Indian cricket team in West Indies in 2006
| India in West Indies in 2006 | |||
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 16 May – 4 July 2006 | ||
| Captains | Rahul Dravid | Brian Lara | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 4-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (497) | Daren Ganga (344) | |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (23) | Corey Collymore (15) | |
| Player of the series | Rahul Dravid | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Virender Sehwag (237) | Ramnaresh Sarwan (273) | |
| Most wickets | Ajit Agarkar (9) | Dwayne Bravo (8) | |
| Player of the series | Ramnaresh Sarwan | ||
India toured the West Indies during the 2006 international cricket season. India were ranked highly above the West Indies in both the ICC Test Championship as well as the ICC ODI Championship but the latter team had the favour of beating Zimbabwe 5–0 in a series of One Day International matches earlier in the month. West Indies eventually emerged as winners of this ODI series, taking it 4–1 after losing the first match in the final over.
India had not won a Test series in the West Indies for 35 years, but India defeated the West Indies 1–0 in the Test series. Rahul Dravid, the Indian squad captain, was awarded the Man of the Series award for his performance.
Former West Indian fast bowler and commentator, Michael Holding, said between the ODIs and Tests that the West Indies ODI series win was an event that "nobody had foreseen".
Players were selected for both ODIs and Tests unless otherwise specified.
Indians 7/289 (50) def Jamaica 173 (45) by 116 runs.
India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid elected to field first, after five overs were cut off each side's innings due to heavy overnight rain. West Indies hit 251 runs for 6 wickets, with Chris Gayle contributing nearly half the total, 123, before he was out with five overs remaining to Ajit Agarkar, who got the most wickets for India, claiming two for 38. However, India also had an opener contributing a century, with Rahul Dravid bringing up his hundred in 99 balls, eventually ending with 105 off 102. Dravid paired up with Mohammad Kaif to add 123 for the fourth wicket, before Dwayne Bravo had Dravid caught, leaving India with 43 to get from the last 37 balls; with two fours and a six from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Kaif hitting 16 off his last 16 deliveries, India made it to the target with a ball to spare.
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