- By Namrata Vijay
- Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs WI Test Series: India will lock horns with West Indies for a two-match Test series. The first Test match will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium from Thursday, October 2, and the second Test match will be held in Delhi. Shubman Gill will be leading the team from the front, whereas Ravindra Jadeja will be the vice-captain, and the West Indies will be playing under the captaincy of Roston Chase.
The visitors have had two huge blows before this Test series. Fast bowlers Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph have pulled out owing to injuries. Jayden Seales, who has taken 88 wickets after playing in 21 Tests till now, will be spearheading their bowling attack.
The Men in Blue began their 2025-27 WTC cycle after playing a five-match Test series against England, which ended in a 2-2 tie, and the West Indies lost to Australia by 3-0 in their backyard.
The visitors will try to bounce back and perform well against India in this two-match Test series and score their first WTC points.
Ahead of the start of the India-West Indies Test series, here’s a look at the top performers and record-holders in 100 matches played so far between the two teams since facing each other for the first time in 1948.
Most wins: West Indies (30)
Most defeats: India (23)
Highest total: 649/9 (dec) in 149.5 overs by India in Rajkot (October 2018)
Lowest total: 75/10 in 30.5 overs by India in Delhi (November 1987)
Biggest win (by innings): West Indies beat India by an innings and 336 runs in Kolkata (December 1958-January 1959)
Biggest win (by runs): India beat the West Indies by 318 runs in North Sound (August 2019)
Biggest win (by wickets): India beat the West Indies by 10 wickets (72-run target) in Hyderabad (October 2018)
Smallest win (by runs): India beat the West Indies by 37 runs in Port of Spain (April 2002)
Smallest win (by wickets): India beat the West Indies by 3 wickets in Chennai (January 1979
Most runs: Sunil Gavaskar of India (2749 runs in 27 Tests)
Highest score: Rohan Kanhai of the West Indies (256 in Kolkata, December 1958-January 1959)
Highest average (minimum 10 innings): Everton Weekes of the West Indies (106.78)
Most 100s: Sunil Gavaskar of India (13 centuries in 27 matches)
Most ducks: Bishan Singh Bedi (7 ducks in 18 matches)
Most sixes: Clive Lloyd of the West Indies (22 maximums in 28 matches)
Most runs in a series: Everton Weekes of the West Indies (779 runs in five matches during the 1948-49 series in India
Most wickets: Kapil Dev of India (89 wickets in 25 matches)
Best bowling figures (innings): Kapil Dev of India (9/83 in 30.3 overs, Ahmedabad in November 1983)
Best bowling figures (match): Narendra Hirwani of India (16/136 in 33.5 overs, Chennai in January 1988)
Most five-wicket hauls: 6 fifers each by Ravichandran Ashwin of India and Malcolm Marshall of the West Indies
Most 10 wickets in a match: One 10-fer each by India’s Narendra Hirwani, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kapil Dev, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Subhash Gupte, and West Indies’ Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Andy Roberts, and Wes Hall.
Most wickets in a series: Malcolm Marshall of the West Indies (33 wickets in six matches during the 1983-84 series in India
Most dismissals: Jeff Dujon of the West Indies (60 – 58 catches, 2 stumpings)
Most catches: Viv Richards of the West Indies (39)
Highest partnership: 344 runs for the 2nd wicket between Dilip Vengsarkar and Sunil Gavaskar of India in Kolkata (December 1978-January 1979)
Most matches: 28 Tests each by Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards of the West Indies
Most matches (as captain): 20 Tests by Clive Lloyd of the West Indies
Most wins (as captain): 10 wins in 20 Tests by Clive Lloyd of the West Indies
Both teams have faced each other in 47 Test matches till now in India, where the Men in Blue have won 13 matches, and the visitors have also won as many.