West Indian cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1966–67

International cricket tour

The West Indian cricket team toured India and Ceylon in December 1966 and January 1967 to play a three-match Test series against the Indian national cricket team. West Indies won the Test series 2–0. India were captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and West Indies by Garfield Sobers.^[1] In January, the West Indians played a first-class rated international against the Ceylon national cricket team at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo. The match was drawn. Ceylon were captained by Michael Tissera.^[2]

Test series summary

First Test

13–18 December 1966
(5-day match)
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
296 (109.4 overs) CG Borde 121 GS Sobers 3/46 (25 overs)		421 (161.5 overs) CC Hunte 101 BS Chandrasekhar 7/157 (61.5 overs)
316 (111.5 overs) BK Kunderan 79 LR Gibbs 4/67 (24.5 overs)		192/4 (64.1 overs) CH Lloyd 78* BS Chandrasekhar 4/78 (31 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: AM Mamsa and B Satyaji Rao

India won the toss and elected to bat.
16 December was taken as a rest day.
AL Wadekar (IND) and CH Lloyd (WIN) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

31 December 1966–5 January 1967
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
390 (138 overs) RB Kanhai 90 BS Chandrasekhar 3/107 (46 overs)		167 (85.5 overs) BK Kunderan 39 LR Gibbs 5/51 (37 overs)
		178 (f/o) (77.4 overs) Hanumant Singh 37 GS Sobers 4/56 (20 overs)

West Indies won by an innings and 45 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: I Gopalakrishnan and SP Pan

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
2 January was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the second day due to riots in the stadium.^[3]
BS Bedi (IND) made his Test debut.

Third Test

13–18 January 1967
(5-day match)
Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
404 (143.2 overs) CG Borde 125 LR Gibbs 3/87 (46 overs)		406 (132 overs) GS Sobers 95 BS Chandrasekhar 4/130 (46 overs)
323 (105.4 overs) AL Wadekar 67 CC Griffith 4/61 (14 overs)		270/7 (93 overs) GS Sobers 74* BS Bedi 4/81 (28 overs)

Match drawn
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras
Umpires: SK Raghunatha Rao and S Roy

India won the toss and elected to bat.
16 January was taken as a rest day.

References

^ "West Indies in India and Ceylon 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
^ "Ceylon v West Indies 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
^ "Mayhem in Queenstown". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

External links

West Indies to India 1966-67 at Test Cricket Tours
West Indies in India and Ceylon 1966-67 at CricketArchive

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