West Indies v India, 2016: Top 5 India - West Indies Encounters in Whites

Sachin Tendulkar during the 1994 Test series against West Indies

#4 – 1994, India

Series drawn 1-1

This was only the second drawn series between the two teams and almost a reversal of the 1987 series. India won the first Test at the Wankhede Stadium by 96 runs. Thanks to a score of 80 from Nayan Mongia and a five-wicket haul by Venkatapathy Raju, India managed a 32-run first innings lead.

Half-centuries from Sachin Tendulkar, Sanjay Manjrekar and Javagal Srinath helped India post a target of 363 runs. But, despite an exciting 162-run sixth-wicket partnership, West Indies were all out for 266, losing their last five wickets for just 22 runs, Srinath picking up a four-wicket haul as well as being named the Man-of-the-Match.

West Indies held on to a hard-fought draw in the second Test at Nagpur before turning the tables on India at Mohali in the third Test. Jimmy Adams, forever India’s nemesis, scored a spectacular 174 and Kenny Benjamin picked up a second innings, five-wicket haul as India were wrapped up for 114 in the final innings, after being set a bold target of 358.

West Indies quite seriously manufactured this victory scoring 301 in just 56.3 overs to make an audacious declaration, after maintaining an almost unheard-of run-rate in Test cricket those days.

Then, they bowled India out in just 35.2 overs as India lost a game they should have drawn and drew a series they should have won. Jimmy Adams was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match and Man-of-the-Series.