West Indian cricket team in India in 1994–95

The West Indies national cricket team visited India in 1994 for a 5-match ODI series and followed by a 3-match test series. India won the ODI series 4-1 and the test series was drawn 1-1.[1]

The bilateral ODI series was played around the Wills world series 1994-95, a triangular ODI tournament featuring India, West Indies and New Zealand, and also won by India. The triangular ODI tournament was played in colour clothing while the bilateral series was played in whites.[2]

West Indies cricket team in India in 1994-95
 
  India West Indies
Dates 17 October 1994 – 14 December 1994
Captains Mohammed Azharuddin Courtney Walsh, Brian Lara
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (402) Jimmy Adams (511)
Most wickets Venkatapathy Raju (20) Kenny Benjamin (17)
Player of the series Jimmy Adams (West Indies)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (247) Carl Hooper (291)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (9) Carl Hooper (9)
Player of the series Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Squads
 India  West Indies
Tests ODIs Tests ODIs

ODI Series

1st ODI
17 October
West Indies 
273-5 (50 overs)
v
 India
177 (45 overs)
Phil Simmons 76 (100)
Javagal Srinath 3/42 (10 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 52 (87)
Courtney Walsh 2/11 (5 overs)
West Indies won by 96 runs
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, India
Umpires: S. K. Sharma (India) and Ivaturi Shivram (India)
Player of the match: Phil Simmons (West Indies)
  • West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Cameron Cuffy and Stuart Williams made their ODI debuts for the West Indies.

Kapil Dev's last ODI for India.

2nd ODI
20 October
West Indies 
192-9 (50 overs)
v
 India
135-4 (33.1 overs)
Carl Hooper 70 (86)
Javagal Srinath 3/34 (10 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 65 (102)
Cameron Cuffy 2/29 (8.1 overs)
India won by 8 runs (Revised target)
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Umpires: Narendra Menon (India) and R. T. Ramachandran (India)
Player of the match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (India)
  • India won the toss and chose to field

Barrington Browne made his ODI debut for the West Indies.

3rd ODI
7 November
India 
260-4 (44 overs)
v
 West Indies
256-7 (43 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 114 (100)
Courtney Walsh 1/50 (9 overs)
Carl Hooper 74 (47)
Anil Kumble 2/41 (7 overs)
India won by 4 runs
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India
Umpires: H. S. Sekhon (India) and Raman Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (India)
  • West Indies won the toss and chose to field

4th ODI
9 November
West Indies 
251-9 (50 overs)
v
 India
256-2 (49.2 overs)
Brian Lara 89 (106)
Anil Kumble 3/43 (10 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 104 (126)
Courtney Walsh 1/29 (10 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (India) and Jose Kurushinkal (India)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (India)
  • West Indies won the toss and chose to bat
  • Ajay Jadeja (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

5th ODI
11 November
India 
259-5 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
254 (49 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 105 (134)
Anderson Cummins 2/49 (10 overs)
Carl Hooper 84 (88)
Venkatapathy Raju 4/46 (9 overs)
India won by 5 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India
Umpires: S. Choudhary (India) and Subroto Porel (India)
Player of the match: Carl Hooper (West Indies)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat

Brian Lara was the captain of the West Indies instead of Courtney Walsh, who was rested.

Test Series

1st Test
18-22 November 1994
v
272 (85.3 overs)
Nayan Mongia 80 (147)
Courtney Walsh 6/79 (22 overs)
243 (82.5 overs)
Stuart Williams 49 (131)
Venkatapathy Raju 5/60 (21 overs)
333 (98.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 85 (130)
Kenny Benjamin 4/82 (24 overs)
266 (81.4 overs)
Junior Murray 85 (130)
Javagal Srinath 4/48 (20 overs)
India won by 96 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Shyam Bansal (Ind)
Player of the match: Javagal Srinath (Ind)

2nd Test
1-5 December 1994
v
546-9d (155 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 179 (322)
Carl Hooper 5/116 (40 overs)
428 (153 overs)
Jimmy Adams 125 (312)
Venkatapathy Raju 5/127 (50 overs)
208-9d (63.4 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 76 (165)
Courtney Walsh 2/2 (5 overs)
132-5 (62 overs)
Carl Hooper 67 (89)
Anil Kumble 3/45 (23 overs)
Match drawn
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Nigel Plews (Eng) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Carl Hooper (West Indies)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test
10-14 December 1994
v
443 (142.4 overs)
Jimmy Adams 174 (371)
Anil Kumble 4/90 (29 overs)
387 (128.3 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 120 (275)
Kenny Benjamin 3/106 (35.3 overs)
301-3d (56.3 overs)
Jimmy Adams 78 (84)
Venkatapathy Raju 2/60 (12.3 overs)
114-9 (35.2 overs)
Javagal Srinath 17 (31)
Kenny Benjamin 5/65 (17 overs)
West Indies won by 243 runs
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Steve Dunne (New Zealand) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Jimmy Adams (West Indies)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aashish Kapoor made his test debut for India.
  • Manoj Prabhakar was retired hurt in India's second innings and did not bat again.

References
  1. "Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. "Wills World Series, 1994-95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
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