19th July (CRICKETNMORE) - The first test of the 4 match series between India and West Indies will start on 21st July at Antigua. Check some of the interesting Statistics and trivia from the previous test matches between the two teams:
# India have won all the seven Test series in the last 13 years against West Indies.
# For India, Sunil Gavaskar scored most runs (2749 runs in 27 Tests).
Also Check Kohli's selfie with Sir Vivian Richards
# For West Indies, Clive Llyod scored the maximum runs (2344 in 28 Tests)
# B Kanhai holds the record of highest score for West Indies (256m Dec.1958 at Kolkata) while for India its Sunil Gavaskar (236, Dec.1983 at Chennai)
# Sunil Gavaskar tops the list of centuries scored by batsmen between the two teams. He scored 13 where as for West Indies Gary Sobers scored 8 centuries.
# Sunil Gavaskar tops the list of half-centuries scored by batsmen between the two teams. He scored 20 where as for West Indies Clive Llyod scored 19 half-centuries.
# E Weekes scored most runs in a series (779 in 5 tests) whereas for India Sunil Gavaskar scored 774 runs in 4 matches.
# Kapil Dev took most wickets for India against West Indies (89 from 25 matches at an average of 24.89) where as Malcolm Marshall took highes wickets for West Indies (76 wickets from 17 matches at an average of 21.98)
# Best Bowling figure for India is by Kapil Dev - 30.3-6-83-9 in Nov, 1982 at Ahmedabad
# Best Bowling figure for West Indies is by J Noregia - 49.4-16-95-9 in Mar, 1971 at Port of Spain
# Best Bowling figure in a test match for India is by N Hirwani - 33.5-6-136-16 in Jan, 1988 at Chennai.
# Best Bowling figure in a test match for West Indies is by A Roberts - 42.3-11-121-12 in Jan, 1975 at Chennai
# Most-five-wickets (innings) - 5 by Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) and 5 by Harbhajan Singh (India)
# Most wickets in a series - 33 by Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) and 29 by Kapil Dev (India)
# Highest Totals: India - 644/7 in Feb 1979 at Kanpur, West Indies - 644/8 in Feb, 1959 at Delhi
# Lowest Totals: India - 75 in Nov 1987 at Delhi
# Head-to-head Series Results: West Indies - 12, India - 7, Drawn - 2, Total - 21
# Head-to-head Match Results: Total Played - 90, India won - 16, West Indies won - 30, Drawn - 44
Sahir