The rivalry between India and West Indies takes to the 1970’s when the battle between these two teams can be termed as David vs Goliath. West Indies are the dominant forces then and now the times have changed as the Indians got the upper hand over their Caribbean rivals.
Even still, the battle between Sunil Gavaskar and Co. and the Windies quicks remain in the hearts of the people. Facing the legendary West Indian bowlers, Sunny has scored 2749 runs in 48 innings with an average of 65.45, which can be considered as one of the greatest achievement of his career. Here are the list of top 10 highest run scorers from either sides in Test Matches.
|
S.no |
Batsman Name |
Country |
Matches/Innings |
Runs |
Average |
Highest Score |
|
1 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
India |
27/48 |
2749 |
65.45 |
236* |
|
2 |
West Indies |
28/44 |
2344 |
58.60 |
242* |
|
|
3 |
Shiv Chanderpaul |
West Indies |
25/44 |
2171 |
63.85 |
140 |
|
4 |
India |
23/38 |
1978 |
63.80 |
146 |
|
|
5 |
Vivian Richards |
West Indies |
28/41 |
1927 |
50.71 |
192* |
|
6 |
Garry Sobers |
West Indies |
18/30 |
1920 |
83.47 |
198 |
|
7 |
India |
22/36 |
1715 |
57.16 |
176* |
|
|
8 |
Rohan Kanhai |
West Indies |
18/28 |
1693 |
62.70 |
256 |
|
9 |
Gordon Greenidge |
West Indies |
23/39 |
1678 |
47.94 |
194 |
|
10 |
India |
21/32 |
1630 |
54.33 |
179 |
*Stats updated till 16 October 2014
Among the players who will play the upcoming series, no one with the exception of Shiv Chanderpaul have made it to the list of highest run scorers between India and West Indies. Currently MS Dhoni is the highest ranked Indian Test player in the list as he is in the 50th spot with a total of 476 runs in 12 matches at an average of 26.44.