The sudden injury of Noorie Contractor while playing a ball from Charlie Griffith forced the young and talented player, Tiger Pataudi to take the charge of India's captaincy. It later proved to be very fruitful for India, as Pataudi is still considered as one of the most successful captains of India. In the Test series against West Indies in 1962, the Indian team was never looking to be in a comfortable position, as they started to fumble in front of the fiery West Indian pace bowling attack, right from the beginning of the tour. None of the Indian batsmen could show any resistant against the West Indian bowlers and as a result, India went on to lose all the five matches that it played against West Indies in the series. However, the Indians could retrieve their glory few years later, when they won a historical Test series against West Indies in West Indies in the first half of the 1970s. |