Six Hundreds, Two Record Chases: The India–West Indies Tour by the Numbers

West Indies' white-ball tour of India has been defined by one thing: runs. India took the one-day series 2-1, the T20 series stands at 1-1, and along the way both sides have rewritten parts of the record book. Here is the tour so far in numbers.

811

The aggregate in the second ODI in Guwahati. West Indies made 405 for 7, their first total of 400 or more in the format, and still lost by eight wickets as India replied with 406 for 2 in 43.3 overs.

223 not out

Shubman Gill's score in that chase, from 133 balls with 26 fours and eight sixes. It is the highest individual score ever made in the second innings of an ODI and the third-highest in the format overall.

255

The opening partnership between Gill and Rohit Sharma in Guwahati. Rohit's share was 101 from 75 balls.

352

The target West Indies chased in the third ODI in New Chandigarh, the highest successful chase in their one-day history. Shai Hope finished unbeaten on 162.

252 for 4

West Indies' total in the second T20I in Ranchi, their highest successful chase in the format, reached with nine balls to spare.

Six

The number of individual centuries across the matches so far:

• Shubman Gill, 223 not out (second ODI, Guwahati)
• Shai Hope, 162 not out (third ODI, New Chandigarh)
• KL Rahul, 129 not out (third ODI, New Chandigarh)
• Rohit Sharma, 101 (second ODI, Guwahati)
• Shreyas Iyer, 102 not out (first T20I, Lucknow)
• Shai Hope, 102 not out (second T20I, Ranchi)

Two

Hope's hundreds on the tour, one in each format and both unbeaten in winning chases. His 162 came after keeping wicket for 50 overs; his 102 in Ranchi took 45 balls.

The bigger picture

Flat pitches and short boundaries explain some of this, but not all of it. Both batting line-ups have attacked from the first over, and bowlers on both sides have struggled to defend totals that would once have been considered safe. With three T20 internationals still to come, the scoring is unlikely to slow down.

Photo: India in the field at Ahmedabad during the 2023 World Cup (file photo). Credit: Pantman2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped; shared under the same licence).

Second photo: Guwahati's Barsapara Stadium, where 811 runs were scored in the second ODI (file photo). Credit: Javs1233, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped; shared under the same licence).