India v West Indies: 100 not out
9 The number of occasions two sides have managed to play each other in 100 or more Test matches. In the recent Test match in Port of Spain, the West Indies and India played the 100th Test match against each other. These sides began their head-to-head Test journey on 10 November 1948 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi. West Indies is the third opponent to play 100 or more Tests against India after England (131) and Australia (107).
India’s 100th Test against these three opponents
Opponent | Venue | Match dates | Result |
England | Lord’s | 21-25 Jul 2011 | India lost by 196 runs |
Australia | Melbourne | 26-29 Dec 2020 | India won by 8 wickets |
West Indies | Port of Spain | 20-24 Jul 2023 | Match Drawn |
Head-to-head Tests of 100 matches or more
Tests | Team1 | Team2 | Drawn | First Test match venue | Start Date |
360 | England (111) | Australia (152) | 97 | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
163 | England (51) | West Indies (59) | 53 | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1928 |
156 | England (66) | South Africa (35) | 55 | Port Elizabeth | 12 Mar 1889 |
131 | England (50) | India (31) | 50 | Lord’s | 25 Jun 1932 |
118 | Australia (60) | West Indies (32) | 26+ | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1930 |
112 | England (52) | New Zealand (13) | 47 | Christchurch | 10 Jan 1930 |
107 | Australia (45) | India (32) | 30+ | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1947 |
101 | Australia (54) | South Africa (26) | 21 | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 |
100 | West Indies (30) | India (23) | 47 | Delhi | 10 Nov 1948 |
+ includes one tied Test; Test victories mentioned in parentheses
10 The number of players who have the distinction of appearing in 500 or more international matches. In the recent Port of Spain Test match, Virat Kohli became the latest to join this exclusive club. Among Indians, only Sachin Tendulkar (664), M. S. Dhoni (538), and Rahul Dravid (509) have appeared in more international matches than Kohli. Kohli, incidentally, has aggregated the most runs (25582) among these players after their first 500 matches. He also became the first among these players to register a fifty-plus score in their 500th international match. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara scored 48 in his 500th match, while Kohli registered a 121 (his 29th Test century and 76th across formats). Interestingly, Kohli became the first to play in a 500th international in a Test match and the first to be involved in a drawn game.
The 500 international matches club
Player | Career span | Mts | Runs | Wkts | Ct | St |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 1989-2013 | 664 | 34357 | 201 | 256 | 0 |
Mahela Jayawardene (Asia/SL) | 1997-2015 | 652 | 25957 | 14 | 440 | 0 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) | 2000-2015 | 594 | 28016 | 0 | 609 | 139 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) | 1989-2011 | 586 | 21032 | 440 | 205 | 0 |
Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC) | 1995-2012 | 560 | 27483 | 8 | 364 | 0 |
MS Dhoni (Asia/IND) | 2004-2019 | 538 | 17266 | 1 | 634 | 195 |
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/PAK) | 1996-2018 | 524 | 11196 | 541 | 167 | 0 |
Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1995-2014 | 519 | 25534 | 577 | 338 | 0 |
Rahul Dravid (Asia/ICC/IND) | 1996-2012 | 509 | 24208 | 5 | 406 | 14 |
Virat Kohli (IND) | 2008-2023 | 500 | 25582 | 8 | 301 | 0 |
Note:Pakistani Inzamam-ul-Haq just missed the cut by one match. He finished his career with 499 matches while aggregating 20580 runs.
Run aggregates in international cricket after 500th match
Runs | Player | Score | Opp | (venue) | Start date | (Format) | Result |
25582 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 121 | WI | (Port of Spain) | 20 Jul 2023 | (Test) | Drawn |
25035 | Ricky Ponting (Aus) | 44 | NZ | (Napier) | 3 Mar 2010 | (ODI) | Lost |
24874 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 35 | Eng | (Jaipur) | 15 Oct 2006 | (ICC CT - ODI) | Won |
24799 | Jacques Kallis (SAf) | 6 | Aus | (Colombo RPS) | 30 Sep 2012 | (WT20 - T20I) | lost |
23607 | Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 2 | Eng | (The Oval) | 9 Sep 2011 | (ODI) | lost |
22592 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 48 | Ban | (Pallekele) | 28 Mar 2013 | (ODI) | Lost |
20230 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 11 | Aus | (Pallekele) | 6 Aug 2011 | (T20I) | Won |
18889 | Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 1 | Pak | (Abu Dhabi) | 18 May 2007 | (ODI) | Lost |
16330 | MS Dhoni (Ind) | 32* | Eng | (Cardiff) | 6 Jul 2018 | (T20I) | lost |
10899 | Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 22 | SAf | (Auckland) | 7 Mar 2015 | (ICC CWC - ODI) | Won |
4 The number of Indian opening pairs which registered 100-plus partnerships in successive innings in Test cricket. In the just concluded Test series in the Caribbean, India’s new opening pair of Yashashvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma put on 229 in the only innings in Roseau and 139 in the first innings in Port of Spain. The pair then put on 98 in the second innings, thus missing the opportunity by two runs to become the first Indian pair to be involved in three successive 100-plus opening stands.
Two successive opening stands of 100+ by an Indian pair
Runs | Batter1 | Batter2 | Opposition | Venue | Month, year | Match Inns |
137 | Devang Gandhi | S. Ramesh | New Zealand | Mohali | Oct 1999 | 2nd |
162 | Devang Gandhi | S. Ramesh | New Zealand | Kanpur | Oct 1999 | 1st |
233 | Gautam Gambhir | Virender Sehwag | Sri Lanka | Kanpur | Nov 2009 | 1st |
221 | M. Vijay | Virender Sehwag | Sri Lanka | Mumbai WS | Dec 2009 | 1st |
107 | Mayank Agarwal | Cheteshwar Pujara | New Zealand | Mumbai WS | Dec 2021 | 2nd |
117 | K. L. Rahul | Mayank Agarwal | South Africa | Centurion | Dec 2021 | 1st |
229 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rohit Sharma | West Indies | Roseau | Jul 2023 | 1st |
139 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rohit Sharma | West Indies | Port of Spain | Jul 2023 | 1st |
5 The number of Indian batters who aggregated 250-plus runs in their first three innings of their Test career. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the latest to join this list of players in the recent Port of Spain Test match. With scores of 171, 57 and 38 in the first three innings of his Test career, he has taken his tally to 266 runs. Only three other batters have managed to score more runs than Jaiswal.
Highest run aggregates after first three innings of Test career
Runs | Batter | Period | 1st Test | 2nd Test | 3rd Test |
320 | Karun Nair | Nov-Dec 2016 | (4) | (13) | (303*) |
315 | Sourav Ganguly | Jun-Jul 1996 | (131) | (136, 48) | — |
302 | Rohit Sharma | Nov-Dec 2013 | (177) | (111*) | (14) |
266 | Yashashvi Jaiswal | Jul 2023 | (171) | (57, 38) | — |
263 | Mohd Azharuddin | Dec 1984-Jan 1985 | (110) | (48, 105) | — |
266 The number of runs scored by Yashasvi Jaiswal in his debut series. This is now the fourth highest run aggregate by an Indian debutant while playing against the West Indies.
Highest run aggregate by an Indian debutant in a Test series against the West Indies
Runs | Series | Venue | Player | Mts | Inns | Ave. | H/S | 100/50 |
774 | 1970/71 | WI | Sunil Gavaskar | 4 | 8 | 154.80 | 220 | 4/3 |
288 | 2013/14 | Ind | Rohit Sharma | 2 | 2 | 288.00 | 177 | 2/0 |
281 | 1958/59 | Ind | Chandu Borde | 4 | 7 | 49.14 | 109 | 1/2 |
266 | 2023 | WI | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 2 | 3 | 88.67 | 171 | 1/1 |
237 | 2018/19 | Ind | Prithvi Shaw | 2 | 3 | 118.50 | 134 | 1/1 |
7.54 The run-rate achieved per over by India in the second innings in Port of Spain, is now the highest ever run-rate achieved by any batting side scoring at least 100 in an innings in Test cricket history.
Fastest run rates achieved by Tests sides in an innings in history
R/O | Team | Score | Overs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Achieved on | Result |
7.54 | India | 181/2d | 24 | 3 | West Indies | Port of Spain | 23-Jul-2023 | draw |
7.53 | Australia | 241/2d | 32 | 3 | Pakistan | Sydney | 6-Jan-2017 | won |
7.36 | England | 264/7d | 35.5 | 3 | Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 4-Dec-2022 | won |
6.82 | West Indies | 173/6 | 25.2 | 4 | v India | Kingston | 28-Feb-1983 | won |
6.80 | South Africa | 340/3d | 50 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 4-Mar-2005 | won |
Note: South Africa achieved it on the first day of the Test match after dismissing Zimbabwe for 54.
All records are correct and updated until 26 July 2023
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