Skippers Won By
Season Venue West Indies India Test WI Ind Drawn
1948-49 India JDG Goddard L Amarnath 5 1 - 4
1952-53 WI JB Stollmeyer VS Hazare 5 1 - 4
1958-59 Ind FCM Alexander Ghulam Ahmed 5 3 - 2
1961-62 WI FMM Worrell NJ Contractor 5 5 - -
1966-67 Ind GS Sobers MAK Pataudi 3 2 - 1
1970-71 WI GS Sobers AL Wadekar 5 - 1 4
1974-75 Ind CH Lloyd MAK Pataudi 5 3 2 -
1975-76 WI CH Lloyd BS Bedi 4 2 1 1
1978-79 Ind AI Kallicharran SM Gavaskar 6 - 1 5
1982-83 WI CH Lloyd Kapil Dev 5 2 - 3
1983-84 Ind CH Lloyd Kapil Dev 6 3 - 3
1987-88 Ind IVA Richards DB Vengsarkar 4 1 1 2
1988-89 WI IVA Richards DB Vengsarkar 4 3 - 1
1994-95 Ind CA Walsh M Azharuddin 3 1 1 1
In India : 37 14 5 18
In West Indies: 28 13 2 13
Grand Total 65 27 7 31
The following players deputed for the captain or were appointed for only a part of the series :
P R Umrigar (first), V. Mankad (fourth), H R Adhikari (fifth)
for India in 1958-59;
M A K Pataudi (third to fifth) for India in 1961-62;
S Venkataraghavan (second) for India in 1974-75 and
R J Shastri (fourth) for India in 1987-88.
Other milestones :
Highest innings totals :
For WI in WI : 631-8 decl at Kingston, 1961-62.
For WI in Ind : 644: 644-8 decl. at Delhi, 1958-59.
For India in WI : 469-7 at Trinidad, 1982-83
For India in India: 644-7 decl. at Kanpur, 1978-79.
Lowest innings totals :
For WI in WI : 214 at Trinidad, 1970-71
For WI in India: 127 at Delhi, 1987-88.
For India in WI: 97 * at Kingston, 1975-76
For India in Ind : 75 at Delhi, 1987-88.
* five men absent hurt. The lowest with 11 men batting is 98 at Trinidad, 1961-62.
Centuries:
For WI : 78
For India: 58
Highest individual scores
For WI in WI : 237 by Frank Worrell at Kingston, 1952-53
For WI in India: 256 by Rohan Kanhai at Calcutta, 1958-59.
For India in WI : 220 by Sunil Gavaskar at Trinidad, 1975-76
For India in India: 236* by Sunil Gavaskar at Madras, 1983-84.
Ten or more wickets in a match:
For West Indies (4) 11 - 126 (6-50, 5-76) by Wes Hall at Kanpur, 1958-59
11 - 89 (5-34, 6-55) by Malcolm Marshall at Trinidad, 1988-89
12 - 121 (7-64, 5-57) by Andy Roberts at Madras, 1974-75
10 - 101 (6-62, 4-39) by Courtney Walsh at Kingston, 1988-89
For India (4) : 11 - 235 (7-157, 4-78) by B S Chandrashekhar at Bombay, 1966-67
10 - 223 (9-102, 1-121) by S P Gupte at Kanpur, 1958-59
16 - 136 (8-61, 8-75) by Narendra Hirwani at Madras, 1988-89
10 - 135 (1-52, 9-83) by Kapil Dev at Ahmedabad, 1983-84.
Record partnership for each wicket:
For West Indies :
Wicket Runs Players Venue Season
First 296 C G Greenidge and D L Haynes St John's 1982-83
Second 255 E. D A McMorris and R B Kanhai Kingston 1961-62
Third 220 I V A Richards and A I Kallicharan Bridgetown 1975-76
Foruth 267 Clyde Walcott and G E Gomez Delhi 1948-49
Fifth 219 E D Weekes and B H Pairudeau Trinidad 1952-53
Sixth 250 C H Lloyd and D L Murray Bombay 1974-75
Seventh 130 C. G Greenidge and M D Marshall Kanpur 1983-84
Eighth 124 I V A Richards and K. D Boyce Delhi 1974-75
Ninth 161 C.H Lloyd and A M E Roberts Calcutta 1983-84
Tenth 98* Frank Worrell and Wes Hall Trinidad 1961-62
For India:
First 153 S M Gavaskar and C P S Chauhan Bombay 1978-79
Second 344* S M Gavaskar and D B Vengasarkar Calcutta 1978-79
Third 177* N S Sidhu and S R Tendulkar Nagpur 1994-95
Fourth 172 G R Viswanath and A D Gaekwad Kanpur 1978-79
Fifth 204 S M Gavaskar and B P Patel Trinidad 1975-76
Sixth 170 S M Gavaskar and R J Shastri Madras 1983-84
Seventh 186 D N Sardesai and E D Solkar Bridgetown 1970-71
Eighth 107 Yashpal Sharma and B S Sandhu Kingston 1982-83
Ninth 143* S M Gavaskar and S M H Kirmani Madras 1983-84
Tenth 64 J Srinath and S L V Raju Mohali 1994-95.