West Indian cricket team in India in 2011–12
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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 5–0 | ||
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[edit]
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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.
- Ravichandran Ashwin becomes only the third Indian cricketer to be named Man of the Match on Test debut.[citation needed]
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.
- Second Test match ever to be drawn with scores level.
ODI series[edit]
1st ODI[edit]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI[edit]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI[edit]
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Sunil Narine (WI) made his ODI debut.
4th ODI[edit]
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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[edit]
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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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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.