India vs West Indies: In a first, India win two Tests in the Caribbean

Stats: Virat Kohli becomes first India captain to win two Tests in West Indies

India haven't lost a Test for nine matches in succession with Virat Kohli as captain

India defeated a hapless West Indies side by 237 runs in the third Test in Gros Islet despite losing one entire day's play to rain. India were clinical during the final day's play, dismissing West Indies for 108 in just 47.3 overs after setting them a target of 346 runs. This was Jason Holder's sixth loss in eight Tests as captain and West Indies' eighth in the last ten. Darren Bravo's 59 was the only positive for West Indies on Day 5 while Mohammed Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers with three scalps as the visitors took an unassailable 2-0 lead.
 

Stats wrap of the final day's play in Gros Islet:
 

4 Series wins for India in West Indies. They won only one series in their first eight tours to the country - a 1-0 win in 1971 under Ajit Wadekar. However, they have now won three series in a row - 2006, 2011 and 2016.
 

India's series wins in West Indies

MARGIN   Tests      Year           Captain               WINS AT VENUE(s)  1-0                5             1971  Ajit Wadekar  Port of Spain  1-0 4         2006  Rahul Dravid  Kingston  1-0 3         2011        MS Dhoni                   Kingston  2-0 4         2016  Virat Kohli                 North Sound; Gros Islet

0 Previous instances of India winning two Tests in series in the Caribbean. They won one Test each in 1971, 1976, 2002, 2006 and 2011, all under different captains. Virat Kohli became the first Indian skipper to lead India to two wins in the West Indies.
 

1 Instance of India winning two Tests and losing none in a series away from home (excluding Bangladesh and Zimbabwe). That instance came in 1986 in England.
 

9 Consecutive Test matches for Virat Kohli as captain without a loss - sixth-best streak for an Indian captain. His last defeat came against Sri Lanka in Galle in August 2015. The ones with longer runs are Sunil Gavaskar (18), Kapil Dev (17), Mohammad Azharuddin (14), MS Dhoni (11) and Sachin Tendulkar (10).
 

3 Wins for India away from home with a higher margin than the 237 runs in this match. They won by 279 runs in Leeds in 1986, 278 runs in Colombo (PSS) in 2015 and 272 runs in Auckland in 1968.
 

5 for 33 by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the third-best figures for an Indian pacer in West Indies, after Ishant Sharma's 6 for 55 in 2011 and Kapil Dev's 6 for 84 in 1989.
 

4.52 India's run-rate in their second innings - the third best for them in the third innings of an away Test, after 4.86 against Australia and 4.74 against Bangladesh.
 

6 for 48 by Miguel Cummins is the fourth-best figures for a West Indies pacer against India in Tests, after 7 for 64 by Andy Roberts, 6 for 37 by Malcolm Marshall and 6 for 39 by Vanburn Holder. The last West Indian to take a six-fer against India was Franklyn Rose, who took 6 for 100 in Kingston in 1996.
 

9 wickets taken by Cummins off his last 76 balls. He went wicket-less for the first 280 balls in his career.
 

4 runs scored for the opening wicket stand by Kraigg Brathwaite and Leon Johnson in West Indies' second innings. The three first-wicket partnerships between the two before this read 143, 76 and 59.
 

3 Wickets taken in this Test by R Ashwin - the fewest he has taken against West Indies in a Test. However, his economy rate of 2.10 in the best for him against them in a Test.
 

8 Test matches taken by Ashwin to take 50 wickets against West Indies, the fewest for an Indian bowler against them, surpassing 10 Tests by Harbhajan Singh. Ashwin is also the joint second-fastest Indian bowler to take 50 scalps against an opposition, along with EAS Prasanna and Anil Kumble, who also took eight Tests each to reach 50 wickets, against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively. Harbhajan has taken the least Tests to 50 against an opposition - seven against Australia.
 

2 Bowlers with more wickets than Ashwin at the end of the first 35 Tests of their career. Waqar Younis (194) and Clarrie Grimmett (193) are the only ones with more scalps than Ashwin's 192.
 

3 Alzzari Joseph became the third West Indian to be dismissed for a pair on Test debut. Alf Valentine and Rajendra Chandrika faced this ignominy earlier.
 

108 is the second-lowest total for West Indies in Tests against India. The only lower score came in the series decider in Kingston in 2006, when they were dismissed for 103 in the first innings.
 

Lowest scores for West Indies against India

SCORE    OVERS    INNINGS    RESULT       GROUND                 START DATE     103          33.3             2               LOST             KINGSTON             30-JUN 06   108          47.3             4               LOST             GROS ISLET           9-AUG 16   127          47.1             2              WON               DELHI                   25-NOV 87   134          57.2             3              DRAW             MUMBAI               22-NOV 11   140          45.0             3              WON               BRIDGEOWN    27-MARCH 97
1 This is West Indies' first loss in a Test in Gros Islet. They had won one and drew three of their first four Tests here.6 Man-of-the-match awards for Ashwin in Tests. It is the most for an Indian player since the all-rounder's debut, ahead of the next-placed Cheteshwar Pujara (3).