West Indies toured India from 27 September to 17 October 2026 for three ODIs and five T20Is. India won the ODI series 2-1. The T20I series finished 2-2 after rain washed out the decider in Bengaluru, so the two teams shared the trophy.
It was a run-fest from the first ball. Ten centuries came in the three ODIs, Shubman Gill hit the fastest double century in ODI history, and Shai Hope scored four hundreds across the tour.
India won 4 of the 8 matches. West Indies won 3. One ended with no result.
West Indies tour of India 2026: series overview
| Detail | Result |
|---|---|
| Total ODI matches | 3 |
| Total T20I matches | 5 |
| ODI series result | India won 2-1 |
| T20I series result | Drawn 2-2 (trophy shared) |
| Final match result | 5th T20I, Bengaluru: no result (rain) |
Shubman Gill captained India in the ODIs and Shreyas Iyer led the T20I side. Shai Hope captained West Indies in both formats.
India National Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Timeline: 2026 tour
Here’s the India National Cricket Team Vs West Indies Cricket Team Timeline for the tour, match by match.
| Date | Match | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep | 1st ODI | Thiruvananthapuram | India won by 8 wickets |
| 30 Sep | 2nd ODI | Guwahati | India won by 8 wickets |
| 3 Oct | 3rd ODI | New Chandigarh | West Indies won by 5 wickets |
| 6 Oct | 1st T20I | Lucknow | India won by 8 wickets |
| 9 Oct | 2nd T20I | Ranchi | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 11 Oct | 3rd T20I | Indore | India won by 14 runs |
| 14 Oct | 4th T20I | Hyderabad | West Indies won by 24 runs |
| 17 Oct | 5th T20I | Bengaluru | No result (rain) |
India vs West Indies ODI series 2026 summary
1st ODI match summary
India won by 8 wickets with 50 balls to spare. India chose to field, and West Indies made 295/7.
Justin Greaves hit a maiden ODI hundred (101) and John Campbell added 62. They put on 135 for the first wicket.
Then Kuldeep Yadav, back in the ODI side, took 4/40 and was named player of the match. West Indies lost 4 wickets for 22 runs from 176/1.
India’s chase was over almost before it started. Gill made 110 off 108 balls, and Virat Kohli finished unbeaten on 139 off 88 with 10 fours and 9 sixes. It was his 55th ODI hundred, and he went past 15,000 ODI runs along the way.
The turning point was that collapse. West Indies were 135/0 in the 20th over and finished with a total Kohli and Gill treated as small. India reached 300/2 in 41.4 overs.
2nd ODI match summary
India won by 8 wickets with 39 balls remaining. West Indies batted first and scored 405/7, and India still chased it down in 43.3 overs.
Gill’s unbeaten 223 off 133 balls was the best individual performance of the tour. His double century took 117 balls, the fastest in ODI history. It is also the highest score by an ODI captain and the highest in an ODI chase.
Rohit Sharma made 101 off 75 balls, and the two shared an opening stand of 255. India’s 406/2 is the second-highest successful chase in ODI history.
Five centuries came in one match, a first in ODI cricket. Amir Jangoo scored 114, Hope 104 and Campbell 101 for West Indies, and Gill and Rohit answered. Hope and Jangoo added 182 for the third wicket, which would have won most games.
It didn’t win this one. Gill took the game apart once Keemo Paul came back into the attack in the 15th over, and the series was India’s with a match to spare.
3rd ODI match summary
West Indies won by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare. India batted first and made 351/7. West Indies chased 352 in 48.2 overs.
India were in trouble early. Jayden Seales removed Gill (caught behind for 1) and Kohli (bowled first ball) in the same over. Rohit made 92 off 85 balls and added 137 with Ruturaj Gaikwad. KL Rahul then finished with 129 not out off 87.
Hope had other ideas. He kept wickets for all 50 overs, then opened the batting after Jewel Andrew went to hospital with a finger injury. He scored 162 not out off 143 balls (17 fours, 3 sixes) while fighting a groin niggle.
Hope and Jangoo (67) added 109 off 99 balls for the second wicket. Hope and Gudakesh Motie then took 62 off 29 balls to finish it. Hope was player of the match.
It was West Indies’ highest successful ODI chase and their first ODI win over India since 2023. The series was already gone, so the win avoided a whitewash and gave India something to fix. Both teams were fined for slow over-rates.
India vs West Indies ODI series final result
India won 2-1. Gill was player of the series with 334 runs at an average of 167.
India’s batting was close to perfect in the first two games. They chased 296 and 406 with 8 wickets in hand each time.
The bowling was a different story. West Indies scored 295, 405 and 352, and India played without Jasprit Bumrah. Kuldeep, with 7 wickets, was the only bowler who looked in control.
India vs West Indies T20I series 2026 summary
1st T20I match summary
India won by 8 wickets in Lucknow. West Indies made 171, with Sherfane Rutherford scoring 56 and Hope 52. India chased it in 14.4 overs, finishing on 172/2.
Shreyas Iyer hit an unbeaten 102 off 43 balls, the best innings by an Indian batter in the series. Ishan Kishan added 37 not out.
Naman Dhir took 3/31 (Hope, Romario Shepherd and Shamar Springer), and Axar Patel and Kuldeep took 2 each. West Indies slid from 114/4 to 135/8, and that was the game.
2nd T20I match summary
West Indies won by 6 wickets in Ranchi. India made 249/5, and West Indies got there with 18.3 overs used (252/4).
Sanju Samson hit 82 off 41 balls for India, with Kishan (43), Tilak Varma (44 not out) and Iyer (40) all scoring fast. It looked like enough.
Hope scored 102 not out off 45 balls and Rutherford made 84 off 37, with 7 sixes. Shepherd finished it with 34 not out off 13.
The turning point was the stand between Hope and Rutherford. Mayank Yadav took 3/36 and Roston Chase took 3/24, but neither could slow the chase once those two got going. It was West Indies’ highest successful T20I chase, and it levelled the series 1-1.
3rd T20I match summary
India won by 14 runs in Indore. India scored 223, and West Indies finished on 209/7.
Abhishek Sharma smashed 69 off 30 balls, with a fifty in 18 balls and 5 sixes. Kishan added 37 off 18. Samson went for 3 off 3 balls, but the rest of the order took over.
West Indies nearly pulled it off. Kamil Pooran made 42, Shimron Hetmyer 43, and Springer hit an unbeaten 35 off 11 balls with 4 sixes. Arshdeep Singh took 3/44 at the death (Hope, Rutherford and Paul), and Mayank conceded only 34 in his 4 overs.
India took a 2-1 lead.
4th T20I match summary
West Indies won by 24 runs in Hyderabad. Hope made 102 not out off 50 balls, with 9 sixes. It was his third T20I hundred, a West Indies record, and his second of the series.
He added 91 off 43 balls with Rutherford (49 not out), and Hetmyer smashed 33 off 12. West Indies finished on 247/3. Hope reached his hundred with a six off the last ball.
India started fast. Samson made 56 off 23 and Tilak 43 off 25, but Keemo Paul took 5/41 and Motie took 2/13 in 2 overs. India were all out for 223 in 19.3 overs.
Samson called Tilak’s wicket the turning point. The result levelled the series at 2-2 and set up a decider.
5th T20I match summary
No result in Bengaluru. Rain delayed the toss by 2 hours and 15 minutes, and the match was cut to 9 overs a side. West Indies won the toss and chose to field.
India went hard. They reached 118/5 in 7.4 overs, with Kishan hitting 30 off 10, Iyer 22 off 14 and Dhir an unbeaten 24 off 6 balls. Springer (2/17) and Paul (2/34) took the wickets.
Then the rain returned, and at 10:20 pm the umpires called it off. West Indies never got to bat.
That left the series level at 2-2 and kept West Indies from a first bilateral T20I series win in India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was named in the XI, ending a 1,425-day gap since his last international.
India vs West Indies T20I series final result
Drawn 2-2, trophy shared. Each side won two matches, and neither could break the deadlock.
The pattern was simple. India won when their batters went early and their bowlers had something to defend, and West Indies won when Hope was still batting at the 15th over.
Hope was the player of the series on numbers alone, with 261 runs in 4 innings and two hundreds.
Top performers of the West Indies tour of India 2026
Leading run scorers in the ODI series
| Player | Runs | Average | Highest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill (India) | 334 | 167.00 | 223* |
| Shai Hope (West Indies) | 278 | 139.00 | 162* |
| Amir Jangoo (West Indies) | 239 | 119.50 | 114 |
| Rohit Sharma (India) | 225 | 75.00 | 101 |
| John Campbell (West Indies) | 173 | 57.67 | 101 |
Leading wicket-takers in the ODI series
| Player | Wickets | Average | Best figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuldeep Yadav (India) | 7 | n/a | 4/40 |
| Jayden Seales (West Indies) | 4 | 43.00 | 3/62 |
| Prasidh Krishna (India) | 3 | 35.00 | 2/60 |
| Gurnoor Brar (India) | 3 | n/a | 2/96 |
Leading run scorers in the T20I series
Figures are from the four completed matches. India’s 7.4 overs in the washout add a few runs to some Indian totals but don’t change the order.
| Player | Runs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Hope (West Indies) | 261 | 130.50 | about 190 |
| Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies) | 221 | 73.67 | about 189 |
| Shreyas Iyer (India) | 159 | 53.00 | about 215 |
| Sanju Samson (India) | 152 | 38.00 | about 192 |
Leading wicket-takers in the T20I series
| Player | Wickets | Average | Best figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keemo Paul (West Indies) | 6 | about 13 | 5/41 |
| Roston Chase (West Indies) | 6 | about 24 | 3/24 |
| Naman Dhir (India) | 5 | about 23 | 3/31 |
| Arshdeep Singh (India) | 5 | about 35 | 3/44 |
Paul’s 2/34 in the washed-out decider takes him to 8 wickets for the series.
Best individual performances of the tour
- Highest individual score: Gill, 223 not out off 133 balls, 2nd ODI in Guwahati.
- Best bowling performance: Paul, 5/41 in the 4th T20I in Hyderabad. Kuldeep’s 4/40 in the 1st ODI is the best in the 50-over games.
- Best partnership: Gill and Rohit, 255 for the first wicket in the 2nd ODI.
- Most impactful all-round performance: Paul. He made a quick 44 and took 2 wickets in the 3rd ODI, then took 5/41 in the 4th T20I.
Biggest highlights and turning points of the tour
India’s performance in the ODI series
India’s top order was on another level. Gill, Rohit and Kohli all scored hundreds, and Rahul added one in the decider. The chases of 296 and 406 were finished with 8 wickets in hand each time.
West Indies’ fightback in the T20I series
West Indies were 1-0 down after Lucknow. They won in Ranchi by chasing 250, lost a close one in Indore, and then won in Hyderabad to square the series. Hope and Rutherford did the heavy lifting, and Paul and Chase took the wickets that mattered.
Best batting performances of the tour
Gill’s 223 not out is the one people will remember. Hope’s 162 not out in the 3rd ODI was the best innings in a losing cause that turned into a win. Kohli’s 139 not out off 88 and Iyer’s 102 not out off 43 were the other two I’d put near the top.
Hope’s T20I hundreds in Ranchi and Hyderabad each took 50 balls or fewer.
Most impactful bowling performances
Kuldeep’s 4/40 in the opener changed that game. Paul’s 5/41 in Hyderabad did the same, and Chase’s 3/24 in Ranchi was the tightest spell of the T20I series. Seales removed Gill, Kohli and Gaikwad in the 3rd ODI, and that spell nearly won West Indies the series by itself.
Key moments that defined the series
- Kuldeep’s 4 for 22 in the 1st ODI after West Indies had been 176/1.
- Gill’s 117-ball double century in Guwahati.
- Seales dismissing Gill and Kohli in one over in the 3rd ODI.
- Hope’s 162 not out and the record chase in New Chandigarh.
- Hope and Rutherford chasing 250 in Ranchi.
- Paul’s 5/41 in Hyderabad, which set up the decider.
- Rain ending the series in Bengaluru.
What we learned from the India vs West Indies series
India’s strengths and weaknesses in ODIs. The batting is settled. Gill, Rohit, Kohli and Rahul looked ready for the 2027 World Cup, and Kuldeep owns the middle overs. The seam attack is the problem. India conceded 295, 405 and 352, and bowled 20 wides in the 2nd ODI alone.
West Indies’ strengths and weaknesses in T20Is. The power hitting is real. Hope, Rutherford and Hetmyer scored at nearly 190 an over or better, and the chase in Ranchi was the best of the tour. The weak spot is death bowling. Springer went at almost 13 an over and Shamar Joseph at more than 14.
Players who impressed. Gill and Hope, obviously. Add Kuldeep, Jangoo, Rutherford, Paul and Iyer. Jangoo made three scores of 50 or more in the ODIs.
Areas both teams need to improve. India need a third seamer they trust and a steadier top order in T20Is, where Samson scored 11, 82, 3 and 56. West Indies need control with the ball before the ODI World Cup qualifiers, since they can’t qualify directly.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Who won the India vs West Indies ODI series in 2026?
India won the three-match ODI series 2-1. West Indies won the third ODI by 5 wickets.
Who won the India vs West Indies T20I series in 2026?
Nobody. The five-match series ended 2-2 and the trophy was shared after rain washed out the 5th T20I.
How many matches were played during the tour?
Eight matches were scheduled: 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is. Seven produced a result, and the 5th T20I ended with no result.
Who scored the most runs in the ODI series?
Shubman Gill scored 334 runs at an average of 167, including 223 not out in Guwahati. He was player of the series.
Who scored the most runs in the T20I series?
Shai Hope scored 261 runs in 4 innings with two unbeaten hundreds.
Who took the most wickets in the ODI series?
Kuldeep Yadav took 7 wickets, including 4/40 in the first ODI.
Who took the most wickets in the T20I series?
Keemo Paul took 6 wickets in the first four matches (5/41 in Hyderabad) and 2 more in the washed-out decider.
What was the result of the final T20I match?
No result. Rain cut the match to 9 overs a side, India reached 118/5 in 7.4 overs, and the umpires abandoned play before West Indies could bat.
Final verdict
India won the ODI series 2-1 on the back of Gill, Rohit and Kohli, and lost the last game to the highest chase in West Indies’ ODI history. The T20I series finished 2-2, with a rained-off decider that denied West Indies a first bilateral T20I series win in India.
Hope was the player of the tour in everything but the official award, with 4 hundreds and 3 player of the match awards. Gill’s 223 not out and the 406-run chase will be the part of this tour people still talk about in 5 years.
India go to New Zealand next, and their seamers have homework. West Indies head to Bangladesh with a lot to feel good about.
