The second test at Port of Spain marked the 100^th test between the two teams. West Indies and India would become the ninth opponents to play 100 tests in the annals of test cricket.

West Indies will have India as its third opponent against whom it would be playing its 100^th test. West Indies has played 118 tests against Aus and 163 tests against Eng.

No	Team	Opp	Span	Mat	W	L	T	D
1	Win	Aus	1930-2022	118	32	60	1	25
2	Win	Eng	1928-2022	163	59	51	0	53
3	Win	Ind	1948-2023	100	30	23	0	47

India will have West Indies as its third opponent against whom it would be playing its 100^th test. India has played 107 tests against Australia and 131 tests against England

No	Team	Opp	Span	Mat	W	L	T	D
1	Ind	Aus	1947-2023	107	32	45	1	29
2	Ind	Eng	1932-2022	131	31	50	0	50
3	Ind	Win	1948-2023	100	23	30	0	47

The second test between West Indies and India scheduled at Port of Spain would be the 100^th test between the two teams. West Indies and India would become the ninth oppositions to play 100 tests against each other in the annals of test cricket.

No	Team	Opp	Span	M	W	L	T	D
1	Aus	Eng	1877-2023	359	152	111	0	96
2	Eng	Win	1928-2022	163	51	59	0	53
3	Eng	SAF	1889-2022	156	66	35	0	55
4	Eng	Ind	1932-2022	131	50	31	0	50
5	Aus	Win	1930-2022	118	60	32	1	25
6	Eng	NZl	1930-2023	112	52	13	0	47
7	Aus	Ind	1947-2023	107	45	32	1	29
8	Aus	SAF	1902-2023	101	54	26	0	21
9	Ind	Win	1948-2023	100	23	30	0	47

Australia is the only team in the annals of test cricket to play 100 plus matches against four oppositions. The following table lists the performance of Australia against each team

No	Team	Opp	Span	M	W	L	T	D
1	Aus	Eng	1877-2023	359	152	111	0	96
2	Aus	Win	1930-2022	118	60	32	1	25
3	Aus	Ind	1947-2023	107	45	32	1	29
4	Aus	SAF	1902-2023	101	54	26	0	21

India capped Mukesh Kumar for this test. He became the 307^th cricketer to represent India in tests. He also became the 54th Indian cricketer to make his debut against West Indies.

India capped Mukesh Kumar for this test. He became the 140^th cricketer to represent India in tests on away soil. He also became the 16^th Indian cricketer to make his debut against West Indies in West Indies.

V Kohli scored 121 in this test which was the 100^th test between the two teams. By a strange coincidence SM Gavaskar had also scored the same score of 121 at Delhi in Oct 1983 which was the 50^th test between the two teams.

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 121 in India’s first innings providing the 121^st occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century.

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 121 in India’s first innings providing the 17^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in a test innings  against West Indies in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century.GR Viswanath was dismissed run out for 112 in Apr 1976 at the same venue – Port of Spain.

RG Sharma became the first India captain opener to score twin half centuries in a test.He scored 80 and 57 in this test.It also provides the 26^th occasion of a captain opener scoring twin half centuries in a test in the annals of test cricket

His feat provides the third occasion of an Indian captain openers scoring twin fifties in a test which includes twin centuries. Interestingly all the three occasions are against West Indies.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	205	073	Win	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978
2	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Win	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978
3	RG Sharma	080	057	Win	Port of Spain	20 Jul 2023

It also provides the 49^th occasion of a captain opener scoring twin fifties in a test which includes twin centuries

R Ashwin’s three wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 75 wickets against West Indies. He became the second Indian bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against West Indies. Kapil Dev is the other Indian bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against West Indies. He has taken 89 wickets to his credit. Thus R Ashwin became the first Indian spin bowler to capture 75 wickets against West Indies.

R Ashwin became the eighth bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against West Indies. The following table lists all these eight bowlers

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	GD McGrath	Aus	1995-2005	23	46	5475	2132	110	6/17	10/027	19.38	8	2
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1978-1989	25	41	4639	2216	89	9/83	10/135	24.89	4	1
3	JM Anderson	Eng	2004-2020	22	41	4515	1967	87	7/42	09/073	22.60	5	0
4	FS Trueman	Eng	1954-1963	18	33	4584	2018	86	7/44	12/119	23.46	6	2
5	M Muralidaran	Srl	1993-2008	12	22	3735	1609	82	8/46	11/170	19.62	9	3
6	Imran Khan	Pak	1977-1990	18	29	3488	1695	80	7/80	11/121	21.18	6	1
7	Wasim Akram	Pak	1986-2000	17	32	3550	1645	79	6/61	11/110	20.82	4	1
8	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2023	13	25	3158	1536	75	7/71	12/131	20.48	6	1

R Ashwin became the second spin bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against West Indies. The following table lists all these two bowlers

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1993-2008	12	22	3735	1609	82	8/46	11/170	19.62	9	3
2	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2023	13	25	3158	1536	75	7/71	12/131	20.48	6	1

Mohd Siraj returned with figures of five for 60 in West Indies first innings to provide the 60^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against West Indies. It also provides the 33rd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against West Indies in West Indies.

Mohd Siraj returned with figures of five for 60 in West Indies first innings to provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against West Indies. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against West Indies in West Indies.

Mohd Siraj returned with figures of five for 60 in West Indies first innings to provide the second occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in a test innings.  The other occasion was his five for 73 against Australia at Brisbane in Jan 2021. This his five for 60 in this test represent his best bowling figures in a test innings