The Indian cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1961âÂÂ62 season to play a five-match Test series against the West Indies. The tour also included four tour matches against the West Indies' first-class sides. The West Indies won the Test series 5âÂÂ0. In the total of 12 games that India played, they won two, lost six and drew four.
Touring party
Nari Contractor, who was leading the India side during England's 1961âÂÂ62 Asia tour, was again named captain on 11 January 1962 for the tour of the Caribbean by the BCCI. The squad was announced on 16 January. Ghulam Ahmed was named the tour manager.
The team members were:
- Nari Contractor, Gujarat, captain & opening batsman
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Delhi, vice-captain & batsman
- Chandu Borde, Baroda, batsman & leg-spin bowler
- Ramakant Desai, Bombay, right-arm fast-medium bowler
- Salim Durani, Rajasthan, batsman & left-arm spin bowler
- Farokh Engineer, Bombay, batsman & wicket-keeper
- ML Jaisimha, Hyderabad, batsman & right-arm medium-pace bowler
- Budhi Kunderan, Railways, batsman & wicket-keeper
- Vijay Manjrekar, Rajasthan, batsman
- Vijay Mehra, Railways, opening batsman
- Bapu Nadkarni, Bombay, batsman & left-arm spin bowler
- EAS Prasanna, Mysore, off-break bowler
- Vasant Ranjane, Maharashtra, right-arm fast-medium bowler
- Dilip Sardesai, Bombay, opening batsman
- Rusi Surti, Gujarat, batsman & left-arm medium-pace bowler
- Polly Umrigar, Bombay, batsman and off-break bowler
Tour matches
Two-day: Trinidad Colts v Indians
Four-day: Barbados v Indians
One-day: Tobago v Indians
Test matches
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
References
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