Scoring runs against the West Indies was a big
deal a couple of decades ago. Their army of vicious pace bowlers made the team
phenomenally successful in the 1970s and 1980s.
It was then that Sunil Gavaskar made most of his 2,749
runs against them, the most anyone has made against the Caribbean side.
Sachin Tendulkar, during the course of his 94 in
the Mumbai Test, completed 1500 Test runs against the West Indies, become the
19th batsman and the fifth Indian to do so.
Among current players, Jacques Kallis with 2356
runs is the leader.
The
five Indians:
|
No |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
|
1 |
SM Gavaskar |
Ind |
27 |
48 |
6 |
2749 |
236* |
65.45 |
13 |
7 |
5 |
|
2 |
R Dravid |
Ind |
23 |
37 |
7 |
1945 |
146 |
64.83 |
5 |
13 |
0 |
|
3 |
VVS Laxman |
Ind |
22 |
35 |
6 |
1684 |
176* |
58.06 |
4 |
11 |
3 |
|
4 |
DB Vengsarkar |
Ind |
25 |
40 |
4 |
1596 |
159 |
44.33 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
|
5 |
SR Tendulkar |
Ind |
19 |
29 |
2 |
1543 |
179 |
57.14 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
West Indies are the sixth team Tendulkar has 1,500
runs against. Allan Border, Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting have done it against
five teams.
The
six oppositions:
|
No |
Oppn |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
C |
HC |
0 |
|
1 |
Aus |
31 |
59 |
7 |
3151 |
241* |
60.59 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
|
2 |
Eng |
28 |
47 |
4 |
2423 |
193 |
56.34 |
7 |
12 |
0 |
|
3 |
NZl |
22 |
36 |
5 |
1532 |
217 |
49.41 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
|
4 |
SAF |
25 |
45 |
4 |
1741 |
169 |
42.46 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
|
5 |
Srl |
25 |
36 |
3 |
1995 |
203 |
60.45 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
Win |
19 |
29 |
2 |
1543 |
179 |
57.14 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
Tendulkar's 94 against his tenth ninety in a Test.
He now shares the record for most Test nineties with Rahul Dravid and Steve
Waugh.
The list of Tendulkar's nineties:
|
No |
Runs |
Opposition |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
96 |
Sri Lanka |
Bangalore |
Jan 1994 |
|
2 |
92 |
West Indies |
Bridgetown |
Mar 1997 |
|
3 |
97 |
South Africa |
Mumbai |
Feb 2000 |
|
4 |
90 |
England |
Bangalore |
Dec 2001 |
|
5 |
92 |
England |
Nottingham |
Aug 2002 |
|
6 |
94 |
Pakistan |
Mohali |
Mar 2005 |
|
7 |
91 |
England |
Nottingham |
Jul 2007 |
|
8 |
98 |
Australia |
Mohali |
Oct 2010 |
|
9 |
91 |
England |
The Oval |
Aug 2011 |
|
10 |
94 |
West Indies |
Mum-WS |
Nov 2011 |
With
his innings of 94, Tendulkar also equaled Border's record for most Test half
centuries.
Both
now have 63.
The comparison:
|
TENDULKAR |
||||
|
Opposition |
Mat |
100s |
50s |
0 |
|
Australia |
31 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
|
Bangladesh |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
England |
28 |
7 |
12 |
0 |
|
New Zealand |
22 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
|
Pakistan |
18 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
South Africa |
25 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
|
Sri Lanka |
25 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
|
West Indies |
19 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
|
Zimbabwe |
9 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
Total |
184 |
51 |
63 |
14 |
|
BORDER |
||||
|
Opposition |
Mat |
100s |
50s |
0 |
|
England |
47 |
8 |
21 |
3 |
|
India |
20 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
|
New Zealand |
23 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
|
Pakistan |
22 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
|
South Africa |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sri Lanka |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
West Indies |
31 |
3 |
14 |
4 |
|
Total |
156 |
27 |
63 |
11 |
