Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1996–97
international cricket tour
The India national cricket team toured the West Indies from 28 February to 3 May 1997. They played five Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODI) against the West Indies.
West Indies won the Test series 1–0. Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies was named the player of the series after he scored 443 runs at an average of 73.83. West Indies also won the ODI series 3–1, and Chanderpaul was again named the player of the series, having scored 209 runs.
Background
Before the tour began, India's leading pacer Javagal Srinath, then one of the five top-ranked bowlers in the ICC Rankings, was ruled out due to injury. India's tight schedule preceding the tour was blamed for it. Srinath picked up a shoulder injury in the 1996 Sahara Cup that worsened during his first spell in the third Test against South Africa at Johannesburg. He was subsequently made to bowl full ten overs in the seven-match ODI series that followed when the injury aggravated. His ruling out proved to a blow for India as West Indian batsman Brian Lara had then called Srinath the most "dangerous" pace bowler he had faced in his career.
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