West Indian cricket team in India in 1948–49

      West Indies cricket team in India in 1948-49
      Date 19 October 1948 - 3 March 1949
      Location India India
      Result West Indies won the 5-Test series 1-0-4
      Teams
       India  West Indies
      Captains
      Lala Amarnath John Goddard
      Most runs
      Rusi Modi (560)
      Vijay Hazare (543)
      Lala Amarnath (294)
      Everton Weekes (779)
      Clyde Walcott (452)
      Allan Rae (374)
      Most wickets
      Vinoo Mankad (17)
      Dattu Phadkar (14)
      Ghulam Ahmed (8)
      Prior Jones (17)
      Gerry Gomez (16)
      John Trim (10)

      The West Indies national cricket team toured India in 1948-49 season.[1] The two teams played five Tests. West indies won the test series 1-0 with 4 test being drawn.

      Test matches

      1st Test

      10–14 November 1948
      scorecard
      West Indies 
      631 (183.4 overs)
      v  India
      454 (158.4 overs)
      Match drawn
      Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
      Umpires: DK Naik, JR Patel
      Clyde Walcott 152
      C. R. Rangachari 5/107 (29.4 overs)
      Hemu Adhikari 114
      Prior Jones 3/90 (28.4 overs)
      220/6 (f/o) (102 overs)
      Khanmohammad Ibrahim 44
      Prior Jones 0/32 (10 overs)
      • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

      2nd Test

      9–13 December 1948
      scorecard
      West Indies 
      629/6 d. (206 overs)
      v  India
      273 (142.2 overs)
      Match drawn
      Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
      Umpires: TA Ramachandran, PK Sinha
      Everton Weekes 194
      Vinoo Mankad 3/202 (75 overs)
      Dattu Phadkar 74
      Wilfred Ferguson 4/126 (57 overs)
      333/3 (132 overs)
      Vijay Hazare 134
      Prior Jones 1/52 (12 overs)
      • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

      3rd Test

      31 Dec 1948 - 4 Jan 1949
      scorecard
      West Indies 
      366 (115.2 overs)
      v  India
      272 (109 overs)
      Match drawn
      Eden Gardens, Calcutta
      Umpires: AR Joshi, BJ Mohoni
      Everton Weekes 162
      Ghulam Ahmed 4/94 (35.2 overs)
      Rusi Modi 80
      John Goddard 3/34 (13 overs)
      336/9 d. (105.3 overs) 325/3 (136 overs)
      Clyde Walcott 108
      Vinoo Mankad 3/68 (24.3 overs)
      Mushtaq Ali 106
      John Goddard 1/41 (23 overs)
      • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

      4th Test

      27–31 January 1949
      screcard
      West Indies 
      582 (176.3 overs)
      v  India
      245 (99 overs)
      West Indies won by an innings and 193 runs
      Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
      Umpires: AR Joshi, BJ Mohoni
      Jeffrey Stollmeyer 160
      Dattu Phadkar 7/159 (45.3 overs)
      Rusi Modi 56
      John Trim 4/48 (27 overs)
      144 (63.3 overs)
      Vijay Hazare 52
      Prior Jones 4/30 (10 overs)
      • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

      5th Test

      4–8 February 1949
      scorecard
      West Indies 
      286 (104.2 overs)
      v  India
      193 (88.4 overs)
      Match drawn
      Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
      Umpires: AR Joshi, BJ Mohoni
      Jeffrey Stollmeyer 85
      Dattu Phadkar 4/74 (29.2 overs)
      Vijay Hazare 40
      John Trim 3/69 (30 overs)
      267 (107.3 overs) 355/8 (107 overs)
      Allan Rae 97
      Shute Banerjee 4/54 (24.3 overs)
      Vijay Hazare 122
      Prior Jones 5/85 (41 overs)
      • West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
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