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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. [1]
The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 16-man squad for the India tour on 1 April 1958 led by Frank Worrell. [2] However, Worrell withdrew from the tour in May. John Holt and Wes Hall were added to the squad in August. [3]
The squad included:
28 November–3 December 1958 Scorecard |
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12–17 December 1958 Scorecard |
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31 December 1958–4 January 1959 Scorecard |
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21–26 January 1959 Scorecard |
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