IND vs WI in ODIs – Head to Head & Individual Stats

What comes to your mind when we talk about India vs West Indies in any format? There would always be a thought. You would think we would witness an exciting, high-scoring game whenever these two teams come out to battle. There have been many great players coming from both sides to have ever hailed the gentleman’s game of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar, the fast bowling quartet of Windies, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Sir Viv Richards, and Virat Kohli, to name a few.

These two sides have locked horns for 139 ODI matches. Let’s look at the Head to Head and Individual Stats between the sides in ODI.

India vs West Indies – Head to head in ODIs

Matches Played	139
India Won	70
West Indies Won	63
No result	2
Tied	4

Few years back, there was no team which could even challenge the Windies but now in the recent few years their prowess has been on a decline. In all, you can see here what we expect when these two sides play against each other a for sure thriller game.

India in West Indies:

Lets have a look at how India has fared, in away conditions in the One-day matches played against West Indies :

Matches Played	42
India Won	19
West Indies Won	20
No result	3
Tied	0

A close contest here it seems. India is just on the brink to take over West Indies and better their record to have more wins than Windies against them in their own den.

West Indies in India

Matches Played	61
India Won	32
West Indies Won	28
No Result	0
Tied	1

Again here, we do see a good close battle and challenge posed by each other.

India vs West Indies at neutral venues :

India has been able to have that upper edge over West Indies in the matches held at neutral venues between the two sides.

Matches Played	36
India Won	19
Australia Won	15
No Result	1
Tied	1

Key Individual Records (Top Fives)

Now, we focus on the individual heroics of the players who contributed to some of the most crucial wins between the two sides.

Leading Run Scorers For India against West Indies in ODIs:

Many batters have had a big say in making battles between these two sides enjoyable. Many have done enough to always glue to the screen when these two nations perform against each other.

Kohli topping the list of new records has been quite normal for a long time. Considering all the encounters between the two sides, he is the only guy averaging above 65.

BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVG	100s
Virat Kohli	41	2261	66.50	9
Rohit Sharma	34	1601	57.18	3
Sachin Tendulkar	39	1573	52.43	4
Rahul Dravid	38	1348	42.13	3
Sourav Ganguly	27	1142	47.58	0

Leading Run scorers for West Indies vs India in ODIs:

Expecting Brian Lara and Sir Viv Richards? No, you would be disappointed seeing both of them not making it to the list. This shows how well India has bowled against such great batters over the years.

Sarwan has to be one of the most underrated players to have played for the Maroons. Not because him being the only West Indian to average even above fifty. He had been vocal in contributing many good knocks, which helped Windies get through the line.

BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVG	100S
Desmond Haynes	36	1357	42.41	2
Chris Gayle	41	1334	32.54	4
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	41	1319	35.65	2
Ramnaresh Sarwan	31	1296	58.91	1
Carl Hooper	42	1279	44.10	1

Highest Individual Scores in IND vs WI ODI matches

Below we have a list comprising of Indians and only Indians, just one guy Desmond being the only West Indian to be part of this list. That was a sweet phase for the Indian Cricket Team between 2016-2019, wherein we saw many players play at their peak and dominate any bowling lineup. “Hitman” Sharma, as they call him, makes it to the list thrice.

BATSMAN	SCORE	VENUE	YEAR
Virender Sehwag	219	Indore	2011
Rohit Sharma	162	Brabourne	2018
Rohit Sharma	159	Visakhapatnam	2019
Virat Kohli	157*	Visakhapatnam	2018
Desmond Haynes	152*	Georgetown	1989
Rohit Sharma	152*	Guwahati	2018

Most Wickets for West Indies vs India in ODIs: