Harbhajan sliced through the batting Windies batting line-up
#1- Subhash Gupte (7/162 at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 1952-53)
Subhash Gupte is considered the greatest leg spinner by Sir Garfield Sobers
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The series marked India’s first ever official tour to West Indies. Despite being the overwhelming underdogs, the Indians fared reasonably well throughout the series losing a single match and drawing the other four.
Subhash Gupte by far was the talking point of the series as far as India was concerned. He picked up 27 wickets in the series and even the very best struggled to cope up with his grit and determination. He had a lot of variations up his sleeve .
India won the toss and chose to bat first. Courtesy Polly Umrigar’s 130 India posted a formidable total of 417 in their first innings.
Gupte turned out to be the kingpin for India when they came out to bowl. Despite West Indies posting 438, Subhash Gupte picked up 7 wickets in the innings which is still the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an innings in West Indies.
E D Weekes scored a double century and B H Pairaudeau chipped in with a century to propel the Windies total to 438. Gupte dismissed JB Stollymeyer, Frank Worell, Weekes, Pairaudeau, G E Gomez, F M King and A.L. Valentine
Sir Gary Sobers described him as the best leg break bowler ever to have graced the game. According to him,Shane Warne is undoubtedly a great bowler but no one is better than Subhash Gupte as far as the art of leg spin is concerned.
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