• Highest scores by Indian captains in WI

    India’s biggest win outside the subcontinent (by innings margin):

    Margin

    Opponent

    Venue

    Season

    Captain

    Inns 92 runs

    West Indies

    North Sound

    2016

    Virat Kohli

    Inns 90 runs

    Zimbabwe

    Bulawayo

    2005

    Sourav Ganguly

    Inns 46 runs

    England

    Leeds

    2002

    Sourav Ganguly

    Inns 2 runs

    Australia

    Sydney

    1977-78

    Bishan Singh Bedi

  • West Indies’ biggest defeats at home (by innings margin):

    The defeat is the biggest ever for West Indies at home.

    Margin

    Opponent

    Venue

    Season

    Inns 92 runs

    West Indies

    North Sound

    2016

    Inns 86 runs

    South Africa

    Bridgetown

    2004-05

    Inns 53 runs

    Australia

    Kingston

    1994-95

    Inns 1 run

    Pakistan

    Port-of-Spain

    1957-58

  • Break-up of India’s innings wins:

    The innings win was India's first under Virat Kohli and 35th overall. The break-up of India's innings wins is as under:

    Opponent

    Inns wins

    Sri Lanka

    8

    West Indies

    5

    Australia

    4

    England

    4

    New Zealand

    4

    Bangladesh

    3

    Pakistan

    3

    Zimbabwe

    3

    South Africa

    1

    (TOTAL)

    35

  • India’s Test wins in the West Indies:

    The win was India's only sixth Test victory in the West Indies. The first one came under Ajit Wadekar in March 1971 when the visitors won by seven wickets at Port of Spain.

    Month/Year

    Venue

    Margin of win

    Captain

    Mar 1971

    Port-of-Spain

    7 wickets

    Ajit Wadekar

    Apr 1976

    Port-of-Spain

    6 wickets

    Bishan Singh Bedi

    Apr 2002

    Port-of-Spain

    37 runs

    Sourav Ganguly

    Jul 2006

    Kingston

    49 runs

    Rahul Dravid

    Jun 2011

    Kingston

    63 runs

    MS Dhoni

    Jul 2016

    North Sound

    Inns 92 runs

    Virat Kohli

  • Best figures for India in West Indies:

    Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who went wicketless in the first innings, registered wonderful figures of seven for 83 in the second innings -- the best figures by an Indian bowler in the West Indies.

    Bowler

    Figures

    Venue

    Season

    R Ashwin

    7/83

    North Sound

    2016

    Subhash Gupte

    7/162

    Port-of-Spain

    1952-53

    Anil Kumble

    6/78

    Kingston

    2006

    Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

    6/120

    Port-of-Spain

    1975-76

    Harbhajan Singh

    5/13

    Kingston

    2006

  • Best figures for India in West Indies:

    Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who went wicketless in the first innings, registered wonderful figures of seven for 83 in the second innings -- the best figures by an Indian bowler in the West Indies.

    Bowler

    Figures

    Venue

    Season

    R Ashwin

    7/83

    North Sound

    2016

    Subhash Gupte

    7/162

    Port-of-Spain

    1952-53

    Anil Kumble

    6/78

    Kingston

    2006

    Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

    6/120

    Port-of-Spain

    1975-76

    Harbhajan Singh

    5/13

    Kingston

    2006

  • Best figures by spinners against West Indies in the West Indies:

    Ashwin's figures are also the third best by a spinner for a visiting side in West Indies.

    The details:

    Bowler

    For

    Figures

    Venue

    Season

    Ian Johnson

    Aus

    7/44

    Georgetown

    1954-55

    Eric Hollies

    Eng

    7/50

    Georgetown

    1934-35

    R Ashwin

    Ind

    7/83

    North Sound

    2016

    Jim Laker

    Eng

    7/103

    Bridgetown

    1947-48

    Subhash Gupte

    Ind

    7/162

    Port-of-Spain

    1952-53

  • Best figures by Indian spinners overseas:

    Ashwin recorded the third best figures by an Indian spinner outside India. Off-spinner Erapallia Prasanna has the best figures by an India spinner overseas as he claimed eight for 76 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1975-76, while current coach Anil Kumble is second with eight for 141 against Australia in Sydney in 2003-04.

    Bowler

    Figures

    Vs

    Venue

    Season

    Erapalli Prasanna

    8/76

    NZ

    Auckland

    1975-76

    Anil Kumble

    8/141

    Aus

    Sydney

    2003-04

    R Ashwin

    7/83

    WI

    North Sound

    2016

    Harbhajan Singh

    7/120

    SA

    Cape Town

    2010-11

    Subhash Gupte

    7/162

    WI

    Port-of-Spain

    1952-53

  • A century and a five-for in a Test for India:

    Incidentally, Ashwin's seven for 83 is also his personal best bowling figures in Test cricket, eclipsing the six for 46 against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2015. His previous best outside the subcontinent was four for 105 against Australia at Sydney in 2014-15.

    Ashwin has scored a century and claimed a five-wicket haul in the same Test on two occasions. He is the first Indian to do so more than once. Vinoo Mankad and Polly Umrigar are the other Indians to accomplish this feat.

    Interestingly, the previous such instance for Ashwin had also come against West Indies!

    Player

    Performance

    Vs

    Venue

    Season

    Vinoo Mankad

    184 + 5/196

    England

    Lord's

    1952

    Polly Umrigar

    172*+ 5/107

    West Indies

    Port-of-Spain

    1961-62

    R Ashwin

    103 + 5/156

    West Indies

    Mumbai WS

    2011-12

    R Ashwin

    113 + 7/83

    West Indies

    North Sound

    2016-17

  • Players with most instances of a century and a five-for in a Test:

    Ashwin has joined some great names in accomplishing the all-round feat of scoring a century and taking a five-wicket haul in the same Test on more than one occasion.

    Only Ian Botham has done so more often, having achieved the feat five times during his 102-Test career.

    Instances

    Player

    Tests

    5

    Ian Botham (Eng)

    102

    2

    R Ashwin (Ind)

    33

    2

    Shakib Al Hasan (B'desh)

    42

    2

    Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak)

    57

    2

    Garry Sobers (WI)

    93

    2

    Jacques Kallis (SA)

    166

  • Other highlights:

    Ashwin has taken 17 five-wicket hauls in 33 Tests. Only two bowlers had taken more five-wicket hauls at the similar stage of career – Syd Barnes (24) and Waqar Younis (19). Interestingly, Barnes played only 27 Tests.

    India extended their undefeated streak against West Indies to 16 Tests. They have won nine and drawn seven of these Tests.

    India are on a roll at the moment in Test cricket, having won six out of their last seven matches.

    Virat Kohli's Test captaincy record reads: Matches: 11, Won: 6, Lost: 2, Drawn: 3