| West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 5 November 1958 – 15 February 1959 | ||
| Captains |
Polly Umrigar (1st Test) Ghulam Ahmed (2nd and 3rd Tests) Vinoo Mankad (4th Test) Hemu Adhikari (5th Test) | Gerry Alexander | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Polly Umrigar (337) | Garfield Sobers (557) | |
| Most wickets | Subhash Gupte (22) | Wes Hall (30) | |
The West Indies cricket team toured India from November 1958 to February 1959 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team. The West Indies won the series 3–0. The West Indies were captained by Gerry Alexander while India used four different captains in the series, Ghulam Ahmed leading in two Tests.
Touring party
The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 16-man squad for the India tour on 1 April 1958 led by Frank Worrell. However, Worrell withdrew from the tour in May. John Holt and Wes Hall were added to the squad in August.
The squad included:
- Gerry Alexander (c)
- Eric Atkinson
- Basil Butcher
- Robin Bynoe
- Lance Gibbs
- Roy Gilchrist
- Wes Hall
- Jackie Hendriks (wk)
- John Holt
- Conrad Hunte
- Rohan Kanhai
- Sonny Ramadhin
- Willie Rodriguez
- Collie Smith
- Garfield Sobers
- Joe Solomon
- Jaswick Taylor
Test series summary
First Test
| 28 November–3 December 1958 Scorecard |
West Indies 
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v |  India
|
| 227 (101.1 overs) Rohan Kanhai 66 Subhash Gupte 4/86 (33 overs) |
152 (68.2 overs) Polly Umrigar 55 Roy Gilchrist 4/39 (23.2 overs) | |
| 323/4d (112 overs) Garfield Sobers 142* Ghulam Guard 2/69 (17 overs) |
289/5 (132 overs) Pankaj Roy 90 Roy Gilchrist 2/75 (41 overs) |
| Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Jamshed Patel (Ind) and M. G. Vijayasarathi (Ind) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chandu Borde, Ghulam Guard and Manohar Hardikar (all Ind), and Basil Butcher and Wes Hall (both Win) made their Test debuts.
- 1 December was taken as a rest day.
- Collie Smith (Win) and Gulabrai Ramchand (Ind) passed 1,000 runs while Polly Umrigar (Ind) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.
- Subhash Gupte became the second India player to claim 100 Test wickets.
Second Test
| 12–17 December 1958 Scorecard |
| West Indies
|
v | India
|
| 222 (85.3 overs) Gerry Alexander 70 Subhash Gupte 9/102 (34.3 overs) |
222 (101.4 overs) Polly Umrigar 57 Wes Hall 6/50 (28.4 overs) | |
| 443/7d (127 overs) Garfield Sobers 198 Gulabrai Ramchand 2/114 (40 overs) |
240 (101.1 overs) Nari Contractor 50 Wes Hall 5/76 (32 overs) |
| West Indies won by 203 runs Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Mohammad Yunus (Ind) and Jamshed Patel (Ind) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 December was taken as a rest day.
- Vasant Ranjane (Ind) and Joe Solomon (Win) made their Test debuts.
Third Test
| 31 December 1958–4 January 1959 Scorecard |
| West Indies
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v | India
|
| 614/5d (162.1 overs) Rohan Kanhai 256 Surendranath 2/168 (46 overs) |
124 (62.5 overs) Polly Umrigar 44* Roy Gilchrist 3/18 (23 overs) | |
| 154 (f/o) (49 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 58* Roy Gilchrist 6/55 (21 overs) |
| West Indies won by an innings and 336 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Mohammad Yunus (Ind) and Noshirvan Nagarwala (Ind) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ramnath Kenny and Surendranath (both Ind) made their Test debuts.
- Rohan Kanhai made his first century and the highest individual by a West Indies player against India in a Test (256).
- 2 January was taken as a rest day.
Fourth Test
| 21–26 January 1959 Scorecard |
| West Indies
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v | India
|
| 500 (181 overs) Basil Butcher 142 Vinoo Mankad 4/95 (38 overs) |
222 (78.1 overs) A. G. Kripal Singh 53 Garfield Sobers 4/26 (18.1 overs) | |
| 168/5d (76 overs) John Holt 81* Subhash Gupte 4/78 (30 overs) |
151 (70 overs) Chandu Borde 56 Roy Gilchrist 3/36 (17 overs) |
| West Indies won by 295 runs Nehru Stadium, Madras Umpires: Bapu Joshi (Ind) and M. G. Vijayasarathi (Ind) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Apoorva Sengupta (Ind) made his Test debut.
- 23 January was taken as a rest day.
- Rohan Kanhai and Garfield Sobers (both Win) passed 1,000 and 2,000 runs respectively in Tests.
- Roy Gilchrist (Win) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.
Fifth Test
| 6–11 February 1959 Scorecard |
| India
|
v | West Indies
|
| 415 (141.3 overs) Chandu Borde 109 Wes Hall 4/66 (26 overs) |
644/8d (214 overs) John Holt 123 Ramakant Desai 4/169 (49 overs) | |
| 275 (111.2 overs) Chandu Borde 96 Collie Smith 5/90 (42 overs) |
| Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Santosh Ganguli (Ind) and Noshirvan Nagarwala (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ramakant Desai (Ind) made his Test debut.
- Chandu Borde (Ind) scored his first Test century.
- 9 February was taken as a rest day.
- John Holt passed 1,000 runs in Tests.
References
- "West Indies in India 1958–59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- "Worrell to Lead W. Indies Team to India". The Indian Express. Reuters. 2 April 1958. p. 10.
- "Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to India & Pakistan 1958-59". Test Cricket Tours. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (1st Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Chughtai, Arshad (9 March 2006). "Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- "India v West Indies". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (4th Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ India v West Indies, West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 (5th Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
External links
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo archive
- West Indies in India and Pakistan 1958/59 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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