The hosts India and the visitors Windies will start their two-match Test series battle from this Thursday (October 4). The first Test is going to be held at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot (October 4-8) while the second Test will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (October 12-16).
The no.1 Test ranked team India is going to face the no.8 Test ranked team Windies in this series. Though this series result will not put any direct effect in the ICC Test ranking table, the result can make the important impact in their near future Test ranking positions.
Prior to the two-match Test series, we will look at some important Test stats between India and Windies.
Also read: Windies tour of India 2018/19: First Test – Match Preview
Head-to-Head Test records between India and Windies
(in Overall venues)
Played: 94; India won: 18; Windies won: 30; Drawn: 46; Tied: 0
(in India)
Played: 45; India won: 11; Windies won: 14; Drawn: 20; Tied: 0
Major Test stats between India and Windies in India
(Team Stats)
Highest totals
India: 644/7 decl. at Kanpur in 1979
Windies: 644/8 decl. at Delhi in 1959
Lowest totals (completed innings)
India: 75 at Delhi in 1987
Windies: 127 at Delhi in 1987
Largest victories (by an innings)
India: an innings & 126 runs at Mumbai in 2013
Windies: an innings & 336 runs at Kolkata in 1958
Largest victories (by runs)
India: 255 runs at Chennai in 1988
Windies: 295 runs at Chennai in 1959
Largest victories (by Wickets)
India: 8 wickets at Chennai in 2002
Windies: 6 wickets at Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) in 1966
(Individual stats) – Batting
Highest individual knocks in an innings
India: 236* by Sunil Gavaskar at Chennai in 1983
Windies: 256 by Rohan Kanhai at Kolkata in 1958
Highest individual knocks in a match
India: 289 by Sunil Gavaskar at Kolkata in 1978
Windies: 279 by Clive Llyod at Mumbai in 1975
Most runs scorers
India: 1,345 runs scored by Sunil Gavaskar (24 innings)
Windies: 1,359 runs scored by Clive Llyod (22 innings)
(Individual stats) – Pace Bowling
Best bowling figure in an innings
India: 9/83 by Kapil Dev at Ahmedabad in 1983
Windies: 7/64 by Sir Andy Roberts at Chennai in 1975
Best bowling figure in a match
India: 10/135 by Kapil Dev at Ahmedabad in 1983
Windies: 12/121 by Sir Andy Roberts at Chennai in 1975
Most wicket takers
India: 54 wickets taken by Kapil Dev (28 innings)
Windies: 43 wickets taken by Courtney Walsh (13 innings)
(Individual stats) – Spin Bowling
Best bowling figure in an innings
India: 9/102 by Subhash Gupte at Kanpur in 1958
Windies: 7/98 by Lance Gibbs at Mumbai in 1975
Best bowling figure in a match
India: 16/136 by Narendra Hirwani at Chennai in 1988
Windies: 9/143 by Lance Gibbs at Mumbai in 1975
Most wicket takers
India: 44 wickets taken by Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (18 innings)
Windies: 39 wickets taken by Lance Gibbs (18 innings)
