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Indian men's senior team will be back on the field after a gap of more than one month following the unfortunate WTC 2023 final loss against Australia at The Oval. On the other hand, West Indies are coming after a shocking exit from ODI World Cup 2023 after playing a poor brand of cricket in the qualifiers stage, hence they have a point to prove against the mighty Indians on their home soil.
Indian team have been pretty consistent in the two World Test Championship Cycles from 2019-21 and 2021-23, but unfortunately, they ended up losing both the finals and once again they would look to start WTC 2023-25 cycle with a positive note by defeating West Indies.
Numbers and Stats Ahead of WI vs IND 1st Test match:
3 - Ravi Ashwin needs 3 more wickets to complete picking 700 wickets in International cricket.
Most wickets for India in International cricket:
Anil Kumble - 953
Harbhajan Singh - 707
Ravi Ashwin - 697
Most wickets for India vs West Indies in International cricket:
Kapil Dev - 132
Anil Kumble - 115
Harbhajan Singh - 91
Ravi Ashwin - 88
Mohammed Shami - 75
4 - Kemar Roach needs 4 more wickets to complete picking 400 wickets in International cricket.
Most wickets for West Indies in International cricket:
Courtney Walsh - 746
Curtly Ambrose - 630
Malcolm Marshall - 533
Joel Garner - 405
Kemar Roach - 396
25 - Virat Kohli needs 25 more runs to surpass Virender Sehwag and become the fifth-highest run-scorer for India in Test Cricket.
Most runs for India in Test cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar - 15921
Rahul Dravid - 13265
Sunil Gavaskar - 10122
VVS Laxman - 8781
Virender Sehwag - 8503
Virat Kohli - 8479
305 - Yashasvi Jaiswal will become the 305th player to debut for the Indian men's team in Test cricket.
1000 - Shubman Gill needs 79 more runs and Joshua Da Silva needs 143 more runs to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket.
2002 - Last time West Indies won a Test series against India was way back in the year 2002.
Last five India vs West Indies Test Series results on West Indies soil:
2019: India won the series by 2-0 (2)
2016: India won the series by 2-0 (4)
2011: India won the series by 1-0 (3)
2006: India won the series by 1-0 (4)
2002: West Indies won the series by 2-1 (5)
