An amazing clean sweep for India

It is the first time that India have made a clean sweep in a Test series in the West Indies.
Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers.

IMAGE: The Indians pose for a picture following the presentation ceremony after winning the second Test and series against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, September 2, 2019. Photograph: BCCI

India blanked West Indies 2-0 in the two Test series.

It is the first time that India have made a clean-sweep in a Test series in the West Indies.

Overall it is the fifth instance of India making a clean-sweep in a series of two Tests or more outside India.

India making a clean-sweep in an away Test series

(minimum: 2 Tests)

Score	Series	Season	Captain
2-0	vs Bangladesh	2004-2005	Sourav Ganguly
2-0	vs Zimbabwe	2005	Sourav Ganguly
2-0	vs Bangladesh	2009-2010	Virender Sehwag/M S Dhoni
3-0	vs Sri Lanka	2017	Virat Kohli
2-0	vs West Indies	2019	Virat Kohli

It is only the third side that the West Indies have been whitewashed in a home series.

Sides making a clean-sweep against West Indies in West Indies

(minimum: 2 Tests)

Score	Team	Season	Captain
2-0	Bangladesh	2009	Mashrafe Mortaza/Shakib Al Hasan
2-0	Australia	2015	Michael Clarke
2-0	India	2019	Virat Kohli

Both of India's wins were big ones.

At North Sound, India registered a massive 318-run win -- their biggest ever in an away Test while at Kingston India won by 257 runs.

This is only the fifth time that India have won two consecutive Tests of an away series by huge margins.

The details:

India winning consecutive Tests of an away series by a huge margin

(by innings/200 runs/10 wickets)

Jasprit Bumrah

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah celebrates picking up 6 wickets in the first innings of the Jamaica Test. Photograph: BCCI

Opponent	Season	Test #	Venue	Margin
Sri Lanka	2017	1	Galle	304 runs
		2	Colombo (SSC)	innings and 53 runs
		3	Pallekele	innings and 171 runs
Australia	1977-1978	3	Melbourne	222 runs
		4	Sydney	innings and 2 runs
Bangladesh	2004-2005	1	Dhaka	innings and 140 runs
		2	Chattogram	innings and 83 runs
Zimbabwe	2005	1	Bulawayo	innings and 90 runs
		2	Harare	10 wickets
West Indies	2019	1	North Sound	318 runs
		2	Kingston	257 runs

Virat Kohli has now won more Tests than any other Indian captain.

The win was Virat's 28th in Tests, which took him past M S Dhoni's tally of 27 wins.

India's most successful captains in Tests

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates his fifty in the second Test between India and the West Indies in Kingston. Photograph: BCCI

	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
Virat Kohli	48	28	10	10	58.33
M S Dhoni	60	27	18	15	45.00
Sourav Ganguly	49	21	13	15	42.86
Mohammad Azharuddin	47	14	14	19	29.79
Mansur Ali Khan 'Tiger' Pataudi	40	9	19	12	22.50
Sunil Gavaskar	47	9	8	30	19.15

Where does Virat stand among Test cricket's most successful captains at this stage of his career?

Only two captains registered more wins than Virat after exactly 48 Tests.

The details:

Most wins in first 48 Tests as captain

Captain	Team	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
Steve Waugh	Australia	36	7	5	75.00
Ricky Ponting	Australia	33	6	9	68.75
Virat Kohli	India	28	10	10	58.33
Viv Richards	West Indies	26	7	15	54.17
Michael Vaughan	England	26	9	13	54.17
M S Dhoni	India	25	12	11	52.08
Mark Taylor	Australia	25	12	11	52.08

Virat has now equalled Stephen Fleming's tally of Test wins.

Now only five captains are ahead of him in winning more Tests.

Most successful captains in Test cricket

IMAGE: Graeme Smith of South Africa. Photograph: Carl Fourie/Getty Images

Captain	Team	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%
Graeme Smith	South Africa	109	53	29	27	48.62
Ricky Ponting	Australia	77	48	16	13	62.34
Steve Waugh	Australia	57	41	9	7	71.93
Clive Lloyd	West Indies	74	36	12	26	48.65
Allan Border	Australia	93	32	22	38	34.41
Virat Kohli	India	48	28	10	10	58.33
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	80	28	27	25	35.00
M S Dhoni	India	60	27	18	15	45.00
Viv Richards	West Indies	50	27	8	15	54.00
Hansie Cronje	South Africa	53	27	11	15	50.94