March 31, 1997. India needed 120 for a win at Barbados with all 10 wickets in hand. They lost the last 8 wickets for 49 runs to be all out for 81. Arunabha Sengupta recounts the day when furious pace on a dodgy wicket led to a heart-breaking defeat.
Read MoreMalcolm Marshall blows India away at Kanpur
October 22, 1983. In a blazing day’s cricket at the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, Malcolm Marshall clasped at the hearts of the Indian batsmen in a cold grip of fear. Before that, he also flayed their bowlers all over the park. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at perhaps one of the best days in the career of the supreme fast bowler.
Read MoreKapil Dev's epic spell in vain in Ahmedabad
November 16, 1983. Kapil Dev completed the best bowling performance of his career, capturing nine wickets in the second West Indian innings at Ahmedabad. However, India st the match by a considerable margin. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the Test match which could have been a closer contest had the Indian selection and tactics been less quixotic.
Read MoreIndia beat West Indies in a thriller at Mumbai 1994
Arunabha Sengupta recounts the gripping 1994 encounter between the two sides which firmly established Indians as the dominating side that they have been ever since.
Read MoreThe thriller at Kotla - India vs West Indies 1987
From massive one-sided routs meted out by a fearsome pace attack in conjunction with a batting line up oozing outrageous talent, the equation has changed dramatically. Since 1987, India have not lost a series at home against the Windies and for almost two decades have held the upper hand in the Indo-WestIndian encounters in India. It all started with one great Test Match in 1987 which demonstrated that the hosts were no longer meek pushovers. Arunabha Sengupta recalls.
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