overs) Dilip Sardesai 112 Jack Noreiga 9/95 (49.4 overs)
261 (110.5 overs) Roy Fredericks 80 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 5/95 (36 overs)		125/3 (49.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 67 Arthur Barrett 3/43 (8.4 overs)

India won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Umpires: RG Gosein, S Ishmael

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

19–24 March 1971
Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
363 (158.2 overs) Desmond Lewis 81 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 3/128 (59 overs)		376 (167.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 116 Garry Sobers 3/72 (43 overs)
307/3 d. (100 overs) Charlie Davis 125 Bishan Singh Bedi 2/55 (26 overs)		123/0 (30 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 64 Lance Gibbs 0/4 (1 overs)

Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown
Umpires: RG Gosein, FCP Kippins

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

1–6 April 1971
scorecard

West Indies	v	India
501/5 d. (171 overs) Garry Sobers 178 Bishan Singh Bedi 2/124 (54 overs)		347 (125.4 overs) Dilip Sardesai 150 Uton Dowe 4/69 (23 overs)
180/6 d. (43 overs) Roy Fredericks 48 Abid Ali 3/70 (21 overs)		221/5 (103 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 117 Garry Sobers 2/31 (23 overs)

Match drawn
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: HBD Jordan, D Sang Hue

India won the toss and decided to field

5th Test

13–19 April 1971 (6-day match)
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
360 (133.3 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 124 David Holford 3/68 (28.3 overs)		526 (216.3 overs) Garry Sobers 132 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 4/100 (37.3 overs)
427 (197.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 220 Jack Noreiga 5/129 (53.4 overs)		165/8 (40 overs) Clive Lloyd 64 Abid Ali 3/73 (15 overs)

Match drawn
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Umpires: RG Gosein, D Sang Hue

India won the toss and decided to bat

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