Though the series may be between India and West Indies, a bird's eye view is presented on the status of how the two countries have figured overall in their Test careers.

Overall Performance of India and West Indies in Tests
	Vs	P	W	L	D	Td	Win %
India	Aus	60	13	29	17	1	21.67
	Eng	87	15	32	40	-	17.24
	BD	1	1	-	-	-	100.00
	NZ	40	14	7	19	-	35.00
	Pak	47	5	9	33	-	10.64
	SA	14	2	7	5	-	14.29
	SL	23	8	3	12	-	34.78
	WI	70	7	28	35	-	10.00
	Zim	9	5	2	2	-	55.56
Total:		351	70	117	163	1	19.94
WI	Aus	95	31	42	21	1	32.63
	Eng	126	52	31	43	-	41.27
	Ind	70	28	7	35	-	40.00
	NZ	30	10	6	14	-	33.33
	Pak	39	13	12	14	-	33.33
	SA	11	2	7	2	-	18.18
	SL	6	1	3	2	-	16.67
	Zim	4	3	-	1	-	75.00
Total		381	140	108	132	1	36.75

Performance of the two teams in the last 10 test series:
INDIA :
Opponent	Year	Mts	Result	Margin	Venue
Aus	1999/00	3	Aus won	3-0	in Aus
SA	1999/00	2	SA won	2-0	in Ind
BD	2000/01	1	Ind won	1-0	in BD
Zim	2000/01	2	Ind won	1-0	in Ind
Aus	2000/01	3	Ind won	2-1	in Ind
Zim	2001/02	2	Drawn	1-1	in Zim
SL	2001/02	3	SL won	2-1	in SL
SA	2001/02	2	SA won	1-0	in SA
Eng	2001/02	3	Ind won	1-0	in Ind
Zim	2001/02	2	Ind won	2-0	in Ind
Total Series 10; Won 5 Lost 4 Drawn 1
Total Tests in 10 series 23; Won 9 Lost 10 Drawn 4
WEST INDIES
Opponent	Year	Mts	Result	Margin	Venue
Aus	1998/99	4	Drawn	2-2	in WI
NZ	1999/00	2	NZ won	2-0	in NZ
Zim	1999/00	2	WI won	2-0	in WI
Pak	1999/00	3	WI won	1-0	in WI
Eng	2000	5	Eng won	3-1	in Eng
Aus	2000/01	5	Aus won	5-0	in Aus
SA	2000/01	5	SA won	2-1	in WI
Zim	2001/02	2	WI won	1-0	in Zim
SL	2001/02	3	SL won	3-0	in SL
Pak	2001/02	2	Pak won	2-0	in UAE