India played West Indies at the home grounds for the first time after independence. Amongst the first five test series 1st, 2nd and 3rd test ended in draw. But in the fourth test match West Indies won by 193 runs and an inning. Again in the fifth test match ended in draw in Mumbai.

First Test at Delhi
The first test was held at Firoz Sah Kotla stadium in New Delhi from November 10 - 14, 1948. There was

India's start was not good at all. Mankad went back to the pavilion scoring only five runs. The new comer K.C. Ibrahim and Rusi Modi played steadily. They took India to a comfortable position scoring 85 and 63 runs. Followed by them Lala Amarnath bated well and scored 65 runs. Hemu Adhikari made his lone life time century scoring 114 runs. But that could not resist India from follow-on although India scored 454 runs.

India started their 2nd innings on the fifth day morning and scored 220 runs losing 6 wickets. Ibrahim scored 44. Modi 367 and Lala Amarnath too made 36. Hemu and Sarbate remained unbeaten with 29 and 35 runs. The test ended draw.