West Indian cricket team in India in 2011–12
| West Indian cricket team in India in 2011–12 | |||
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 6 November – 11 December 2011 | ||
| Captains |
MS Dhoni (Test) Virender Sehwag[n 1] (ODI) | Darren Sammy | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (319) | Darren Bravo (404) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (22) | Darren Sammy (9) | |
| Player of the series | Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Rohit Sharma (305) | Kieron Pollard (199) | |
| Most wickets | Ravindra Jadeja (9) | Kemar Roach (9) | |
| Player of the series | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | ||
The West Indies cricket team toured India from 6 November to 11 December 2011. The tour consisted of three Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1] On day three of the First Test, Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to pass 15,000 runs in Test cricket.[2]
Squads
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Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]6–10 November
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 15,000 Test runs.
- Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav (both Ind) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
[edit]14–18 November
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- India got their second largest lead of 478 in Test cricket.
3rd Test
[edit]22–26 November
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Varun Aaron (Ind) made his Test debut.
- Rahul Dravid became the second cricketer to score 13,000 Test runs.
- Ravichandran Ashwin became the third Indian to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test.
- This was the second Test match ever to be drawn with scores level.
ODI series
[edit]1st ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
[edit]4th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rahul Sharma (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- Virender Sehwag's score of 219 broke the previous record for the highest individual ODI score by Sachin Tendulkar. It was the second double-century by a batsman in ODI cricket. The innings consisted of 25 fours and 7 sixes, hitting 65% of his runs with boundaries.[5]
- India registered their highest ever total in ODIs.
5th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gautam Gambhir was the stand in captain for this match in absence of Virender Sehwag.
- Jason Mohammed (WI) made his ODI debut.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Gautam Gambhir captained India in the fifth ODIs.
References
[edit]- ^ "West Indies tour of India 2011/12 / Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Sachin Tendulkar passes 15,000 Test runs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ India v West Indies / India Squad – 1st Test Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ India v West Indies / West Indies Squad – 1st Test Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2011
- ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
External links
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