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The desperate Kapil gamble failed

FLASHBACK: ... Indian captain Kapil Dev having won the toss, made a wrong decision to field first and paid the penalty at Ahmedabad. This third Test in the series was won by West Indies by 138 runs. The match was played on November 12, 13, 14, and 16 in 1983.


Jeff Dujon in full flight – he made 98 in the West Indies first innings score of 281 and 20 in the second innings score of 201. He played a big roll in the West Indies win by 138 runs.
 


Sunil Gavaskar made 90 in India’s first innings total of 241 and with A Gaekwad (39) added 127 runs in the first wicket partnership of 127 in India’ first innings total of 241. He was unlucky to be on the losing side.

West Indies made 281 and 201 and India scored 241 and were shot out for 103 in their second innings.

Ninety-Nine teams out of 100 would have chosen to bat first, hoping to have the initial freshness of the wicket and use the wear and tear which must affect adversely on a new pitch.

India chose to do the opposite and paid dearly in a Test in which a 150 would have been a hefty fourth innings target. As it transpired, 138 was the margin of victory and defeat in a low scoring match.

Durable Dujon

West Indies were off to somewhat a poor start - losing three wickets for 27 runs, but the Windies recovered with a fine fourth wicket partnership of 107 runs between H.A. Gomes (38) and Clive Lloyd (68) whose fine partnership saved the day for the windies.

Then there was Dujon (98) - One must always marvel at the way Dujon makes the difficult art of batting on a doubleful pitch appear an uncomplicated task.

It was Dujon who pushed the West Indies along to the heights of respectability.

It was ironic that the two batsman who most deserved centuries were to lose them. Dujon seemed to be over keen about using a gap in the covers and drove into short mid-off to leave on 98 - caught by Kapil Dev off Shastri's bowling.


Clive Lloyd – the West Indies captain made 68 in the first innings total of 281 and made 33 in the second innings total of 201.

 


Kapil Dev in full flight – he took 9 for 83 in the second innings when West Indies were all out for 201. In the first innings he had 1 for 52. He made 31 in the Indian first innings score of 241.

Earlier it was Clive Lloyd, the man who had the least trouble with dubious bounce, who along with Dujon, who played as if he was the chief guest at a amiable garden party, who kept the show going for the West Indians. From the miserable start, the West Indies collected a rosy 281 runs in their first innings.

Mahinder Singh (4 for 65) and Binny (3 for 18) were India's best bowlers.

Came the Indian's turn to bat and they had to desend on their old faithful Sunil Gavaskar to weather the storm of the West Indians of a fight back with a fine knock of 90 and this sterling offensive made the West Indian pace bowlers gasp in astonishment.

Bowlers unpredictable



Mike Holding was in a fine allrounder’s performance - he made 58 in the West Indies second innings score of 201 and he took 2 for 80 in 26 overs with 5 maidens in the first innings total of 241 and 4 for 30 in India’s second innings score of 103.

The bowlers were bound to held away as the conditions were as alarmingly tilted in their favour right from the first day when the two-paced nature and unpredictable bounce of an unused strip was becoming apparent. Where India first surrendered the initiative was in its extreme inability to build on the support start given by Gavaskar (90) and A.D. Gaekwad (39) who involved themselves in an opening partnership of 127, flaying the Windies bowlers all over.

Though it was tough going for India, the newly liberated Gavaskar seemed to be a different kind of batting wonder. It was a pleasure to watch him unleash a range of strokes. The West Indians did not bounce at him. They realised the futility of this after having watched him earlier.

A 100-plus for the opening partnership and India seemed to be on song until Holding, happy to get some breathing space while Gavaskar took a break to tick off the man who was moving near the sightscreen bowled one quicker which jumped from a good length.

The edged in on Lloyd at slip and India was back to square one so far as maintaining the momentum of the innings was concerned. So Gavaskar was out for 90 and India were all out for 241 in their first innings which gave the Windies a lead of 40 runs on the first innings.

Kapil 9 for 83

Came the second innings and it was Kapil Dev in full flight and he did wonders with the ball. He had a wonderful 'take' of 9 for 83 in 30.3 overs. The West Indies were all out for 201, in their second innings with paceman Holding being the top scorer with 58 while Clive Lloyd got 33.

So, the West Indies who made 281 in the first innings, with their second innings score of 201, gave then an overall total of 482 runs.

India had to make 242 runs to win the match. It was not going to be an easy task -India just could not get going in the second innings were nowhere near the winning target and were shot out for 103 runs, with Windies paceman Holding taking 4 for 30 and Davis getting 3 for 21.

		SCOREBOARD

WEST INDIES - 1ST INNINGS
C.G. Greenidge c Maninder b Binny	  	07
D.L. Haynes lbw b Binny	  			09
Vivian Richards c Kirti Azad b Benny	  	08
H.A. Gomes c Gavaskar b Maninder	 	38
C.H. Lloyd c(sub)Gursharan b Maninder	 	68
A.L. Logic c Kirmani b Maninder	  		00
J.F. Dujon c Kapil Dev b Shastri	 	98
M.D. Marshall b Maninder	 		10
W.W. Daniel run out	  			06
M.A. Holding b Kapil Dev	 		16
W.W. Davis not out	  			03
Extras (b-8,lb-6,nb-4)	 			18
Total					       281

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-22, 3-27, 4-134, 5-134
		 6-158, 7-168, 8-190, 9-230
Bowling: Kapil Dev 27-9-52-1
	 Sandu 14-6-33-0
	 Binny 6-0,18-3
	 Maninder 34-6-85-4
	 Kirti Azad 7-0-34-0
	 R.Shastri 16.3-2-45-1

INDIA - 1ST INNINGS
S.M. Gavaskar c Lloyd b Holding	 		90
A.D. Gaekwad b Holding	 			39
N.S. Sidhu run out	 			15
S.M. Patil Dujon b Marshall	 		22
R.J. Shastri c Lloyd b Daniel	 		13
R. Binny c Haynes b Davis	  		05
Kapil Dev lbw b Daniel	 			31
Kirti Azad b Daniel	  			00
S.M.H. Kirmani c Haynes b Daniel	  	05
B.S. Sandu not out	  			07
Maninder Singh lbw b Daniel	  		00
Extras (b-7,lb-4,nb-3)	 			14
Total					       241

Fall of Wickets: 1-127, 2-148, 3-174, 4-186, 5-197
		 6-213, 7-214, 8-222, 9-241
Bowling: M.D. Marshall 26-9-66-1
	 M.A. Holding 26-5-90-2
	 W.W. Daniel 11.5-0-39-5
	 W.W. Davis 11-3-23-1
	 H.A. Gomes 6-0-22-0

WEST INDIES - 2ND INNINGS
C.G. Greenidge b Kapil Dev	  		03
D.L. Haynes c Patil b Sandhu	  		01
Vivian Richards c Gursharan(sub) b Kapil Dev	20
H.A. Gomes lbw b Kapil Dev	 		25
C.H. Lloyd c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev	 	33
A.L. Logic lbw b Kapil Dev	  		00
J.F. Dujon c Gurusharan(sub) b Kapil Dev 	20
M.D. Marshall c Gursharan(Sub) b Kapil Dev	29
W.W. Daniel b Kapil Dev	  			00
M.A. Holding lbw b Kapil Dev	 		58
W.M. Holding lbw Kapil Dev1	 		58
W.W. Davis not out	  			01
Extras (lb-9,nb-2)	 			11 
Total					       201

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-8, 3-43, 4-74, 5-74, 6-107
		 7-114, 8-188, 9-188
Bowling: Kapil Dev 30.3-6-83-9
	 B.S. Sandhu 10-1-45-1
	 Maninder 14-1-48-0
	 Kirth Azad 4-2-7-0
	 R. Shastri 2-0-9-0

INDIA - 2ND INNINGS
S.M. Gavaskar lbw b Holdings	  		01
A.D. Gaekwad b Davis	 			29
N.S. Sidhu Dujon b Holding	  		04
S.M. Patil c Daniel b Marshall	  		01
R.J. Shastri c Dujon b Holding	  		0l
R. Binny c Greenidge Holding	  		01	
Kapil Dev b Davis	  			01
Kirti Azad b Marshall	  			03
S.M.H. Kirmani not out	 			24	
B.S. Sandhu lbw b Davis	  			01
Maninder Singh lbw b Daniel	 		15
Extras (b-6,lb-12,nb-4)	 			22
Total					        103

Fall of Wickets: 1-1, 2-7, 3-8, 4-24, 5-27, 6-38
		 7-39, 8-61, 9-63
Bowling: M.D. Marshall 11-3-23-2
	 M.R. Holdings 17-5-30-4
	 W.W. Daniel 6.1-2-11-1
	 W.W. Davis 11-1-21-3

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