West Indies vs India. (Pic source: RANDY BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)
India and the West Indies will play their final Test match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad on July 20, 2023. The match will be the 100th Test between the two teams, and it is shaping up to be a close contest.
India won the first Test by an innings and 141 runs, and they will be looking to wrap up the series whitewash. Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin were the stars of the show for India in the first Test, and they will be hoping to continue their form in the second Test. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his Test debut in the first Test, won the Player of the Match award for his century, and he will also be look to continue his form in the second Test.
The West Indies will be looking to bounce back from their defeat in the first Test. Alick Athanaze got starts in both innings of the first Test, but he could not convert them into big scores. He will be hoping to do so in the second Test and the West Indies would look to win the match and draw the series.
Virat Kohli has scored 898 runs against West Indies in Test cricket at an average of 44.90, including two centuries and six half-centuries. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 72 wickets against West Indies in Test cricket at an average of 20.02 and an economy rate of 2.98
Here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 2nd Test between West Indies and India:
Head to Head – Both teams have met each other 99 times in the history of Test matches, with West Indies winning on 30 occasions and India on 23 while 46 encounters ended up in a draw.
1– Virat Kohli (499) is one game away from appearing his 500th International Match
1– India and the West Indies will play their 100th Test match against each other.
4 – Rohit Sharma (196) is four grabs away from reaching 200 catches across formats.
5 – Axar Patel (145) requires five scalps to complete 150 wickets across formats.
73 – Shubman Gill (927) needs 73 runs to complete the landmark of 1000 runs in Tests.
5 – Joshua Da Silva (95) needs five fours to complete 100 fours in Test Cricket
74– Virat Kohli needs 74 runs to become the fifth leading run-scorer in international cricket.
7– Tagenarine Chanderpaul (43) requires eight fours to reach 50 fours in Tests.
128 – Joshua Da Silva needs 128 runs to complete 1000 runs in Test Cricket
3 – Kemar Roach (397) is three scalps away from reaching 400 wickets in international cricket.
142-Jermaine Blackwood (2858) needs 142 runs to complete 3000 Test runs
8 – Jason holder (92) needs eight wickets to complete 100 Test wickets in home
5 – Jermaine Blackwood (45) is five grabs away from reaching 50 catches in Tests.
1 – Ravichandran Ashwin (34) needs one five-wicket haul to get tied with Anil Kumble (35) at the top for the most five-for for India in Tests.
124 – Kraigg Brathwaite (5376) needs 124 runs to complete 5500 runs in Test cricket.