West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79
The West Indies cricket team, captained by Alvin Kallicharran, toured India and Sri Lanka from November 1978 to February 1979 and played a six-match Test series against the India national cricket team. India won the series 1–0. In Sri Lanka, the West Indians played two internationals against the Sri Lanka national cricket team which had not then achieved Test status; therefore, the internationals played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, both in Colombo, are classified as first-class matches. India were captained by Sunil Gavaskar and Sri Lanka by Anura Tennekoon.It was first test series win for India at home against West Indies[1]
Test series summary
[edit]First Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- 4 December was taken as a rest day.
Second Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 18 December was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the final day.
- MD Marshall (WIN) made his Test debut.
Third Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 1 January was taken as a rest day.
- MV Narasimha Rao (IND) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 January was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- DD Parsana (IND) and HS Chang (WIN) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 January was taken as a rest day.
Sixth Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 5 February was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the fifth day.
References
[edit]- ^ "West Indies in India and Sri Lanka 1978–79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- West Indies in India and Sri Lanka 1978-79.html at CricketArchive
Further reading
[edit]- Dicky Rutnagur, "West Indies in India and Sri Lanka, 1978-79", Wisden 1980, pp. 980–1005.
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