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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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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.

 

6. 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.

 

7. 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.

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

 

9. 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.