| India in West Indies in 2006 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 16 May – 4 July 2006 | ||
| Captains | Rahul Dravid | Brian Lara | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 4-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (497) | Daren Ganga (344) | |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (23) | Corey Collymore (15) | |
| Player of the series | Rahul Dravid (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Virender Sehwag (237) | Ramnaresh Sarwan (273) | |
| Most wickets | Ajit Agarkar (9) | Dwayne Bravo (8) | |
| Player of the series | Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) | ||
India toured theWest Indies during the 2006 international cricket season. India were ranked highly above the West Indies in both theICC Test Championship as well as theICC ODI Championship but the latter team had the favour of beatingZimbabwe 5–0 in a series ofOne Day International matches earlier in the month. West Indies eventually emerged as winners of this ODI series, taking it 4–1 after losing the first match in the finalover.
India had not won a Test series in the West Indies for 35 years, but India defeated the West Indies 1–0 in the Test series.Rahul Dravid, the Indian squad captain, was awarded the Man of the Series award for his performance.
Former West Indian fast bowler and commentator,Michael Holding, said between the ODIs and Tests that the West Indies ODI series win was an event that "nobody had foreseen".[1]
| Date | Match | Venue |
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| May | ||
| 16 | Tour Match | Jamaica |
| 18 | 1st ODI | Jamaica |
| 20 | 2nd ODI | Jamaica |
| 23 | 3rd ODI | St Kitts |
| 26 | 4th ODI | Trinidad |
| 28 | 5th ODI | Trinidad |
| 30–31 | Tour Match | Antigua |
| June | ||
| 2–6 | 1st Test | Antigua |
| 10–14 | 2nd Test | St Lucia |
| 22–26 | 3rd Test | St Kitts |
| 30–4 Jul | 4th Test | Jamaica |
Players were selected for both ODIs and Tests unless otherwise specified.
| India[2][3] | West Indies[4][5][6] |
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Indians 7/289 (50) defJamaica 173 (45) by 116 runs.[7]
18 May Scorecard |
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India won by 5 wickets Sabina Park,Kingston,Jamaica Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andSteve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match:Rahul Dravid (Ind) |
India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid elected to field first, after five overs were cut off each side's innings due to heavy overnight rain. West Indies hit 251 runs for 6 wickets, with Chris Gayle contributing nearly half the total, 123, before he was out with five overs remaining toAjit Agarkar, who got the most wickets for India, claiming two for 38. However, India also had an opener contributing a century, with Rahul Dravid bringing up his hundred in 99 balls, eventually ending with 105 off 102. Dravid paired up withMohammad Kaif to add 123 for the fourth wicket, beforeDwayne Bravo had Dravid caught, leaving India with 43 to get from the last 37 balls; with two fours and a six fromMahendra Singh Dhoni, and Kaif hitting 16 off his last 16 deliveries, India made it to the target with a ball to spare.
20 May Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 1 run Sabina Park,Kingston,Jamaica Umpires:Billy Doctrove (WI) andAsad Rauf (Pak) Player of the match:Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) |
India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid elected to field first, looking for his 18th continuous win batting second,[8] but it was not to be his day as Dwayne Bravo delivered a "clever slower ball"[9] which went through Yuvraj Singh's wicket, leaving him bowled and India all out for 197 needing 199 to win.
West Indies lost both openers with one run, sendingBrian Lara in to bat withRamnaresh Sarwan. Captain Lara was caught off Pathan for 14, however, which was to be the fourth-highest total of West Indies' innings. The second-highest was 21, fromCarlton Baugh, but due to an unbeaten 98 fromRamnaresh Sarwan, which later resulted in Man of the Match honours, the West Indies' total read 198 for nine, with Sarwan andJerome Taylor adding 34 off 20 balls for the ninth wicket beforeFidel Edwards scored the final run of the innings.
In reply, India started better than West Indies, making 37 for the first two wickets, which were catches offIan Bradshaw's bowling. Two more wickets followed, withFidel Edwards andJerome Taylor picking up one each, but at 60 for four in the 17th over, India were still 17 ahead of West Indies' score for the same number of wickets. Then, like in the West Indian innings, the fifth-wicket stand was the highest of the game. However, the 64 runs came at a rate of 3.49 an over, somewhat short of the required four to win, and afterSuresh Raina's dismissal Dhoni and Agarkar followed within the next three overs.
India now had three wickets in hand and 64 to get, butRamesh Powar batted for eight overs together withYuvraj Singh, as the pair cut 43 off the total, Powar contributing 12. Powar was caught offMarlon Samuels' bowling, however, as the spinner picked up his second wicket, andChris Gayle then held a return catch offHarbhajan Singh two overs later. That left India with 12 runs to get off 10 balls; the remainder of Gayle's over went for one run, and India needed eleven off the last over, which was to be bowled byDwayne Bravo (who had only bowled three of the 49 previous overs).Munaf Patel faced the first ball, got it away for a single, beforeYuvraj Singh hit two fours to leave himself with two runs to get off three balls, only to be clean bowled off the last delivery.
23 May Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 4 wickets Warner Park,Basseterre,Saint Kitts and Nevis Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andSteve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match:Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) |
26 May Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 6 wickets Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain,Trinidad Umpires:Simon Taufel (Aus) andBilly Doctrove (WI) Player of the match:Dwayne Bravo (WI) |
28 May Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 19 runs Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain,Trinidad Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Dwayne Bravo (WI) |
2–6 June Scorecard |
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Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground,St. John's,Antigua Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Wasim Jaffer (Ind) |
10–14 June Scorecard |
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Match drawn Beausejour Stadium,Gros Islet,St Lucia Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Virender Sehwag (Ind) |
22–26 June Scorecard |
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Match drawn Warner Park Sporting Complex,Basseterre,St Kitts Umpires:Brian Jerling (RSA) andRudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match:Daren Ganga (WI) |
30 June – 4 July Scorecard |
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India won by 49 runs Sabina Park,Kingston,Jamaica Umpires:Brian Jerling (RSA) andRudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match:Rahul Dravid (Ind) |
