IND vs WI Head-to-Head Records- 1st Test, West Indies Tour of India 2025

India will take on the West Indies in the first of the two-match Test series. This article contains information regarding the IND vs WI Head-to-Head records in Tests.

IND vs WI Head-to-Head Records- 1st Test, West Indies Tour of India 2025:

IND vs WI Head-to-Head Records- Key Statistics

This will be the 101st outing between India and the West Indies as far as Test cricket is concerned, with West Indies having the upper hand despite a disappointing performance in the longest format in the last few years.

West Indies have been able to win 30 matches while India have registered a win on 23 occasions.

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The remaining 47 IND vs WI matches in question between the two sides have ended in a draw with no tied encounters.

If we talk about the performances of the two teams in the last five IND vs WI Test matches, it is India that has a significant lead.

The former number Test team has won each of the last five matches that it has played in the oldest format against the West Indies.

Having said that, when it comes to the result of the only match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium between India and the West Indies, it went in favour of the West Indies.

That particular match was played way back in 1983, when West Indies used to be a force to reckon with in international cricket in both ODI and Test matches that existed then.

The fact that the West Indies still leads India in the overall head-to-head Test record is evidence of the dominance that the West Indies has shown in its cricket.

A lot has changed since then, with India emerging as a strong team in all three formats of the game, whereas the West Indies is struggling to maintain its legacy, especially in red-ball cricket.

To add to the ongoing struggles that the West Indies is facing at the moment, which includes a below-par performance with the bat in the last Test assignment against Australia, the Roston Chase-led side will be without its two fast bowling spearheads.

Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph have been ruled out of the series, while former captain Jason Holder has made himself unavailable for this particular series.

Meaning that the visitors will have their task cut out against an in-form Indian batting lineup and would bank on experienced fast bowler Jayden Seales and other bowlers to put their best foot forward in the upcoming IND vs WI match.

The home side, India, on the other hand, is also going through a transition with a few senior players retiring from the format and a new captain in the form of Shubman Gill at the helm.

India will have a couple of questions that the team will need to answer before the first match on Thursday (October 2).

One of the questions would be who will bat at number three, will it be Sai Sudharshan, who showed glimpses of form against England, or Devdutt Padikal, who was in great touch against Australia A, or will it be preferred?

The other decision that the team management will have to make will be the number of spinners that India will go in with in Ahmedabad.