5 Nations who hold a better head to head Test record against India

#3 West Indies

Viv Richards of the West Indies

India and West Indies have locked horns on 94 occasions with team India coming out victorious on just 18 instances and the west indies side prevailing in 30. Rest 46 ended in a draw. While India have dominated in recent times, west indies were the one before the 21st century.

The classic battles between the two powerhouses can be talked about for hours the amount of stars at the show for these two nations is immense.

West Indies is where the legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar debuted and rest, as they say, is history. The only time team India won a series in West Indies until 2000 was in 1971 courtesy of a dynamic debutant in the name of Sunil Gavaskar who top-scored for India on the course of the series by scoring 774 runs to help India beat West Indies 1-0 in the 5-match test series.

India and West Indies have had some of the greatest cricketers come toe to toe for test match success, from Sir Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Gary Sobers, Mohinder Amaranth, Kapil Dev to Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid, Michael Holding, legends everywhere.