Indian national cricket team in the West Indies in the 1970-71 season

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The tour of the Indian national cricket team to the West Indies in the 1970/71 season took place from February 18 to April 19, 1971. The international cricket tour was part of the 1970/71 international cricket season and comprised five tests . India won the series 1–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1966/67 season in India .

Stages

Tour venues
Tour venues in Jamaica
Indian national cricket team in the West Indies in the 1970/71 season (Guyana)
Georgetown (BCG)
Georgetown (BCG)
Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

city country Stadion capacity Games
Bridgetown Barbados Kensington oval 11,000 4th test
Georgetown Guyana Bourda Cricket Ground 25,000 3rd test
Kingston Jamaica Sabina Park 20,000 1st test
Port of Spain  Trinidad and Tobago Queen's Park Oval 25,000 2nd & 5th test

Squad lists

test
West Indies cricket team West Indies India India
  • Inshan Ali
  • Arthur Barrett
  • Keith Boyce
  • Steve Camacho
  • Joey Carew
  • Winston Davis
  • Uton Dowe
  • Mike Findlay
  • Maurice Foster
  • Roy Fredericks
  • Lance Gibbs
  • Roland Holder
  • David Holford
  • Rohan Kanhai
  • Rawl Lewis
  • Clive Lloyd
  • Jack Noreiga
  • John Shepherd
  • Irvine Shillingford
  • Garry Sobers
  • Syed Abid Ali
  • Bishan Bedi
  • Salim Durani
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Kenya Jayantilal
  • Pochiah Krishnamurthy
  • Ashok Mankad
  • Erapalli Prasanna
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Eknath Solkar
  • Srinivas Venkataraghavan
  • Sadanand Viswanath
  • Ajit Wadekar

Testing

First test in Kingston

February
18-23 Scorecard
Kingston India India
387 (158.4)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
217 (93.5) & 385-5 (136) (f / o)
draw

Second test in Port of Spain

March
6-10 scorecard
Port of Spain West Indies cricket team West Indies
214 (72.5) & 261 (110.5)
- India India
352 (157.4) & 125-3 (49.4)
India wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Georgetown

March
19-24 Scorecard
Georgetown (BCG) West Indies cricket team West Indies
363 (158.2) & 307-3d (100)
- India India
376 (167.4) & 123-0 (30)
draw

Fourth test in Bridgetown

April
1-6 Scorecard
Bridgetown West Indies cricket team West Indies
501-5d (171) & 180-6d (43)
- India India
347 (125.4) & 221-5 (103)
draw

Fifth test in Port of Spain

April 13-19
Scorecard
Port of Spain India India
360 (133.3) & 427 (197.4)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
526 (216.3) & 165-8 (40)
draw

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