- Second Test, April 19-23, 2002
This was Sourav Ganguly’s first tour to West Indies as a captain. On the previous tour, Sachin Tendulkar led the team to West Indies where the Indian team lost the 5 matches Test matches series by a margin of 1-0.
After the drawn first match, it was important for a team to win the second one so as to take a lead in the series; team India was first one to do the honours. Batting first in the second Test match of the series team India scored 339 runs. In reply, the West Indies team could just score 245 runs on the board. In the third innings when team India was losing continues wickets, captain Ganguly took on the charge and he along with V.V.S. Laxman shared 149 runs for the fifth wicket. Team India asked West Indies team to chase 313 for the win. The top order of the West Indies team set up a good game for them but in the end, it was the Indian team who pulled off a brilliant victory in the end.