West Indies women's cricket team in India in 1976–77

The West Indies women's cricket team toured India in October and November 1976. They played India in a six Test match series, which ended as a 1–1 draw.^[1] The matches were the first ever played by the India women's team.^[2]

India won the fourth Test in Patna on 19 November, recording its first ever Test match victory.^[3]

Squads

Test Series

1st Test

• Toss unknown.
• Sharmila Chakraborty, Behroze Edulji, Diana Edulji, Susan Itticheria, Fowzieh Khalili, Shubhangi Kulkarni, Sandhya Mazumdar, Ujwala Nikam, Shantha Rangaswamy, Shobha Pandit and Sudha Shah (Ind) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

• Toss unknown.
• Runa Basu, Jyotsna Patel (Ind) and Dorothy Hobson (WI) all made their WTest debuts.

3rd Test

• Toss unknown.

4th Test

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to bat.

5th Test

• Toss unknown.
• Rajeshwari Dholakia (Ind) and Joan Alexander-Serrano (WI) both made their WTest debuts.

6th Test

• Toss unknown.
• Uthpala Chakraborty (Ind) made her WTest debut.

References

1. "West Indies Women tour of India 1976/77". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
2. "The History of Indian Women's Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
3. "When Chennai hosted its first women's Test: 'They came to watch the cricket, not just to see if the girls could play'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
4. "Records / West Indies Women in India Women's Test Series, 1976/77 - India Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
5. "Records / West Indies Women in India Women's Test Series, 1976/77 - West Indies Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links

• West Indies Women tour of India 1976/77 from Cricinfo