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India v West Indies @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
31 December 1958, 1, 3, 4 January 1959 (five-day match)
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: Mohammad Yunus, ND Nagarwala
Match Result: West Indies won by an innings and 336 runs
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Holt | c Nari Contractor b Surendranath | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Conrad Hunte | c Surendranath b Fergie Gupte | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Rohan Kanhai | c Polly Umrigar b Surendranath | 256 | - | 400 | 42 | - |
| 4. Collie Smith | b Polly Umrigar | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Basil Butcher | lbw b Ghulam Ahmed | 103 | 0 | 180 | 15 | - |
| 6. Garry Sobers | not out | 106 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Joe Solomon | not out | 69 | - | 140 | - | - |
| *+8. Gerry Alexander | ||||||
| 9. Sonny Ramadhin | ||||||
| 10. Wes Hall | ||||||
| 11. Roy Gilchrist |
| FOW | 1-12 (John Holt), 2-72 (Conrad Hunte), 3-180 (Collie Smith), 4-397 (Basil Butcher), 5-454 (Rohan Kanhai). |
| Extras | 8b, 9lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 162.1 ovs) 614 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dattu Phadkar | 43 | 6 | 173 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Surendranath | 46 | 8 | 168 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 39 | 8 | 119 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 16.1 | 1 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Polly Umrigar | 16 | 1 | 62 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Joe Solomon b Roy Gilchrist | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | lbw b Sonny Ramadhin | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | c Gerry Alexander b Roy Gilchrist | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Ramnath Kenny | c Gerry Alexander b Wes Hall | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Polly Umrigar | not out | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Vijay Manjrekar | b Wes Hall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Dattu Phadkar | c Garry Sobers b Roy Gilchrist | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | c Garry Sobers b Wes Hall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Surendranath | run out ( > > ) | 8 | - | 90 | - | - |
| *10. Ghulam Ahmed | lbw b Garry Sobers | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fergie Gupte | b Sonny Ramadhin | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-24 (Nari Contractor), 2-26 (Pankaj Roy), 3-52 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 4-52 (Ramnath Kenny), 5-52 (Vijay Manjrekar), 6-57 (Dattu Phadkar), 7-58 (Naren Tamhane), 8-89 (Surendranath), 9-99 (Ghulam Ahmed), 124 (Fergie Gupte). |
| Extras | 2b, 8lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 62.5 ovs) 124 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Roy Gilchrist | 23 | 13 | 18 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wes Hall | 15 | 6 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 16.5 | 8 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Collie Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Garry Sobers | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Gerry Alexander b Wes Hall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | b Roy Gilchrist | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Polly Umrigar | c Gerry Alexander b Wes Hall | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Vijay Manjrekar | not out | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ramnath Kenny | b Wes Hall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | b Garry Sobers | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Dattu Phadkar | b Roy Gilchrist | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Surendranath | c Gerry Alexander b Roy Gilchrist | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| +9. Naren Tamhane | b Roy Gilchrist | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| *10. Ghulam Ahmed | b Roy Gilchrist | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fergie Gupte | b Roy Gilchrist | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Pankaj Roy), 2-7 (Polly Umrigar), 3-10 (Nari Contractor), 4-17 (Ramnath Kenny), 5-44 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 6-115 (Dattu Phadkar), 7-131 (Surendranath), 8-131 (Naren Tamhane), 9-131 (Ghulam Ahmed), 154 (Fergie Gupte). |
| Extras | 3b, 0lb, 0w, 16nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49 ovs) 154 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Roy Gilchrist | 21 | 7 | 55 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wes Hall | 18 | 5 | 55 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 8 | 3 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Garry Sobers | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Pankaj Roy, Nari Contractor, Polly Umrigar, Vijay Manjrekar, Ramnath Kenny, Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Dattu Phadkar, Surendranath, Naren Tamhane, Ghulam Ahmed, Fergie Gupte