West Indian cricket team in India in 1958β59 | |||
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India | West Indies | ||
Dates | 5 November 1958 β 15 February 1959 | ||
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Polly Umrigar (1st Test) Ghulam Ahmed (2nd and 3rd Tests) Vinoo Mankad (4th Test) Hemu Adhikari (5th Test) | Gerry Alexander | |
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Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Polly Umrigar (337) | Garfield Sobers (557) | |
Most wickets | Subhash Gupte (22) | Wes Hall (30) |
The West Indies cricket team toured India from November 1958 to February 1959 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team. The West Indies won the series 3β0. The West Indies were captained by Gerry Alexander while India used four different captains in the series, Ghulam Ahmed leading in two Tests. [1]
The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 16-man squad for the India tour on 1 April 1958 led by Frank Worrell. [2] However, Worrell withdrew from the tour in May. John Holt and Wes Hall were added to the squad in August. [3]
The squad included:
28 Novemberβ3 December 1958
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31 December 1958β4 January 1959
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21β26 January 1959
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6β11 February 1959
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