The West Indies still hold the advantage over India in Test matches with a 30-23 record despite their decline as a cricketing powerhouse in the last two decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
As the two teams head into their 100th Test starting Thursday in Port of Spain, AFP Sport looks at the five most memorable encounters between them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
First impression, 1948-49<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n West Indies, led by John Goddard, first toured India in 1948-49 and won the five-match series 1-0 in a run-feast in nearly all the matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After three high-scoring draws, West Indies won the fourth Test in Chennai with fast bowlers Prior Jones, Gerry Gomez and John Trim sharing 17 of the 20 wickets to fall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n India lost by an innings and 193 runs, after they were made to follow-on in response to 582 following centuries by West Indies openers Allan Rae and Jeffrey Stollmeyer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n West Indies star Everton Weekes, who made a match-winning 90, topped the batting chart in the series with 779 runs, including four hundreds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Kanhai double, 1958-59<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n Rohan Kanhai smashed a match-winning 256 at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the third Test on the 1958-59 tour as India were routed by an innings and 336 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Basil Butcher and Gary Sobers also contributed with 103 and 106 not out but Kanhai stood out in his best-ever Test innings, studded with 42 boundaries, to guide West Indies to a mammoth 614-5 declared.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The bowling, led by Roy Gilchrist and Wes Hall, did the rest as the West Indies bowled out India twice for 124 and 154 to lead the five-match series 2-0. They finally won it 3-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Sunny days, 1971<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n Sunil Gavaskar made a sparkling debut at Port of Spain in 1971 to play a key role in India's first-ever Test win over the West Indies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Gavaskar, fondly called "Sunny" or the "Little Master", made 65 and then an unbeaten 67, as India won by seven wickets for a 1-0 lead, which the tourists retained to clinch the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Dilip Sardesai's 112 in India's first innings of 352 also stood out against a formidable West Indies bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Gavaskar amassed 774 runs at an average of 154.8 in the five matches to kickstart his illustrious Test journey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n 'Super Cat' show, 1975<\/strong> <\/p>\r\n\r\n Clive Lloyd led from the front with his Test best of 242 not out at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium in 1975 to help West Indies clinch a series-deciding fifth match in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n With the series tied at 2-2, Lloyd's 429-minute stay at the wicket and his 250-run sixth-wicket stand with Deryck Murray powered the tourists to 604-6 declared in the six-day Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n It was the only double ton scored by Lloyd, who was called "Super Cat" for his sharp fielding in the cover area, in his illustrious 110-Test career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n India fought back with a first-innings reply of 406, but lost by 201 runs while chasing 404 on the final day of the Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Dravid special, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n Rahul Dravid won many a game for India with his resolute batting including a series-clinching victory in the West Indies in 2006.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After three drawn games, Dravid's India won the final match by 49 runs with the captain scoring 81 and 68 in the first and second innings of a low-scoring game in Kingston.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Dravid stood out with his dogged effort in the match as the visitors scored 200 and 171 against a Brian Lara-led West Indies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n