West Indian cricket team in India in 2013–14
| West Indies cricket team in India in 2013–14 | |||
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| West Indies | India | ||
| Dates | 31 October 2013 – 27 November 2013 | ||
| Captains | Darren Sammy(Tests), Dwayne Bravo(ODIs) | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (133) | Rohit Sharma (288) | |
| Most wickets | Shane Shillingford (11) | Ravichandran Ashwin (12) | |
| Player of the series | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Darren Bravo (160) | Virat Kohli (204) | |
| Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (7) | Ravichandran Ashwin (6) | |
| Player of the series | Virat Kohli (Ind) | ||
The West Indies cricket team toured India, playing two Test matches and a three-match One Day International series against the Indian national team from 31 October to 27 November 2013. The series, not initially in the ICC Future Tours Programme, was hastily arranged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the postponement of India's scheduled tour to South Africa to December, with that series itself reduced to 2 Tests and 3 ODIs due to a spat between the BCCI and Cricket South Africa.
The series was most notable for Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from all forms of the game at the conclusion of the second Test, which was his 200th overall.
Debuting in the international Test series, Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets giving 71 runs of 17 overs he bowled in the first innings. In second innings he took 5 wickets giving 47 runs of 13.1 overs. This performance was compared with the best score by a medium-paced Indian bowler Syed Abid Ali who took 6 wickets giving 55 runs of 17 overs against Australia in 1967.Rohit Sharma also debuted in Test match with this match and scored the highest runs of 177 and marked his first century in the format.
Being the 199th Test match of Tendulkar and his last at Eden Gardens, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) celebrated the event in a grand scale. A music album launched dedicated to his achievements was played at various intersections in the city of Kolkata when he arrived. The stadium displayed a life-size wax statue of Tendulkar and a cake of 199 Shôndeshs and 199 tricolour balloons were released. On 8 November, around 2000 students in Alathur, Palakkad district, Kerala donned Tendulkar masks to pay tribute to him.
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