Caribbean hurricane in India: Clive Lloyd's revenge series

Vengeance unleashed - The Kanpur Test

Michael Holding bowled menacingly from one end

The first Test of the series began in Kanpur on October 21, 1983.

West Indies scored 454 in the first innings aided by a century from Gordon Greenidge who scored 194. Malcolm Marshall contributed with the bat scoring 92.

Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad opened the batting for India.

While Micheal Holding bowled menacingly from one end, Malcolm Marshall got the wickets from the other. Marshall first got Gavaskar caught by wicket-keeper Dujon for 0. Gavaskar had lasted just two balls and India were 0/1. Malcolm Marshall then got Amarnath out with India 0/2. Gaekwad was the next to go, caught by Dujon off Marshall with India reeling at 9/3.

In less than half-an-hour, Malcolm Marshall had changed the course of the Test match. All India could do now, was fight to stay afloat. In the first innings, Malcolm Marshall ended with 4/19 off 15 overs with seven maidens! Micheal Holding claimed three wickets

In the second innings, again, Marshall got the wickets of Gavaskar for 7, Gaekwad for 5, and Binny for 7 wrecking the top order. Yet again, he took four wickets off 17 overs. Holding and Baptiste claimed three each to bowl India out for 164.

India lost the Kanpur Test by an innings and 83 runs.

The West Indies pace attack of Malcolm Marshall, Micheal Holding, Winston Davis, and Eldine Baptiste was brutal and unplayable. For the Indians, the nightmare had just started.