Stats Preview: West Indies vs India 1st Test

Dec 31, 2018 at 1:56 PM

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Stats Preview: West Indies vs India 1st Test

West Indies vs India 4-match Test series in West Indies will begin from 21st July. The series will run for almost 1 month as the last Test will begin from 18th August. It is expected that the upcoming Test series will be exciting.

Before the beginning of the Test series, let’s check out stats in the previous Test encounters between West Indies vs India. 

A) Head-to-Head

  1. West Indies vs India in overall Test records: Matches – 90; West Indies won – 30; India won – 16; Drawn – 44

 

  1. West Indies vs India Test match records in West Indies: Matches – 45; West Indies won – 16; India won – 5; Drawn – 24
Team India
Team India
  1. West Indies vs India Test series records in West Indies: Series – 10; West Indies won – 7; India won – 3; Drawn – 0
Team West Indies
Team West Indies
  1. West Indies vs India in Tests at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (North Sound, Antigua): Never played before

 

  1. West Indies vs India in Tests at Sabina Park (Kingston, Jamaica): Matches – 11; West Indies won – 6; India won – 2; Drawn – 3

 

  1. West Indies vs India in Tests at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium (Gros Islet, St Lucia): Matches – 1; West Indies won – 0; India won – 0; Drawn – 1

 

  1. West Indies vs India in Tests at Queen’s Park Oval (Port of Spain, Trinidad): Matches – 12; West Indies won – 3; India won – 3; Drawn – 6

B) The previous Test records between West Indies vs India in West Indies

  1. Highest totals in a Test innings – 631/8 decl. by West Indies at Kingston in 1962

(For India) 588/8 decl. at Gros Islet in 2006

 

  1. Lowest totals in a Test innings – 81 by India at Bridgetown in 1997

(For West Indies) 103 runs at Kingston in 2006

 

  1. Largest Victories (by an innings) – West Indies won by an innings & 97 runs at Bridgetown in 1976

 

  1. Largest Victories (by runs) – West Indies won by 217 runs at Port of Spain in 1989

(For India) A win by 63 runs at Kingston in 2011.

 

  1. Largest Victories (by wickets) – West Indies won by 10 wickets at Port of Spain in 1962, at Kingston in 1976, at Bridgetown in 1983 and at Bridgetown in 2002

(For India) A win by 7 wickets at Port of Spain in 1971

 

  1. Most runs scored (in career) by a batsman in Test clashes between West Indies and India in West Indies – 1547 runs (17 matches, 29 innings) by Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies, 1997-2011)

(For India) 1511 runs (17 matches, 28 innings) by Rahul Dravid (1997-2011)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  1. Most runs scored by a batsman in a Test series between West Indies and India in West Indies – 774 runs (4 matches, 8 innings) by Sunil Gavaskar (India) in 1970/71

(For West Indies) 716 runs (5 matches, 8 innings) by Sir Everton Weekes in 1952-53.

Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar
  1. Most wickets (in career) by a bowler in Test clashes between West Indies and India in West Indies – 45 wickets (11 matches, 17 innings) by Anil Kumble (India, 1997-2006)

(For West Indies) 40 wickets (8 matches, 15 innings) by Malcolm Marshall (1983-1989)

Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble
  1. Most wickets by a bowler in a Test series between West Indies and India in West Indies – 28 wickets (5 matches) by Alf Valentine (West Indies) in 1952/53

(For India) 27 wickets (5 matches) by Subhash Gupte in 1952/53

C) Teams players’ performances head-to-head in Test

  1. West Indian batsmen vs Indian batsmen in West Indies (Test matches played – 45): Total runs scored by West Indian batsmen – 21,954 (average – 35.07); Centuries by West Indian batsmen – 54; Half-centuries by West Indian batsmen – 98; Ducks (dismissed on 0) by West Indian batsmen – 73; Highest individual score in an innings by a West Indian batsman – 237 by Sir Frank Worrell at Kingston in 1953.

Total runs scored by Indian batsmen – 20,295 (average – 29.88); Centuries by Indian batsmen – 37; Half-centuries by Indian batsmen – 102; Ducks (dismissed on 0) by Indian batsmen – 93; Highest individual score in an innings by an Indian batsman – 220 by Sunil Gavaskar at Port of Spain in 1971.

 

  1. West Indian bowlers vs Indian bowlers in West Indies (Test matches played – 45): Wickets taken by West Indian bowlers – 652 (average – 31.75); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by West Indian bowlers – 27; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by West Indian bowlers – 2; Best bowling performance in an innings by a West Indian bowler – 9/95 by Jack Noreiga at Port of Spain in 1971; Best bowling performance in a Test match by a West Indian bowler – 11/89 by Malcolm Marshall at Port of Spain in 1989

Wickets taken by Indian bowlers – 595 (average – 37.44); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by Indian bowlers – 24; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by Indian bowlers – 1; Best bowling performance in an innings by an Indian bowler – 7/162 by Subhash Gupte at Port of Spain in 1953; Best bowling performance in a Test match by an Indian bowler – 10/108 by Ishant Sharma at Bridgetown in 2011

 

Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma
  1. West Indian pacers vs Indian pacers in West Indies: Wickets taken by West Indian pacers – 457 (average – 28.65); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by West Indian pacers – 19; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by West Indian pacers – 2; Best bowling performance in an innings by a West Indian pacer – 6/49 by Sir Wes Hall at Kingston in 1962; Best bowling performance in a Test match by a West Indian pacer – 11/89 by Malcolm Marshall at Port of Spain in 1989

Wickets taken by Indian pacers – 231 (average – 37.19); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by Indian pacers – 6; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by Indian pacers – 1; Best bowling performance in an innings by an Indian pacer – 6/55 by Ishant Sharma at Bridgetown in 2011; Best bowling performance in a Test match by an Indian pacer – 10/108 by Ishant Sharma at Bridgetown in 2011

 

Malcolm Marshall
Malcolm Marshall
  1. West Indian spinners vs Indian spinners in West Indies: Wickets taken by West Indian spinners – 146 (average – 40.41); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by West Indian spinners – 7; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by West Indian spinners – 0; Best bowling performance in an innings by a West Indian spinner – 9/95 by Jack Noreiga at Port of Spain in 1971; Best bowling performance in a Test match by a West Indian spinner – 9/63 by Lance Gibbs at Bridgetown in 1962

Wickets taken by Indian spinners – 349 (average – 37.32); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by Indian spinners – 17; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by Indian spinners – 0; Best bowling performance in an innings by an Indian spinner – 7/162 by Subhash Gupte at Port of Spain in 1953; Best bowling performance in a Test match by an Indian spinner – 8/126 by Bishan Singh Bedi at Port of Spain in 1976.

 

  1. West Indian all-round bowlers vs Indian all-round bowlers in West Indies: Wickets taken by West Indian all-round bowlers – 49 (average – 34.93); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by West Indian all-round bowlers – 1; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by West Indian all-round bowlers – 0; Best bowling performance in an innings by a West Indian all-round bowler – 5/63 by Sir Garry Sobers at Kingston in 1962 ; Best bowling performance in a Test match by a West Indian all-round bowler – 6/50 by Sir Garry Sobers at Port of Spain in 1962

Wickets taken by Indian all-round bowlers – 15 (average -43.93); No. of times 5-wicket haul in an innings by Indian all-round bowlers – 1; No. of times 10-wicket haul in a Test match by Indian all-round bowlers – 0; Best bowling performance in an innings by an Indian all-round bowler – 5/64 by Dattu Phadkar at Bridgetown in 1953; Best bowling performance in a Test match by an Indian all-round bowler – 7/88 by Dattu Phadkar at Bridgetown in 1953

[Note: “All-round bowlers” refers to those kind of bowlers who have equally skilled in both types (as a pacer and as a spinner) of bowling.]

D) Some interesting facts between West Indies and India Test matches in West Indies

  1. Only two Indian skippers scored Test century (both scored only once) in West Indies. These two Indian captains were: Kapil Dev (100* in Port of Spain in 1983) and Rahul Dravid (146 in Gros Islet in 2006). Both the matches were drawn at the end.
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
  1. Former West Indian batsman Carl Hooper is the only captain to score a double-century in clashes between West Indies vs India in West Indies. Hooper had scored 233 runs at Georgetown in 2002.
West Indies captain Carl Hooper
West Indies captain Carl Hooper
  1. Till date, there are 7 double-centuries hit by batsmen during the Test clash between West Indies and India in West Indies. Out of these 7 double centuries, Indian batsmen hit 4 (Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Sardesai, Wasim Jaffer and Navjot Singh Sidhu) and West Indies batsmen hit the other three (Frank Worrell, Carl Hooper, and Everton Weekes). All the 7 double centuries came in 7 different matches.

The most interesting fact is that, all those 7 Tests (between West Indies and India in West Indies) were drawn when any batsman from either team hits a double–century.

 

  1. Till date, none of the spinners (from both teams West Indies and India) have been able to complete 10-wicket haul in a Test match between West Indies vs India in West Indies. In this category, the best bowling performance by a spinner in a Test match was 9/63 by Lance Gibbs (West Indies) at Bridgetown in 1962.

 

  1. In the previous Test series between West Indies vs India in West Indies, none of Test series were drawn. Out of 10 previous Test series between West Indies vs India in West Indies, hosts West Indies had won 7 times while visitors India had won only 3 times.

 

  1. Last time, West Indies won a Test match against India on their home soil in May 2002 at Kingston. After that, West Indies remain winless in 7 Tests against India in West Indies. Out of those 7 Tests, West Indies lost 2 Tests and has drawn other 5 Tests.

 

  1. Last time West Indies won a Test series against India in West Indies was in 2002 by 2-1 (5-match Test series). After that, India won last two Test series by 1-0 (4-match Test series) and 1-0 (3-match Test series) in 2006 and 2011 respectively.

  1. India has never won more than one Test in a Test series against West Indies in West Indies.

 

  1. Indian Test captain Virat Kohli (2,994 runs) needs only 6 runs to complete 3,000 runs in Test cricket.

Also, West Indian batsman Darren Bravo (2,988 runs) needs only 12 runs to complete 3,000 runs in Test cricket.

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