5 Indian Test wins in West Indies

5. India beat West Indies by 63 runs, Jamaica, 2011:

After another five years, India returned to the same ground where had previously registered a victory. This team was very young and had three debutants which included the likes of Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar and Abhinav Mukund.

Indians won the toss and scored 246 after their openers failed. It was Rahul Dravid along with Suresh Raina who took the team forward. Dravid made a well paced 40, playing second fiddle to Raina who scored 82. The left-hander also had a good partnership with Harbhajan who scored a well deserved 70. Fidel Edwards was the pick of the bowlers for his team scalping 4 wickets. Although India used only four bowlers, they made sure West Indies were all out for 173. Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma picked three wickets each.

In the second innings, Rahul Dravid made 112 as he was the only player who crossed 30. With 326 to win, West Indies could not make use of the start they had and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They could not score more than 262 and thus lost the first match of the series. Rahul Dravid was the man of the match again. This series was India’s last away Test series win under MS Dhoni.

Written by Kishore Kumar