Bowlers sometimes play the lead role in ensuring a team's success. The West Indian bowlers especially with their gait and weight were often fearsome. Some statistical light on how the bowlers fared in India-West Indies Test matches.

5 or more wickets in an innings
WI (46)
	Ambrose CEL	5/87	Port of Spain	1996/97
	Benjamin KCN	5/65	Mohali	1994/95
	Bishop IR	6/87	Bridgetown	1988/89
	Clarke ST	5/126	Bangalore	1978/79
	Daniel WW	5/39	Ahmedabad	1983/84
	Gibbs LR	8/38	Bridgetown	1961/62
		5/51	Calcutta	1966/67
		6/76	New Delhi	1974/75
		7/98	New Delhi	1974/75
	Gilchrist R	6/55	Calcutta	1958/59
	Hall WW	6/50	Kanpur	1958/59
		5/76	Kanpur	1958/59
		6/49	Kingston	1961/62
		5/20	Port of Spain	1961/62
	HolderVA	6/39	Bombay	1974/75
	Holford DAL	5/23	Bridgetown	1975/76
	Holding MA	6/65	Port of Spain	1975/76
		5/102	Bombay	1983/84
	Hooper CL	5/116	Nagpur	1994/95
	Jones PE	5/85	Bombay	1948/49
	King FM	5/74	Port of Spain	1952/53
	King LA	5/46	Kingston	1961/62
	Marshall MD	5/37	Port of Spain	1982/83
		6/37	Calcutta	1983/84
		5/72	Madras	1983/84
		5/34	Port of Spain	1988/89
		5/60	Bridgetown	1988/89
		6/55	Port of Spain	1988/89
	Noreiga J	9/95	Port of Spain	1970/71
		5/129	Port of Spain	1970/71
	Patterson BP	5/24	New Delhi	1987/88
		5/68	New Delhi	1987/88
	Ramadhin S	5/26	Bridgetown	1952/53
	Roberts AME	5/50	Calcutta	1974/75
		7/64	Madras	1974/75
		5/57	Madras	1974/75
		5/39	Kingston	1982/83
	Rose FA	6/100	Kingston	1996/97
	Smith OG	5/90	New Delhi	1958/59
	Sobers GS	5/63	Kingston	1961/62
	Valentine AL	5/127	Georgetown	1952/53
		5/64	Kingston	1952/53
	Walsh CA	5/54	New Delhi	1987/88
		5/54	Bombay	1987/88
		6/62	Kingston	1988/89
		6/79	Bombay	1994/95
India (33)
	Ayub A	5/104	Georgetown	1988/89
		5/117	Port of Spain	1988/89
	Bedi BS	5/82	Port of Spain	1975/76
	Chandrasekhar BS	7/157	Bombay	1966/67
		6/120	Port of Spain	1975/76
		5/153	Kingston	1975/76
		5/116	Bombay	1978/79
	Ghavri KD	5/51	Bangalore	1978/79
	Gupte SP	7/162	Port of Spain	1952/53
		5/107	Port of Spain	1952/53
		5/180	Kingston	1952/53
		9/102	Kanpur	1958/59
	Hirwani ND	8/61	Madras	1987/88
		8/75	Madras	1987/88
	Kapil Dev	6/77	New Delhi	1983/84
		9/83	Ahmedabad	1983/84
		5/58	Port of Spain	1988/89
		6/84	Kingston	1988/89
	Kumble A	5/120	Kingston	1996/97
		5/104	Port of Spain	1996/97
	Kuruvilla A	5/68	Bridgetown	1996/97
	Mankad MH	5/228	Kingston	1952/53
	Phadkar DG	7/159	Madras	1948/49
	Phadkar DG	5/64	Bridgetown	1952/53
	Prasad BKV	5/82	Bridgetown	1996/97
	Prasanna EAS	5/70	Madras	1974/75
	Raju SLV	5/60	Bombay	1994/95
		5/127	Nagpur	1994/95
	Rangachari CR	5/107	New Delhi	1948/49
	Sharma CJ	5/55	New Delhi	1987/88
	Umrigar PR	5/107	Port of Spain	1961/62
	Venkataraghavan S	5/95	Port of Spain	1970/71
	Yadav NS	5/131	Bombay	1983/84

10 or more wickets in a match
Ind (4)
	Gupte SP	10/223	Kanpur	1958/59
	Chandrasekhar BS	11/135	Bombay	1966/67
	Kapil Dev	10/135	Ahmedabad	1983/84
	Hirwani ND	16/136	Madras	1987/88
WI (4)
	Hall WW	11/126	Kanpur	1958/59
	Roberts AME	12/121	Madras	1974/75
	Marshall MD	11/89	Port of Spain	1988/89
	Walsh CA	10/101	Kingston	1988/89

25 or more wickets in a series
WI (8)
33	Marshall MD	6 tests	1983/84	v 18.82
32	Roberts AME	5 tests	1974/75	Av 18.28
30	Hall WW	5 tests	1958/59	Av 17.67
30	Holding MA	6 tests	1983/84	Av 20.10
28	AL Valentine	5 tests	1952/53	Av 29.57
27	Hall WW	5 tests	1961/62	Av 15.74
26	Gilchrist R	4 tests	1958/59	Av 16.81
26	Walsh CA	4 tests	1987/88	Av 16.81
Ind (3)
29	Kapil Dev	6 tests	1983/84	Av 18.52
27	Gupte SP	5 tests	1952/53	Av 29.22
27	Ghavri KD	6 tests	1978/79	Av 23.18

50 or more wickets in Ind/WI tests
WI (7)
76	Marshall MD	17 tests	Av 21.99
67	Roberts AME	14 tests	Av 21.70
65	Hall WW	13 tests	Av 18.78
65	Walsh CA	15 tests	Av 20.25
63	Gibbs LR	15 tests	Av 23.29
61	Holding MA	15 tests	Av 25.30
59	Sobers GS	18 tests	Av 25.69
Ind (4)
89	Kapil Dev	25 tests	Av 24.90
68	Venkataraghavan S	23 tests	Av 38.47
65	Chandrasekhar BS	15 tests	Av 33.52
62	Bedi BS	12 tests	Av 34.89