Tour of West Indies 1982-83        Captain: Kapil Dev
	Twenty-second Test tour     Fifth Test-playing tour of  West Indies by India      (February – May 1983)	A three-nil defeat to Pakistan made it inevitable that Gavaskar would lose the captaincy. Although on this tour West Indies beat India by two Tests to nil, new captain Kapil Dev did well enough to retain his position for the forthcoming World Cup one-day series in England, where he led India to victory in the final. The star of the Test series in the Caribbean was Mohinder Amarnath, virtually beginning a second career and widely being described as the best player of fast bowling in the world. He scored 598 runs at an average of 66, with six scores over 50. Instead of a second official to assist Hanumant Singh, there was a 17th playing member of the touring party. However, there was no room for Gundappa Viswanath who, after ten consecutive tours, was not picked and missed his first tour since West Indies in 1970-71. The batting also lost the experience of Sandeep Patil who was not available because he was taking part in a film. Patil's film, "Once You Were Unknown", included appearances from Kirmani and Sandhu as well.	Other Indian tours     Previous tour Pakistan 1982-83   Next tour Pakistan 1984-85   Next West Indies tour 1988-89
	Members of the Test tour  party  (17)       Opening batsmen:  Sunil Gavaskar, Arun Lal, Anshuman Gaekwad. Middle-order batsmen: Dilip Vengsarkar, Ashok Malhotra, Gursharan Singh, Mohinder Amarnath,  Yashpal Sharma. Wicket-keepers:  Syed Kirmani, Kiran More All-rounders : Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Ravi Shastri Spin bowlers: Srinivas Venkataraghaven, Maninder Singh, L Sivaramakrishnan Fast bowler : Balwinder Singh Sandhu	M B Amarnath D 32 RHB   RM   J Arun Lal Bn 27 RHB  opener   S M Gavaskar B 33 RHB  opener   A D Gaekwad Ba 30 RHB  opener   Gursharan Singh D 19 RHB   Kapil Dev Hy 24 RHB   RFM   captain   S M H Kirmani K 33 WK   vice-captain   S Madan Lal D 31 RFM   A O Malhotra Hy 26 RHB   Maninder Singh D 17 SLA   K S More Ba 20 reserve WK   B S Sandhu B 26 RFM   R J Shastri B 20 RHB   SLA   L Sivaramakrishnan TN 17 LBG   D B Vengsarkar B 26 RHB   S Venkataraghaven TN 36 OB   M Yashpal Sharma Pj 28 RHB	Representation of teams:        Ba  - Baroda (2) Bn  - Bengal (1) B  - Bombay (4) D  - Delhi (4) Hy  - Haryana (2) K  - Karnataka (1) Pj  - Punjab (1) TN  - Tamil Nadu (2)           Average age of  team at time of first Test match (23 February 1983):    26 yrs 2 months
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Gavaskar 85, Kirmani 64, Vengsarkar 58, Venkataraghaven 50, Kapil Dev 48, Amarnath 32, Madan Lal 29, Yashpal 28, Gaekwad 21, Shastri 14, Maninder 5, Arun Lal 4, Malhotra 3, Sandhu 3, Gursharan 0, More 0, Sivaramakrishnan 0.
	Team Officials	Hanumant Singh Manager
	Selectors	Ghulam Ahmed (chairman),  Chandu Borde,  Bishan Bedi,  Pankaj Roy,  C T Sarwate,
	Selection	The manager's name was announced on 20 January 1983. Kapil Dev replaced Sunil Gavaskar as captain.   Unavailable: Tour Party Announced :  6 February 1983. Not Selected :  Gundappa Viswanath,  Dilip Doshi. Venkataraghaven was recalled after three years out of Test cricket.	Time between selection and departure from India   6 days    (6  - 12 February)
	Travel	Departed from Bombay on 12 February 1983.  Sunil Gavaskar was delayed by family commitments in India and did not leave until 19 February. The team arrived at Norman Manley Airport in Jamaica at 8.45 on Monday night 14 February 1983 and had their first net practice at Up Park Camp.	Time spent in West Indies      80 days (14 February - 5 May)
	On-tour selection committee	Kapil Dev  (captain),  Hanumant Singh (manager), Kirmani (vice-captain), Mohinder Amarnath.
	Reinforcements	None required.
	Fixtures/Results	Kingston Jamaica Drawn KINGSTON  WEST INDIES First Test LOST 4 w Pointe-a-Pierre Trinidad & Tobago Won inns 69 r § Port-of-Spain West Indies (1st ODI) Lost 52 r PORT OF SPAIN  WEST INDIES Second Test DRAWN St George's Windward Islands Won 129 r Georgetown Guyana Abandoned † Georgetown Guyana (2-day) Drawn § Berbice West Indies (2nd ODI) Won 27 r GEORGETOWN  WEST INDIES Third Test DRAWN § Grenada West Indies (3rd ODI) Lost 7 w Bridgetown Barbados Drawn BRIDGETOWN  WEST INDIES Fourth Test LOST 10 w Basseterre Leeward Islands Won 9 w ST JOHN'S WEST INDIES Fifth Test DRAWN   Mohinder Amarnath led the side against Guyana, and Gaekwad against the Leeward Islands.	ϯ not first-class §  one-day international .   Time spent in West Indies before First Test:  9days (14 - 23 February)
	Test appearances on tour	5 -  Amarnath,  Gaekwad,  Gavaskar,  Kapil Dev,  Kirmani,  Shastri,  Vengsarkar,  Venkataraghaven,  Yashpal Sharma. 4 -  Sandhu 3 -  Maninder 2 -  Madan Lal 1 -  Sivaramakrishnan 0 -  Arun Lal,  Gursharan,  Malhotra,  More,
	Highlights	•   India always struggled to bowl out West Indies, but Kapil Dev took 17 wickets, eight of them at Kingston •   Mohinder Amarnath scored his debut Test century (117) in the second Test at Port of Spain. His scores in the series were : 29, 40, 58, 117, 13, 91, 80, 54, 116, a total of 586 runs, average 65. •   Kapil Dev appeared in his 50th Test at Port of Spain and scored 100 not out. •   Gavaskar had a poor series apart from his innings of  147 not out at Georgetown. •   A 200-run second wicket partnership between Gaekwad (72) and Amarnath saved the final Test.
	Tour Summary	P  W L D Aban Test Matches   5  0 2 3 - Other first-class matches   6  3 0 2 1 ϯ Minor matches   1  0 0 1 - One-day internationals   3  1 2 0 - All Matches 14  4 4 6 1
	Return to India	On 5 May Kapil Dev, Amarnath and Madan Lal left immediately for England. Some members of the touring party (B S Sandhu, Maninder Singh, Arun Lal, A D Gaekwad, Kiran More, Syed Kirmani and Sivaramakrishnan) made a visit to America as guests of the United States Cricket Association to play against Indian expats and residents of Washington. They returned to Bombay from London on 11 May.  On the same flight was Kapil Dev who had been training with Northamptonshire, but now rushed to get the evening connection to New Delhi to attend a selection committee meeting choosing the 1983 World Cup team. Vengsarkar and Shastri got back to India on Sunday 15 May, while Gavaskar and manager Hanumant Singh arrived home on 22 May.  Malhotra and Venkat?	Time away from India   88 days   (12 February - 11 May)
	Published accounts of the tour

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