| Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1952–53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 10 January – 4 April 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | West Indies won 5-Test series 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1952–53 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the series 1–0. India also played five other first-class matches, one of which resulted in India's victory. The tour was the first of the Caribbean by a national team other than England.
Touring party
Vijay Hazare was named India's captain for the tour on 24 November 1952 and was included in the selection panel. The touring party was announced on 6 December. Five of the selected players withdrew before the tour began. Probir Sen was replaced by Ebrahim Maka and C. D. Gopinath, who broke his collar bone, by Mysore cricketer L. Adiseth, who also withdrew later. Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan, who had a groin injury, was replaced by N. Kannayiram. Ghulam Ahmed turned down the tour in order to get married on 26 December, three days after the team flew from India. He was initially not replaced as the Board of Control for Cricket in India believed he could be convinced to fly to the Caribbean after his wedding. However, he declined to do so as his wedding had already been postponed once because of a relative's illness. Subsequently, leg-spinner Jayasinghrao Ghorpade was called in.
The final touring party was:
- Vijay Hazare, captain
- Vinoo Mankad, vice-captain
- Madhav Apte
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari
- Datta Gaekwad
- Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
- Subhash Gupte
- Nana Joshi
- N. Kannayiram
- Ebrahim Maka
- Vijay Manjrekar
- Dattu Phadkar
- Gulabrai Ramchand
- Pankaj Roy
- Deepak Shodhan
- Polly Umrigar
Test matches
1st Test
| 21–28 January 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard |
India 
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v | West Indies
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| 417 (192.1 overs) Polly Umrigar 130 Gerry Gomez 3/84 (42 overs) |
438 (182 overs) Everton Weekes 207 Subhash Gupte 7/162 (66 overs) | |
| 294 (143.5 overs) Polly Umrigar 69 Sonny Ramadhin 3/58 (24.5 overs) |
142/0 (55 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 76 Subhash Gupte 0/2 (2 overs) |
| Match drawn Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Umpires: Carlton John and Eric Lee Kow |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari (Ind) and Alfred Binns, Bruce Pairaudeau and Frank King (all WI) made their debut in Test matches.
- 25 and 26 January were rest days.
2nd Test
| 7–12 February 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard |
| West Indies
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v | India
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| 296 (116.4 overs) Clyde Walcott 98 Subhash Gupte 3/99 (41 overs) |
253 (134 overs) Madhav Apte 64 Alfred Valentine 4/58 (41 overs) | |
| 228 (90.3 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 54 Dattu Phadkar 5/64 (29.3 overs) |
129 (79.5 overs) Gulabrai Ramchand 34 Sonny Ramadhin 5/26 (24.5 overs) |
| West Indies won by 142 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Umpires: Cortez Jordan and Harold Walcott |
- West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
3rd Test
| 19–25 February 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard |
| India
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v | West Indies
|
| 279 (131.2 overs) Gulabrai Ramchand 62 Frank King 5/74 (31 overs) |
315 (146 overs) Everton Weekes 161 Subhash Gupte 5/107 (48 overs) | |
| 362/7d (200.1 overs) Madhav Apte 163 Frank Worrell 2/62 (31 overs) |
192/2 (54 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 104 Subhash Gupte 1/19 (7 overs) |
| Match drawn Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Umpires: Carlton John and Eric Lee Kow |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
4th Test
| 11–17 March 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard |
| India
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v | West Indies
|
| 262 (124.5 overs) Vinoo Mankad 66 Alfred Valentine 5/127 (53.5 overs) |
364 (156.2 overs) Clyde Walcott 125 Subhash Gupte 4/122 (56.2 overs) | |
| 190/5 (98 overs) Pankaj Roy 48 Alfred Valentine 3/71 (34 overs) |
| Match drawn Bourda, Georgetown Umpires: Wing Gillette and Toby Rollox |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
5th Test
| 28 Mar − 4 Apr 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard |
| India
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v | West Indies
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| 312 (141.5 overs) Polly Umrigar 117 Alfred Valentine 5/64 (27.5 overs) |
576 (206.1 overs) Frank Worrell 237 Subhash Gupte 5/180 (65.1 overs) | |
| 444 (178 overs) Pankaj Roy 150 Gerry Gomez 4/72 (47 overs) |
92/4 (47 overs) Everton Weekes 36 Gulabrai Ramchand 2/33 (15 overs) |
| Match drawn Sabina Park, Kingston Umpires: Sam Burke and Tom Ewart |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
References
- "India in West Indies Jan/Apr 1953 - Results Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Gupta, Rajneesh. "India in the West Indies: How it all began". Rediff. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- "Test Cricket Tours - India to West Indies 1952-53". test-cricket-tours.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Further reading
- "India in West Indies, 1953", Wisden 1954, pp. 820–34
External links
- India in West Indies, 1952-53 at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in West Indies 1952-53 at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
- "Sailing by banana boat to face the Three Ws" by G.S. Ramchand at ESPNcricinfo
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