West Indies Tour of India 2026 Review: Five-Century ODI, Record Chases and a 2-2 T20I Draw
The West Indies tour of India 2026 ended with India winning the ODI series 2-1 and the T20I series finishing level at 2-2. The two teams played eight matches in total, scored 3,783 runs and hit 171 sixes. It was one of the highest-scoring bilateral tours in recent years.
The ODI series began with India winning by 8 wickets in Thiruvananthapuram, chasing 295. The second ODI in Guwahati was the match of the tour. West Indies made 405 for 7, their highest ODI total, with centuries from John Campbell (101), Shai Hope (104) and Amir Jangoo (114). India answered with 406 for 2 in 43.3 overs, the second-highest successful chase in ODI history. Captain Shubman Gill hit an unbeaten 223 off 133 balls and reached his double century in 117 balls. Rohit Sharma scored 101, and the pair shared a 255-run opening stand. The match had five centuries, the first time that has happened in an ODI.
West Indies fought back in the third ODI at New Chandigarh. India made 351 for 7, with KL Rahul scoring an unbeaten 129. Hope then hit an unbeaten 162 off 143 balls as West Indies chased it down in 48.2 overs to win by 5 wickets. Gill finished as Player of the Series with 334 runs.
The T20Is stayed just as close. India won the first by 8 wickets in Lucknow. West Indies chased down 250 in Ranchi, their highest T20I chase, as Hope hit 102 not out off 45 balls. India took the third in Indore by 14 runs. West Indies won the fourth in Hyderabad by 24 runs, with Hope making another unbeaten 102 and Keemo Paul taking 5 for 41. The final match in Bengaluru was abandoned due to rain with India on 118 for 5 in 7.4 overs, and the series was drawn.
Hope was the player of the tour. He scored 539 runs with four hundreds, hit 43 fours and 26 sixes, and won the Player of the Match award three times. He was named Player of the Series for the T20Is. Paul was the leading wicket-taker with 10 wickets. For India, Gill's 223 not out was the standout performance of the tour.