West Indies vs India 2nd ODI 1983 Article

Read the article of West Indies vs India 2nd ODI 1983 - India tour of West Indies 3-match one-day international series of the 2nd ODI match played between India and West Indies at Albion Sports Complex, Albion, Guyana in 29th March 1983.

A masterful 90 by opener Sunil Gavaskar and captain Kapil Dev's power-hitting 38-ball 72 before Bowlers attack helped to India registered their historic first ODI win against the world champion West Indies by 27-runs, despite a Viv Richards, Jeff Dujon - Faoud Bacchus' fifties and level the series with 1-1 in the second ODI.

Match Stats : This is the India's first ODI win against West Indies in the third ODI meeting between these sides since 1979. Kapil Dev hammered a 22-ball second fastest fifty in One-day internationals after Lance Cairns' 21-ball half-century against Australia at Melbourne in this year. India's 282 was their highest score in One-day internationals, previous highest was 281 against Sri Lanka at Delhi in the last year.

* India romped back into reckoning in the 50-overs one-day series - when they beat the Wiest Indies by 27 runs.

* India hammered 5-282 off 47 overs to record their first one-day victory over the World Cup champions. who reply with 255-9 after struggling back from a distastrous start.

* Sunil Gavaskar, who had been struggling for form on tour, magnificently dispatched eight boundaries around the wicket and dominated an opening stand of 93 with Ravi Shastri before being run out by Jeff Dujon.

India scored 282-5 in the alloted 47 overs with top scorer by Sunil Gavaskar struck 90 off 117-balls - who fell ten-run short of his century - including 8-fours.

Kapil Dev hammered a 72 off 38-balls, Mohinder Amarnath scored 30 off 34-balls included 2-fours.

Ravi Shastri scored 30 off 56-balls including a boundary, Yashpal Sharma hit 23 off 26-balls included 3-fours and Dilip Vengsarkar 18 not out.

West Indies best bowler by Malcolm Marshall, debutant Winston Davis, Viv Richards and Andy Roberts each took one-wickets.

West Indies scored 255-9 in 47 overs with top scorer by Viv Richards blasted a 64 off 51-balls including 11-fours & a six with strike rate of 125.49.

Jeff Dujon cracked a unbeaten 53 off 64-balls including 3-fours & a six, Faoud Bacchus hit 52 off 65-balls included 3-fours & a six, Larry Gomes 26 and Gordon Greenidge 16.

India best bowler by Ravi Shastri picked up 3-wickets, Kapil Dev, Balwinder Sandhu and Madan Lal each took one-wickets.

Kapil Dev named Player of the match for his all-round performance to took two wickets for 33-runs in 10-overs after smashing a power-hitting batting performance to scored 72 off 38-balls including 7-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 189.47.

                   

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