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highlights of India vs West Indies 1st Match Prudential World Cup 1979 - Prudential World Cup tournament of the 1st ODI match first time played between West Indies and India at Edgbaston, Birmingham in 09th June 1979.
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| Gordon Greenidge hit his maiden ODI century © ESPN / DM Mordecai / YouTube |
Michael Holding's four-wickets before An unbeaten maiden century from Gordon Greenidge steers to West Indies registered their historic first ODI win against India by comfortable nine-wickets in a one-sided game of the opening match of a Prudential World Cup.
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- West Indies chased 191 was their fourth highest successful run-chase in One-day internationals.
- West Indies' nine-wicket win was their joint largest victory by terms of wickets remaining in One-day internationals, jointly their 9-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Manchester in the inaugural 1975 World Cup.
- India's 190 was their third highest score in One-day international and It was their second highest total in World Cups.
- Gundappa Viswanath became the first Indian batsman to score a half-century against West Indies in One-day international cricket history.
- Gundappa Viswanath became the fourth Indian batsman to score a fifty in World Cups after Syed Abid Ali, Farokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar.
- Gordon Greenidge became the second West Indies batsman to score a century in World Cups after Clive Lloyd.
- Gordon Greenidge became the fifth West Indies batsman to score a hundred in One-day internationals.
- Gordon Greenidge became the first West Indies batsman to score a century against India in One-day international cricket history.
- Gordon Greenidge became the first West Indies batsman to score a hundred on the opening day of the World Cup history and overall the third player in World Cups after Dennis Amiss against India and Glenn Turner against East Africa in the inaugural 1975 World Cup opening day.
- 138 : Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes set up the record first-wicket partnership for West Indies in One-day international, previously held by the 52-run stand between Roy Fredericks and Deryck Murray against Sri Lanka at Manchester in the inaugural 1976 World Cup, It is the fourth highest first-wicket stand in ODIs and the West Indies' third highest any-wicket stand in ODIs.
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India scored modest total of 190 for all-out in 53.1 overs with top scorer by Gundappa Viswanath struck 75 off 134-balls including 7-fours, Brijesh Patel (15) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan - Bishan Singh Bedi each scored 13-runs.
West Indies best bowler Michael Holding 4-33, Andy Roberts 2-32, Joel Garner, Colin Croft and Collis King each took 1-wickets
West Indies chased 194/1 in 51.3 with top scorer by Gordon Greenidge 106) not out off 173-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Desmond Haynes hit 47 off consuming 99-balls including 2-fours & a six and Vivian Richards 28 not out.
India best bowler by Kapil Dev took 1-wicket for 46-runs in 10-overs including a maiden.
Gordon Greenidge named Player of the match for his match-winning magnificent career-best unbeaten 106-runs knocked off facing 173-balls including 9-fours and a six.
