Series: | Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1988–89 |
Date: | 2 March – 3 May 1989 |
Place: | West Indies |
Result: | West Indies won the 4-match Test series 3–0 West Indies won the 5-match ODI series 5–0 |
Captain1: | Viv Richards |
Captain2: | Dilip Vengsarkar |
Runs1: | Richie Richardson (619) Desmond Haynes (280) Gordon Greenidge (243) |
Runs2: | Sanjay Manjrekar (200) Navjot Sidhu (179) Ravi Shastri (170) |
Wickets1: | Malcolm Marshall (19) Courtney Walsh (18) Ian Bishop (16) |
Wickets2: | Kapil Dev (18) Arshad Ayub (14) Chetan Sharma (8) |
The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1988–89 cricket season. India played four Test matches and five One Day International matches between 2 March and 3 May 1989, against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the Test series 3–0 and ODI series 5–0.[1]
The Indian squad for left for the West Indies on 26 February 1989. The side entered Caribbean on the back of a decent record barring the 1961–62 tour when they lost the series 5–0. In the 24 Tests played until then, India had won 2, lost 10 and drawn 12.[2]
The India team entered the game on the back of a 3–0 ODI series loss against the West Indies senior team, which ended on 11 March. Players who featured in the said matches and the first-class match against West Indies Board President's XI — Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kiran More — and two others, Ravi Shastri and Chetan Sharma, were rested. The side was captained by Krishnamachari Srikkanth.[3] The West Indies Under-23s included Kenny Benjamin, who played for the senior team. Carl Hooper, another regular in both teams, was rested for the game. The Under-23s side was captained by Brian Lara, then 19.[4] Batting first after winning the toss, the Indians declared after making 411/6. Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sanjay Manjrekar put on 171 runs for the third wicket with both scoring centuries.[5] The West Indies Under-23s were all out at 405, with Lara top-scoring for the side with 182, coming off 237 balls.[6] His century came in 177 balls and included 12 fours.[7] For the Indians, Narendra Hirwani (5/150) returned with best figures.
The West Indies won the Cable and Wireless ODI Series 5–0.