IND vs WI in Tests: Ashwin’s scintillating show, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s unique feat

Ashwin was the cynosure of all attention as he crossed 700 international wickets with his superlative performance against the Windies.

Ashwin (709 wickets) became only the third Indian to join this list after Anil Kumble (956) and Harbhajan Singh (711). | Photo Credit: AFP

5 The number of wickets claimed by R. Ashwin on the opening day of the Roseau Test match against the West Indies on 12 July 2023. His 5/60 is the fifth-best figures by a spinner on the first day of a Test match in the Caribbean. This is the second time Ashwin is claiming a five-wicket haul on the opening day of a Test match in the Caribbean. He also achieved a five-wicket haul in 2016 in Kingston.

Best bowling figures by a spinner on the opening day of a Test match in the Caribbean

Figures	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Achieved on	Result
5/17	Jimmy Adams	WI	NZ	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Won
5/23	David Holford	WI	Ind	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Won
5/52	R. Ashwin	Ind	WI	Kingston	20 Jul 2016	Drawn
5/59	Shane Shillingford	WI	Zim	Roseau	20 Mar 2013	Won
5/60	R. Ashwin	Ind	WI	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Won

16 The number of bowlers who have the distinction of claiming 700 or more international wickets across all three formats. On the first day of the Roseau Test match, R. Ashwin became the latest to join this group of players in international cricket. Ashwin (709 wickets) thus became only the third Indian to join this list after Anil Kumble (956) and Harbhajan Singh (711).

Most wickets in international cricket for spinners

								Career wickets in each format
Wkts	Bowler	For	Mts	Inns	Ave.	S/R		Test	ODI	T20
1347	M. Muralitharan	SL	495	583	22.86	46.87		800	534	13
1001	Shane Warne	Aus	339	464	25.51	51.30		708	293	0
956	Anil Kumble	Ind	403	501	30.09	57.89		619	337	0
711	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	367	444	32.54	58.61		417	269	25
709	R. Ashwin	Ind	271	352	25.67	45.76		486	151	72
705	Daniel Vettori	NZ	442	498	32.42	61.93		362	305	38

Note:

* Ashwin has the best strike-rate among the above listed spinners.

* Ashwin is the only bowler in the above list to claim all his 700+ wickets for one team (India), while the others have also appeared for sides such as the ICC World XI, Asia XI and African XI.

7 The number of wickets claimed by R. Ashwin in the second innings in the Roseau Test match on 14 July 2023. His figures of 7/71 are the third-best bowling figures by a visiting spin bowler on Caribbean soil, although it should be noted that Tony Greig’s 8/86 came while bowling his medium-pace off-cutters in the Port of Spain Test match in Trinidad in April 1974.

Best bowling figures by a genuine spinner in the Caribbean against the home side

Match	M Inn	Bowler	For	Venue	Month, year	Result
7/44	3	Ian Johnson	Aus	Georgetown	Apr 1955	Won
7/50	2	Eric Hollies	Eng	Georgetown	Feb 1935	Drawn
7/71	3	R. Ashwin	Ind	Roseau	July 2023	Won
7/83	3	R. Ashwin	Ind	North Sound	July 2016	Won
7/94	3	Yasir Shah	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2017	Lost

12 The number of wickets claimed by R. Ashwin in both innings of the Roseau Test match. His figures of 12/131 are the fourth-best match figures by any bowler on Caribbean soil. Incidentally, his figures are best by a genuine spinner in the Caribbean. The previous best match figures by a genuine spinner were the 11/111 by Pakistani Saeed Ajmal in Providence, Guyana, in May 2011.

Best Test match bowling figures on Caribbean soil

Match figures	Innings figures	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
13/121	5/59 & 8/62	Shannon Gabriel	WI	SL	Gros Islet	June 2018	Drawn
13/132	6/95 & 7/37	Makaya Ntini	SA	WI	Port of Spain	April 2005	Won
13/156	8/86 & 5/70	Tony Greig	Eng	WI	Port of Spain	April 1974	Won
12/131	5/60 & 7/71	R. Ashwin	Ind	WI	Roseau	July 2023	Won
11/84	5/60 & 6/24	Curtly Ambrose	WI	Eng	Port of Spain	March 1994	Won

Note:Ten other bowlers have claimed 11-wicket hauls in the West Indies

Ten-wicket hauls by spinners on Caribbean soil

Match figures	Innings figures	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
12/131	5/60 & 7/71	R. Ashwin	Ind	WI	Roseau	July 2023	Won
11/11	5/69 & 6/42	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	WI	Providence	May 2011	Lost
11/229	5/137 & 6/92	Wilf Ferguson	WI	Eng	Port of Spain	Feb 1948	Drawn
10/93	5/59 & 5/34	Shane Shillingford	WI	Zim	Roseau	Mar 2013	Won
10/195	5/105 & 5/90	Greville Stevens	Eng	WI	Bridgetown	Jan 1930	Drawn
10/219	6/119 & 4/100	Shane Shillingford	WI	Aus	Roseau	Apr 2012	Lost

171 India’s opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal achieved the score in the recent Test match in Roseau. This is the third-highest score by an Indian batter on Test debut. However, it was the highest by an Indian batter on debut on foreign soil. He bettered the previous best of 131 by Sourav Ganguly in Lord’s in 1996. Jaiswal now has the highest score on debut by any batter who had faced the first ball of the innings. He surpassed the previous best of 166 by Pakistani Khalid Ibadulla in 1964.

Highest scores on Test debut for India

Runs	Batter	Against	Venue	Achieved on	Result	M Inn
187	Shikhar Dhawan	Aus	Mohali	16 Mar 2013	Won	2
177	Rohit Sharma	WI	Kolkata	7 Nov 2013	Won	2
171	Yashasvi Jaiswal	WI	Roseau	13 Jul 2023	Won	2
137	Gundappa Viswanath	Aus	Kanpur	20 Nov 1969	Drawn	3
134	Prithvi Shaw	WI	Rajkot	4 Oct 2018	Won	1

Highest scores on Test debut for India away from home

Runs	Batter	Against	Venue	Achieved on	Result	M Inn
171	Yashasvi Jaiswal	WI	Roseau	13 Jul 2023	Won	2
131	Sourav Ganguly	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1996	Drawn	2
124	Surinder Amarnath	NZ	Auckland	25 Jan 1976	Won	2
120	Suresh Raina	SL	Colombo SSC	29 Jul 2010	Drawn	2
112	Abbas Ali Baig	Eng	Manchester	28 Jul 1959	Lost	4

Highest scores on Test debut at batting position #1 (facing the first ball of the innings)

Runs	Batter	For	Agst	Venue	Achieved on	Result	M Inn
171	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Ind	WI	Roseau	13 Jul 2023	Won	2
166	Khalid Ibadulla	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964	Drawn	1
165*	Charles Bannerman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Won	1
162	Kepler Wessels	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	27 Nov 1982	Won	2
142	Conrad Hunte	WI	Pak	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Drawn	1

5 The number of Indian batters who managed to register a three-figure score before the age of 22 years. Yashasvi Jaiswal, in the recent Test match in Roseau, became the latest to do so at 21y-197d, which makes him the fourth youngest Indian. Jaiswal (171 runs @ 21y-198d) now becomes the fifth youngest Test debutant to score a 150+ after Pakistani Javed Miandad (163 runs @ 19y-119d in 1976), Australians Archie Jackson (164 runs @ 19y-152d in 1929), Doug Walters (155 runs @ 19y-357d in 1965) and West Indian George Headley (176 runs @ 20y-230d in 1930).

Youngest Indian century-makers on Test debut

Age	Batter	Runs	Against	Venue	Achieved on	Result	M Inn
18y-329d	Prithvi Shaw	134	West Indies	Rajkot	4 Oct 2018	Won	1
20y-131d	Abbas Ali Baig	112	England	Manchester	28 Jul 1959	Lost	4
20y-281d	Gundappa Viswanath	137	Australia	Kanpur	20 Nov 1969	Drawn	3
21y-197d	Yashasvi Jaiswal	171	West Indies	Roseau	13 Jul 2023	Won	2
21y-330d	Mohd Azharuddin	110	England	Kolkata	3 Jan 1985	Drawn	1

15 The number of Test batters who have achieved a century on debut on Caribbean soil. Yashasvi Jaiswal (171) in Roseau became the latest in the list. Incidentally, he is only the second Asian batter to do so after Sri Lankan Pathum Nissanka, who, on Test debut in the second innings (having scored nine runs in the first innings), had made 103 in North Sound in March 2021. However, Jaiswal’s 171 is third highest by any batter on debut on Caribbean soil.

Highest scores in the Caribbean on Test debut

Runs	Batter	For	Against	Venue	Achieved on	Result	M Inn
214	Lawrence Rowe	WI	NZ	Kingston	17 Feb 1972	Drawn	1
176	George Headley	WI	Eng	Bridgetown	16 Jan 1930	Drawn	3
171	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Ind	WI	Roseau	14 Jul 2023	Won	2
163	Andrew Hudson	SA	Pak	Bridgetown	20 Apr 1992	Lost	2

5 The number of occasions India had managed to inflict an innings defeat on its opponent in a Test match played outside Asia. The recent instance came in Roseau when India achieved its biggest-ever win outside Asia.

Victories by an innings for India outside Asia

Result	Against	Venue	Achieved on
Inns & 141 runs	West Indies	Roseau	14 Jul 2023
Inns & 92 runs	West Indies	North Sound	24 Jul 2016
Inns & 90 runs	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Sep 2005
Inns & 46 runs	England	Leeds	26 Aug 2002
Inns & 2 runs	Australia	Sydney	12 Jan 1978

All records are correct and updated until 15 July 2023