West Indies cricket team in India in the 1966-67 season

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The West Indies cricket teams tour to India in the 1966/67 season took place from December 13, 1966 to January 18, 1967. The international cricket tour was part of the 1966/67 international cricket season and included three tests . The West Indies won the series 2-0.

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 1961/62 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Tour venues

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

Stadion city capacity Games
Brabourne Stadium Bombay 25,000 1st test
Eden Gardens Calcutta 82,000 2nd test
MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras 46,000 3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
India India West Indies cricket team West Indies
  • Abbas Ali Baig
  • Bishan Bedi
  • Chandu Borde
  • Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
  • Salim Durani
  • Farokh Engineer
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Budhi Kunderan
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Erapalli Prasanna
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Hanumant Singh
  • Venkataraman Subramanya
  • Rusi Surti
  • Srinivas Venkataraghavan
  • Ajit Wadekar
  • Nawab of Pataudi
  • Basil Butcher
  • Robin Bynoe
  • Lance Gibbs
  • Adrian Griffith
  • Wes Hall
  • Jackie Hendriks
  • David Holford
  • Conrad Hunte
  • Rohan Kanhai
  • Clive Lloyd
  • Seymour Nurse
  • Garry Sobers

Testing

First test in Bombay

December
13-18 scorecard
Mumbai (BS) India India
296 (109.4) & 316 (111.5)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
421 (161.5) & 192-4 (64.1)
West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Second test in Calcutta

December 31 - January 5
scorecard
Calcutta West Indies cricket team West Indies
390 (138)
- India India
167 (85.5) & 178 (77.4) (f / o)
West Indies wins with one innings and 45 runs

Third test in Madras

January
13-18 Scorecard
Madras India India
404 (143.2) & 323 (105.4)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
406 (132) & 270-7 (93)
draw

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