| 1994–95 Wills world series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part ofWest Indian cricket team in India in 1994-95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 23 October–5 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  India beat West Indies in the final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1994–95 Wills World Series (named after sponsorWills ofITC Limited) was aOne Day International (ODI)crickettri-series where theIndia national cricket team played host to theWest Indies national cricket team andNew Zealand national cricket team. India and the West Indies reached the final at theEden Gardens where close to 100,000 witnessed India beat the West Indies.[1]
India lost only once, controversially to the West Indies in the last group game.Manoj Prabhakar andNayan Mongia were accused of not making an effort to win the match after stonewalling the run-chase. The Indian authorities suspended Prabhakar and Mongia and the match refereeRaman Subba Row docked the team two points for not playing in the spirit of the game. India protested the decision to the ICC, who ruled that the Row had exceeded his authority.[2]
Subba Row also suspended the West Indies vice-captainBrian Lara for one game, for arguing with the umpire, who he thought should've consulted the third umpire before giving him out stumped.[3]
New Zealand did not win any of their four games, though they were unlucky to see the match washed out after dismissing the West Indies cheaply in the opening game.[4]
| Chennai | Kolkata | New Delhi | Margao | Vadodara | Kanpur | Guwahati |
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| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Eden Gardens | Feroz Shah Kotla | Fatorda Stadium | Reliance Stadium | Green Park Stadium | Nehru Stadium |
| India |  New Zealand | West Indies |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts |
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| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| West Indies | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
23 October 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by 4 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai Umpires:K. S. Giridharan (Ind) andK. Parthasarathy (Ind) Player of the match:Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) |
26 October 1994 Scorecard |
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28 October 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by 7 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground,Vadodara Umpires:Shyam Bansal (Ind) andSuresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match:Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
30 October 1994 [1] |
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West Indies won by 46 runs Green Park Stadium,Kanpur Umpires:Jasbir Singh (India) andChandra Sathe (India) Player of the match:Keith Arthurton (Win) |
1 November 1994 [2] |
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West Indies won by 135 runs Nehru Stadium, Guwahati,Guwahati Umpires:Subrata Banerjee (India) andM. R. Singh (India) Player of the match:Carl Hooper (Win) |
3 November 1994 [3] |
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India won by 107 runs Feroz Shah Kotla,New Delhi,India Umpires:Tej Handu (India) andRaman Sharma (India) Player of the match:Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
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India won by 72 runs Eden Gardens,Kolkata,India Umpires:V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) andS. Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |