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Gayle - nine years, 19 innings, 0 hundreds

West Indies' inconsistency with both bat and ball lends India the edge ahead of the teams' clash in Perth on Friday

Shiva Jayaraman
05-Mar-2015
Besides the game against Zimbabwe, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels have scored just 102 runs between them this World Cup  •  ICC

Besides the game against Zimbabwe, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels have scored just 102 runs between them this World Cup  •  ICC

3 Number of World Cup matches played between the teams after the 1983 World Cup, when they played each other thrice. After their 1996 World Cup clash, West Indies played India in 2011 for the first time in four World Cups. West Indies have a 3-4 win loss record against India in the World Cup with India winning on the last two occasions. The last ten ODIs between the teams have gone 7-3 in India's favour.
4.23 Economy rate of India's bowlers in this World Cup, the best, and two runs an over better than West Indies' economy of 6.49. Only Ireland have done worse than West Indies. India's bolwers have taken 28 wickets at an average of average of 17.75, which is the second best after New Zealand's 15.90.
102 Runs scored by Gayle and Samuels - West Indies' top run-scorers - together in six innings against teams other than Zimbabwe in this World Cup. Gayle has 43 runs from his three innings with a highest of 36 against Ireland, while Samuels has 59 from his three with a highest of 38 against Pakistan. The two batsmen together scored 348 runs against Zimbabwe in that one game.
333 Runs scored by Marlon Samuels in his last five innings against India. Samuels has hit two hundreds in his last three innings against them. His 1140 ODI runs against India are the most he has against any team, and 10 of his 33 fifty-plus scores have come against them.
2006 The last time Chris Gayle hit a century against India in ODIs. In 19 innings after that, he has hit 450 runs at an average of 23.68 and has had seven single-digit scores including four ducks. In comparison, Gayle had scored 770 runs in his first 17 ODI innings against India at an average of 45.29 with four centuries and two fifties.
Top West Indies batsmen v India
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50s
 Chris Gayle  36  1220  33.88  89.90  4  5
 Marlon Samuels  38  1140  34.54  79.66  3  7
 Denesh Ramdin  19  449  29.93  81.19  0  3
 Lendl Simmons  15  436  29.06  72.30  0  4
 Darren Sammy  20  332  25.53  100.91  0  2
 Andre Russell  11  323  35.88  139.82  0  2
 Johnson Charles  6  267  44.50  103.89  0  2
55 ODI wickets taken by Ravi Rampaul and Dwayne Bravo - both of whom haven't made it to the squad - out of the 230 taken by West Indies bowlers against India in the last 10 years. These two together have accounted for almost 24% of the wickets by West Indies bowlers against India. Rampaul has taken 28 wickets against India at an average of 23.78. He has taken three four-wicket hauls and one five-wicket haul in just 14 innings against them. From the current West Indies squad, Chris Gayle is the leading wicket-taker against India with 23 wickets at 36.65 runs apiece.
Top West Indies bowlers v India
Bowler Inns Wkts Ave SR Eco 4ws/5ws
  CH Gayle  29  23  36.65  42.30  5.19  0/0
  JE Taylor  15  21  36.33  37.76  5.77  0/0
  AD Russell  12  15  29.80  32.73  5.46  1/0
  KAJ Roach  12  15  38.53  42.53  5.43  0/0
  MN Samuels  24  13  66.61  86.38  4.62  0/0
  DJG Sammy  20  11  54.63  65.27  5.02  0/0
5-36 Ravindra Jadeja's bowling figures the last time India played West Indies in an ODI at a neutral venue, his only five-wicket haul in ODIs. Overall, Jadeja has taken 27 wickets against West Indies at an average of 26.00 and has an economy of 4.90. Against the current batsmen in the West Indies team, Jadeja averages even better, taking wickets at 20.45 runs apiece. However, Samuels has played him well taking 88 runs off him of 102 deliveries and getting out to him only once. Jadeja is the leading wicket-taker for India from the current team against the West Indies.
Top India bowlers v West Indies
Bowler Inns Wkts Ave SR Eco 4ws/5ws
 Ravindra Jadeja  16  27  26.00  31.77  4.90  0/1
 Umesh Yadav  8  16  22.56  26.87  5.03  0/0
 R Ashwin  13  16  34.68  46.06  4.51  0/0
 Mohammad Shami  6  14  21.85  21.71  6.03  2/0
 Suresh Raina  17  12  29.91  37.75  4.75  0/0
 B Kumar  9  10  31.60  43.20  4.38  0/0
 Mohit Sharma  3  1  156.00  135.00  6.93  0/0
116.20Virat Kohli's batting average against the current West Indies bowlers in ODIs. He has been dismissed five times in 658 deliveries and strikes at a rate of 88.30. Overall, Kohli has 1110 runs against West Indies in ODIs at an average of 58.42, with three hundreds and eight fifties. Kohli's last 10 innings against them have produced two centuries and four fifties. He is the top run-scorer for India against West Indies.
Top India batsmen v West Indies
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50s
 Virat Kohli  21  1110  58.42  92.11  3  8
 Rohit Sharma  19  823  54.86  82.46  0  9
 MS Dhoni  24  700  50.00  96.55  0  5
 Suresh Raina  29  599  23.03  82.96  0  3
 Shikhar Dhawan  13  514  42.83  87.26  2  3
211.50 Rohit Sharma's batting average against the bowlers in the current West Indies squad. He has been dismissed only once in 518 balls by them and has scored 423 runs at a strike rate of 81.66. Overall in ODIs, Rohit has scored 823 runs in 19 innings against them with nine fifties.
156.00 Mohit Sharma's bowling average against West Indies. He has taken one wicket in 135 balls against them and has an economy of 6.93. In comparison, his overall career bowling average is 32.46 and he bowls at an economy of 4.76. Mohit Sharma has not taken a wicket in his last 119 deliveries against West Indies and has conceded 141 runs.
150.00 Andre Russell's strike rate against India's bowlers in the current squad. He has taken 189 runs off the 126 deliveries he has faced off them and has been dismissed five times. Russell has hit 71 off the fast bowlers - Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami - including eight fours and six sixes in just 33 balls. Russell has hit 69 runs at a strike-rate of 237.93 batting at No. 8 so far in this World cup, including a 13-ball unbeaten 42 against Pakistan.
Andre Russell v India bowlers
Bowler Runs Dis Balls 4s 6s Ave SR
 Umesh Yadav  54  1  25  4  4  54.00  216.00
 Mohammad Shami  17  1  8  4  0  17.00  212.50
 Suresh Raina  28  1  19  2  2  28.00  147.36
 R Ashwin  27  0  20  5  0  -  135.00
 Ravindra Jadeja  45  2  36  5  2  22.50  125.00

Shiva Jayaraman is a sub-editor (stats) at ESPNcricinfo.com