History of Test series played between India and West Indies in India

4. 1974-1975: West Indies beat India in an intense series:

Riding on Clive Lloyd's unbeaten 242, West Indies beat India in the deciding fifth Test

The series between India and West Indies in 1974-1975 was one of the most intense and a hard fought series by both the teams. West Indies dominated the first two Tests at Bangalore and Delhi and beat India by a margin of 267 runs and an innings and 17 runs respectively.

India beat West Indies for the first time at home in the third Test at Kolkata. Batting first, the hosts scored 233. The visitors took a lead of 7 runs in their first innings. The third innings saw a brilliant century by Viswanath and India scored a competitive 316. India bowled out West Indies for 224 in the fourth innings and were victorious in the Test.

India leveled the series at Chennai by beating the visitors by a margin of 100 runs. Both the teams were neck to neck in the first innings and West Indies took a lead of just 2 runs in the first innings. Anshuman Gaekwad scored a brilliant 80 in India' s second innings and led India to a score of 256. West Indies were set a target of 254 and were bowled out for just 154.

The decider at Mumbai was dominated by the visitors and they thrashed the hosts by a margin of 201 runs. Clive Lloyd scored an unbeaten 242 in the first innings and West Indies scored 604 in the first innings.

Though India won two Tests in the series, the series was won by West Indies by a margin of 3-2.

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5. 1978-1979: India's first series win at home against West Indies:

Gundappa Viswanath led India to a series win against West Indies in 1978-1979

India won their first series at home against West Indies in the 1978-1979 season. The six match Test series was won by the hosts by a margin of 1-0. The first, second, third, fifth and sixth Tests ended in draws.

The fourth Test at Chennai saw India winning by a margin of 3 wickets. Batting first, West Indies riding on 98 runs of their skipper Kallicharran scored 228. Viswanath scored 124 in India's first innings and India scored 255. The lead of 27 was handy for India. S. Venkataraghavan picked up 4 wickets in the third innings and West Indies were bowled out for 151. India chased the target with 3 wickets in hand. The win was enough for India to secure their first series win against West Indies at home.

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6. 1983-1984: West Indies beat India by a margin of 3-0:

Malcolm Marshall bowled West Indies to victory in the fifth Test at Eden Gardens

India were the favourites to clinch the 1983-1984 Test series against the West Indies at home. India had beaten West Indies in the finals of the 1983 World Cup at Lord's and were looking forward to dominate West Indies once again in the 6 match Test series.

The visitors riding on the innings of Gordan Greenidge who scored 194, amassed a total of 454 in the first innings. The duo of Marshall and Holding picked up 14 wickets in the Test and bowled out India for 207 and 164 runs in both their innings. The visitors won by a margin of an innings and 83 runs.

The second Test at Delhi ended in a draw. The third Test at Ahmedabad saw West Indies thrashing India by a margin of 138 runs. The fourth Test at Mumbai ended in a draw.

West Indies clinched the series by winning the fifth Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata by an innings and 46 runs. Batting first, India could score just 241 runs in their first innings. West Indies scored 377 in their first innings with the skipper Clive Lloyd scoring an unbeaten 161. Malcolm Marshall was the destroyer in India's second innings and he picked up 6 wickets and India were bowled out for just 90 runs. The sixth Test ended in a draw and India lost the series by a margin of 3-0.

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7. 1987-1988: First drawn series between India and West Indies on Indian soil:

Hirwani picked up 16 wickets on debut against West Indies at Chennai

West Indies bowled India out for just 75 runs in the first innings of the first Test of their tour of India in 1987-1988 at Delhi. Chetan Sharma picked up 5 wickets in the second innings of the Test and the visitors were bundled out for just 127 runs. India posted a respectable total of 327 in the third innings of the Test. West Indies chased the target of 275 courtesy an unbeaten century by Viv Richards and won the match by 5 wickets.

The second and third Tests ended in a draw. India was back to winning ways in the fourth Test at Chennai. Kapil Dev scored 109 in the first innings of the Test and India posted 382 runs. Narendra Hirwani, on debut picked up 8 wickets in the second innings of the Test and West Indies were bowled out for 184. India declared their second innings at the score of 217. West Indies were set a target of 415 in the fourth innings. The Windies were caught in the spinning web of Hirwani once again and the spinner picked up 8 more wickets. India emerged victorious by a margin of 255 runs.