History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985

This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1970–71 season until 1985.

Events

Bombay continued its dominance of Indian domestic cricket with only Karnataka and Delhi able to mount any kind of challenge during this period.

India enjoyed two international highlights. In 1971, under Ajit Wadekar's captaincy they won a Test series in England for the first time ever, surprisingly defeating Ray Illingworth's Ashes winners and won series in West Indies.^[1] In 1983, again in England, India were surprise winners of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.^[2]

Domestic cricket

Ranji Trophy winners

1970–71 – Bombay
1971–72 – Bombay
1972–73 – Bombay
1973–74 – Karnataka
1974–75 – Bombay
1975–76 – Bombay
1976–77 – Bombay
1977–78 – Karnataka
1978–79 – Delhi
1979–80 – Delhi
1980–81 – Bombay
1981–82 – Delhi
1982–83 – Karnataka
1983–84 – Bombay
1984–85 – Bombay

International tours of India

England 1972–73

1st Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – England won by 6 wickets
2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – India won by 28 runs
3rd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – India won by 4 wickets
4th Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – match drawn
5th Test at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay – match drawn

Sri Lanka 1972–73

West Indies 1974–75

1st Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – West Indies won by 267 runs
2nd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – West Indies won by an innings and 17 runs
3rd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – India won by 85 runs
4th Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – India won by 100 runs
5th Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – West Indies won by 201 runs

Sri Lanka 1975–76

New Zealand 1976–77

1st Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – India won by 162 runs
2nd Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – match drawn
3rd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – India won by 216 runs

England 1976–77

1st Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – England won by an innings and 25 runs
2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – England won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – England won by 200 runs
4th Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – India won by 140 runs
5th Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – match drawn

England 1979–80

1st Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – England won by 10 wickets

England 1981–82

1st Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – India won by 138 runs
2nd Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – match drawn
3rd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – match drawn
4th Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – match drawn
5th Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – match drawn
6th Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – match drawn

Sri Lanka 1982–83

1st Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – match drawn

Pakistan 1983–84

1st Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – match drawn
2nd Test at Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar – match drawn
3rd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur – match drawn

West Indies 1983–84

1st Test at Modi Stadium, Kanpur – West Indies won by an innings and 83 runs
2nd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi – match drawn
3rd Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad – West Indies won by 138 runs
4th Test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay – match drawn
5th Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta – West Indies won by an innings and 46 runs
6th Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras – match drawn

England 1984–85

For details of this tour see : English cricket team in India in 1984-85

References

^ "Reforming two things in India is impossible: cricket and politics, writes Anil Singh". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Team India on the brink of ODI record at Vizag, remain torchbearers of 50-over format". 23 October 2018.

External sources

CricketArchive – Itinerary of Events in India