India and West Indies are all set to resume their rivalry in Test cricket starting July 12. While Team India is coming on a one-month break after losing the World Test Championship (WTC) final, the Caribbean team is badly hurt as they failed to qualify for the tournament. ODI World Cup in India. This Test series will also start a new WTC cycle for both India and West Indies. The two teams have faced each other in 98 Test matches, with India winning 22 matches, while the Caribbean side have emerged victorious on 30 occasions.
Initially, the West Indies bowlers dominated but as time progressed, the Indian batsmen also started scoring runs. However, there was one batsman who always enjoyed batting against the Caribbean bowlers and that is Sunil Gavaskar. He is the top run-scorer in IND vs WI Test matches, with 2749 runs in 27 Tests (48 innings) at an average of 65.45 with 13 centuries and seven fifties. His best score of 236* also shows that Gavaskar loved facing the West Indies bowlers and used to smash them left, right and middle every now and then.
West Indian legends Clive Lloyd and Shivnarine Chanderpaul occupy the next two places with 2344 and 2171 runs respectively. Lloyd played 28 Tests against India and scored seven centuries and 12 half-centuries at an average of 58.60. Chanderpaul, on the other hand, averaged 63.85 (better than Lloyd) in 25 Tests. India’s current head coach Rahul Dravid is fourth with 1978 runs in 23 Tests against the Windies at an impressive average of 63.80.
The fifth highest run scorer in India vs West Indies Test matches is Sir Vivian Richards who loved to dominate the bowlers. He scored 1927 runs in 28 Tests at an average of 50.71, including eight centuries and seven half-centuries.
| player name | Matchbox | Turn | Run | average | fifties | hundreds | best score |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 27 | 48 | 2749 | 65.45 | 13 | 7 | 236* |
| clive lloyd | 28 | 44 | 2344 | 58.60 | 7 | 12 | 242* |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 25 | 44 | 2171 | 63.85 | 7 | 10 | 140 |
| Rahul Dravid | 23 | 38 | 1978 | 63.80 | 5 | 13 | 146 |
| Vivian Richards | 28 | 41 | 1927 | 50.71 | 8 | 7 | 192* |