West Indian cricket team in India in 1987–88

West Indies cricket team in India in 1987-88

	India	West Indies
Dates	25 November 1987 – 25 January 1988
Captains	Dileep Vengsarkar(1st 3 tests) & Ravi Shastri(4th test)	Viv Richards
Test series
Result	4-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Dileep Vengsarkar (305)	Viv Richards (295)
Most wickets	Narendra Hirwani (16)	Courtney Walsh (26)
One Day International series
Result	West Indies won the 7-match series 6–1
Most runs	Mohinder Amarnath (262)	Carl Hooper (250)
Most wickets	Patrick Patterson (17)	Ravi Shastri (9)

The West Indies national cricket team visited India in 1987-88 for a 4-match test series and followed by 7 one day international matches along with a one-off benevolent fund match.^[1] The test series was drawn 1-1 and West Indies won the ODI series with 6-1.^[2]

Test Series

1st Test

25-29 November
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
75 (30.5 overs) Arun Lal 20 (44) Patrick Patterson 5/24 (8.5 Overs)		127 (47.1 overs) Desmond Haynes 45 (143) Chetan Sharma 5/55 (13.1 Overs)
327 (113.3 overs) Dileep Vengsarkar 102 (257) Courtney Walsh 5/54 (29.3 overs)		276/5 (85.3 overs) Viv Richards 109* (111) Arshad Ayub 4/72 (25 Overs)

West Indies won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Dara Dotiwala and V. K. Ramaswamy

India won the toss and elected to bat
Sanjay Manjrekar, Arshad Ayub (both IND) and Winston Benjamin (WI) made there test debuts.

2nd Test

11–16 December
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
281 (67.4 overs) Krishnamachari Srikkanth 71 (63) Courtney Walsh 5/54 (17.4 Overs)		337 (103.3 overs) Richie Richardson 89 (186) Ravi Shastri 4/71 (28.3 Overs)
173 (46 overs) Krishnamachari Srikkanth 65 (78) Patrick Patterson 5/68 (16 Overs)		4/1 (2 overs) Gordon Greenidge 2 (4) Chetan Sharma 1/1 (1 Over)

Match drawn
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ram Gupta and Piloo Reporter

India won the toss and elected to bat
No play on day 2
Carl Hooper made his Test debut for West Indies.

3rd Test

26 - 31 December 1987
Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
530/5 d (151.5 overs) Gordon Greenidge 141 (265) Kapil Dev 2/103 (28 Overs)		565 (172.2 overs) Dileep Vengsarkar 102Retired Hurt (266) Courtney Walsh 4/136 (29 Overs)
157/2 (62 overs) Gordon Greenidge 69 (159) Ravi Shastri 2/13 (10 Overs)

Match Drawn
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Ram Gupta and Piloo Reporter

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

4th Test

11 - 15 January 1988
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
382 (104.1 overs) Kapil Dev 109 (124) Winston Davis 4/76 (18.1 Overs)		184 (73.3 overs) Viv Richards 68 (102) Narendra Hirwani 8/61 (18.3 Overs)
217/8 d (76 overs) WV Raman 83 (205) Courtney Walsh 4/55 (16 Overs)		160 (41.2 overs) Gus Logie 67 (62) Narendra Hirwani 8/75 (15.2 Overs)

India won by 255 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Ram Gupta and Piloo Reporter

India won the toss and elected to bat
Narendra Hirwani, WV Raman, Ajay Sharma (all IND) and Phil Simmons (WIN) all made their test debuts.

References

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