West Indies vs India 2019 2nd Test, statistical preview: India eye 8th consecutive series win against West Indies

India had thrashed West Indies by 318 runs at North Sound to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the 2-Test series. A defeat – or even a draw or a tie – at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica will allow them to finish their first ever tour on West Indies soil without a single defeat.

Statistical preview (regarding India’s run)

7 consecutive series wins for India against West Indies so far, home or away.

22 Tests since West Indies had last beaten India, at Sabina Park, Kingston, in 2002. Since then they have lost 13 and drawn 9.

6308 days since West Indies last won a Test against India, home or away.

Statistical preview (others)

0 defeat for India in the ongoing tour of the USA and West Indies. They won the T20Is 3-0, the ODIs 2-0, and have won the only Test so far. Only once have they returned from the Americas undefeated, in 1970-71, when they won their first ever Test (and series) here. They won the 5-Test series 1-0.

0.7 win-loss ratio of India against West Indies (21 wins, 30 defeats) despite their recent run. The head-to-head was 8-30 at one point. However, their worst record (0.553, 26 wins, 47 defeats) is against England.

1 uncapped cricketer in the West Indian squad – Rahkeem Cornwall. He may add to their 318 Test caps.

1.429 win-loss ratio of West Indies against India (30 wins, 20 defeats), their 3rd-best. They have won 7 and lost none against Zimbabwe, while they have a ratio of 2.5 (10 wins, 4 defeats) against Bangladesh.

2 wins for India at Sabina Park, their joint 2nd most at any West Indian ground. India have won 3 at Queen’s Park Oval and 2 at North Sound.

2 wickets needed by Mohammed Shami (148) to become the 15th Indian and 110th overall to reach 150 Test wickets.

3 dismissals needed by Rishabh Pant (45 catches, 2 stumpings) to become the 10th Indian wicketkeeper and 83rd overall to reach 50 Test dismissals.

4 Test hundreds for R Ashwin against West Indies, from 12 innings. In his other 81 innings, against all other nations, he does not have a single Test century.

4 Test five-wicket hauls for Ashwin against West Indies, the joint 2nd-most among Indians, along with Subhash Gupte, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, and Pragyan Ojha. Only Harbhajan Singh (5) has more.

5 wickets needed by Jason Holder (95) to become the 23rd West Indian and 189th overall to 100 Test wickets. Holder will also become the 5th West Indian (after Garry Sobers, Malcolm Marshall, Carl Hooper, and Curtly Ambrose) and 69th overall to do the 1,000 run-100 wicket double (he already has 1,830 runs).

6 wickets needed by Ravindra Jadeja (194) to become the 10th Indian and 75th overall to reach 200 Test wickets.

8 wickets needed by Ashwin (342) to become the 4th Indian (after Kumble, Kapil Dev, and Harbhajan) and 25th overall to reach 350 Test wickets.

12 Tests for India at Sabina Park. They have won 2 and lost 6 here. However, they had a 0-6 run in their first 9 Tests before winning twice and drawing 1.

13 runs needed by KL Rahul (1,987) to become the 39th Indian and 311th overall to 2,000 Test runs.

24 wins for West Indies at Sabina Park (from 51 Tests), their 2nd most at any ground. They need one more win here to equal their 25 wins at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, from 54 Tests.

27 Test wins as Indian captain for Virat Kohli, the joint most. MS Dhoni has also led them to 27 wins.

28.33 difference between batting and bowling averages for Ashwin against West Indies (552 runs at 50.18, 60 wickets at 21.85), the 4th-best for anyone against a single opposition with a 500 run-50 wicket cut-off. Ashwin is behind only Sobers (57.78 against India), Ian Botham (44.24 against India), and Jacques Kallis (43.56 against West Indies).

38 wickets for Ishant Sharma in West Indies, the most for any touring bowler in the 21st century and the 6th-most for any overseas bowler in history. Ishant is behind only Angus Fraser (54), Glenn McGrath (50), Imran Khan (48), Kumble (45), and S Venkataraghavan (39).

43 wickets for Ishant against West Indies. He needs another 7 to become the 2nd Indian pacer (after Kapil, who has 89) and 8th Indian bowler to the 50-wicket landmark.

47 Tests as Indian captain for Kohli. If he leads at Sabina Park he will go past Sunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin. Only Dhoni (60) and Sourav Ganguly (49) have led India in more Tests.

66 Tests needed by Muttiah Muralitharan to reach the 350-wicket mark. If Ashwin takes 8 wickets in the upcoming Test he will become joint-fastest.