Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53

Indian cricket team in West Indies in 1952–53
Date	10 January – 4 April 1953
Location	West Indies
Result	West Indies won 5-Test series 1–0

The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1952–53 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the series 1–0.

Test matches

1st Test

21–28 January 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
417 (192.1 overs) Polly Umrigar 130 Gerry Gomez 3/84 (42 overs)		438 (182 overs) Everton Weekes 207 Subhash Gupte 7/162 (66 overs)
294 (143.5 overs) Polly Umrigar 69 Sonny Ramadhin 3/58 (24.5 overs)		142/0 (55 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 76 Subhash Gupte 0/2 (2 overs)

• India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

7–12 February 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard

West Indies	v	India
296 (116.4 overs) Clyde Walcott 98 Subhash Gupte 3/99 (41 overs)		253 (134 overs) Madhav Apte 64 Alfred Valentine 4/58 (41 overs)
228 (90.3 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 54 Dattu Phadkar 5/64 (29.3 overs)		129 (79.5 overs) Gulabrai Ramchand 34 Sonny Ramadhin 5/26 (24.5 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

19–25 February 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
279 (131.2 overs) Gulabrai Ramchand 62 Frank King 5/74 (31 overs)		315 (146 overs) Everton Weekes 161 Subhash Gupte 5/107 (48 overs)
362/7d (200.1 overs) Madhav Apte 163 Frank Worrell 2/62 (31 overs)		192/2 (54 overs) Jeffrey Stollmeyer 104 Subhash Gupte 1/19 (7 overs)

• India won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

11–17 March 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
262 (124.5 overs) Vinoo Mankad 66 Alfred Valentine 5/127 (53.5 overs)		364 (156.2 overs) Clyde Walcott 125 Subhash Gupte 4/122 (56.2 overs)
190/5 (98 overs) Pankaj Roy 48 Alfred Valentine 3/71 (34 overs)

• India won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

28 Mar − 4 Apr 1953 (6-day match) Scorecard

India	v	West Indies
312 (141.5 overs) Polly Umrigar 117 Alfred Valentine 5/64 (27.5 overs)		576 (206.1 overs) Frank Worrell 237 Subhash Gupte 5/180 (65.1 overs)
444 (178 overs) Pankaj Roy 150 Gerry Gomez 4/72 (47 overs)		92/4 (47 overs) Everton Weekes 36 Gulabrai Ramchand 2/33 (15 overs)

• India won the toss and decided to bat

External links

• India in West Indies, 1952-53 at ESPNcricinfo archive
• "Sailing by banana boat to face the Three Ws" by G.S. Ramchand at ESPNcricinfo
• India to West Indies 1952-53 at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
• India in West Indies 1952-53 at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)

Further reading

• "India in West Indies, 1953", Wisden 1954, pp. 820–34