By Tanzeel Ul Rehman | September 28, 2026
India won the 1st ODI against West Indies by 8 wickets in Thiruvananthapuram, chasing 296 with 50 balls to spare. Virat Kohli made 139 not out off 88 balls and became only the second man, after Sachin Tendulkar, to reach 15,000 ODI runs. Shubman Gill added 110. Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 for 40 to pull West Indies back from 176 for 1 to 295 for 7, which was the real turning point of the game.
This report covers the scorecard, the three phases that decided the match, the full list of records, how Kohli’s 15,000 compares with Tendulkar’s, and an honest look at our own IND vs WI 1st ODI prediction.
IND vs WI 1st ODI Scorecard Summary
Here is the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result at a glance, with the scores that shaped it.
| West Indies | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 295/7 (50 overs) | 300/2 (41.4 overs) |
| Top scorer | Justin Greaves 101 (108) | Virat Kohli 139* (88) |
| Other key scores | John Campbell 62 (60), Amir Jangoo 58* (43), Roston Chase 24 | Shubman Gill 110 (108), Rohit Sharma 32 (35), Ruturaj Gaikwad 13* |
| Best bowling | India lost only 2 wickets | Kuldeep Yadav 4/40 |
| Result | India won by 8 wickets (50 balls left) |
Toss: India won and chose to bowl. Venue: Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. India lead the three match series 1 to 0.
West Indies Innings: 295/7
Openers John Campbell and Justin Greaves put on 135 in quick time. Kuldeep then removed Campbell, Shai Hope, Greaves and Jewel Andrew, the last of them first ball. Prasidh Krishna took 2 for 60, including Keacy Carty, and Nitish Kumar Reddy removed Matthew Forde. Amir Jangoo’s 58 not out off 43 balls, with his fifty coming in 38 balls, got West Indies close to 300.
India Innings: 300/2 in 41.4 Overs
Rohit Sharma made 32 off 35 balls in an opening stand of 75. Gill and Kohli then added about 150 for the second wicket. After Gill fell for 110, Kohli and Gaikwad finished the job. Kohli’s innings included 10 fours and 9 sixes, the most by any batter in the match.
For the full ball by ball record, see the ESPNcricinfo scorecard for the 1st ODI.
How Did India Win? The India vs West Indies 1st ODI Result Explained
Phase 1: West Indies Race to 176 for 1
For the first 30 overs, the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result looked like it could go the other way. Greaves, usually a middle order all rounder, opened and batted like a proper top order player. He hit 12 fours in his 101 and was strong square of the wicket. Campbell was the aggressor, with three sixes in his 62 off 60 balls. The 135 run opening stand is West Indies’ third highest first wicket partnership against India in India.
India’s seamers did not help themselves. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s first over went for 18, and Jadeja, usually the most economical bowler in the side, was taken for 16 in his first over. At 176 for 1, a total of 330 or more looked likely.
Phase 2: Kuldeep’s Spell Changes Everything
Then the match turned in about 40 balls. Kuldeep had Campbell, and soon after, he got Shai Hope, the one batter who could have held the innings together for another 15 overs. Greaves fell after reaching his hundred, and Jewel Andrew was out first ball. West Indies went from 176 for 1 to 198 for 5, losing four wickets for 22 runs.
That collapse cost West Indies 30 to 40 runs at the end. Jangoo’s late hitting was excellent, but by then West Indies were trying to rescue a total, not build one. Kuldeep’s 10 overs for 40 runs, on a good batting pitch where the seamers went for around six an over, was the best bowling of the match by a distance.
Phase 3: Gill and Kohli Take the Chase Apart
A target of 296 looked tricky on paper. Under lights, though, the ball came on nicely, and India never fell behind the required rate. Rohit’s 32 gave them a quick start. Gill then played the anchor role and scored his 10th ODI hundred, while Kohli was more attacking than usual.
The key detail is Kohli’s strike rate. Many of his 54 earlier ODI hundreds were built at around a run a ball. This one came at close to 158 runs per 100 balls, with nine sixes. With Gill at the other end, Kohli could take the risks. That is what turned a steady chase into a win with more than eight overs to spare.
Kohli Reaches 15,000 ODI Runs: How He Compares With Tendulkar
Kohli came into the game on 14,941 runs and needed 59. He got there in his 303rd innings. Tendulkar needed 377. Here is how the two journeys compare:
| Measure | Virat Kohli | Sachin Tendulkar |
|---|---|---|
| Innings to 15,000 | 303 | 377 |
| Balls faced to 15,000 | about 15,950 | about 17,528 |
| Age at 15,000 | 37 years, 326 days | 34 years, 66 days |
| Days from ODI debut | 6,614 | 6,402 |
The numbers tell two stories. On innings and balls, Kohli is clearly faster. He needed 74 fewer innings and about 1,600 fewer deliveries, which shows how consistent and quick his scoring has been. On the calendar, Tendulkar was quicker. He started as a 16 year old, played more matches each year, and got there almost three years younger.
What matters more now is what comes next. Tendulkar finished on 18,426 ODI runs. Kohli is on about 15,080. At his current rate of ODI matches, that record is realistic only if he plays well past the 2027 World Cup. The 55th hundred puts him further clear at the top of the ODI centuries list. That may be the record that stands longest.
Every Record and Milestone From the India vs West Indies 1st ODI
- Virat Kohli, 15,000 ODI runs: second batter ever, fastest by innings (303).
- Kohli’s 55th ODI hundred: extends his own world record.
- Kohli’s 10th ODI hundred against West Indies: the most by any batter against them, and his career ODI runs against them now reach 2,400.
- Shubman Gill’s 10th ODI hundred: 110 off 108 balls, in a chase of 296.
- Kuldeep Yadav, 4 for 40: the match winning spell, with Hope among his four victims.
- Justin Greaves, maiden ODI hundred: 101 off 108 balls.
- Campbell and Greaves, 135 for the first wicket: West Indies’ third highest opening stand against India in India.
- Amir Jangoo, 58 not out off 43: his second ODI fifty, to go with the hundred he scored on ODI debut in 2024.
- Naman Dhir, ODI debut: the uncapped all rounder got his first India cap.
- Ravindra Jadeja, still waiting: he needed one wicket to own the record for most wickets in India vs West Indies ODIs, but went wicketless. He stays level with Courtney Walsh on 44.
- Rohit Sharma: his 32 leaves him 73 short of 12,000 ODI runs, with two games left in the series.
IND vs WI 1st ODI Player Ratings
Scores out of 10, based on impact on the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result rather than just the numbers.
| Player | Team | Rating | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | India | 10 | A match winning 139 not out at a strike rate near 158, plus a milestone only one other batter has reached. |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 9 | Four wickets in the spell that decided the game, on a pitch where the seamers struggled. |
| Shubman Gill | India | 8 | A calm 110 that let Kohli attack. Captained well once Kuldeep came on. |
| Justin Greaves | West Indies | 8 | A maiden hundred as a makeshift opener. No batter on his side got close. |
| Amir Jangoo | West Indies | 7 | Rescued the innings with 58 off 43 when it was falling apart. |
| John Campbell | West Indies | 7 | Set the pace with 62 off 60 and three sixes. |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 6 | A quick 32 that gave the chase its early push, but he got out when a big one was there. |
| Prasidh Krishna | India | 5 | Two wickets, but 60 runs from his overs. |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 5 | Tidy after a rough first over, but no wicket and no record. |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | India | 4 | One wicket, but an 18 run first over set the wrong tone. |
The ratings show where the gap really was. India had two batters who went big and one bowler who dominated. West Indies had three good innings, but none of their bowlers could stop Kohli once he got going.
Shubman Gill’s Hundred: The Quiet Half of the Chase
Kohli’s innings will get the headlines, and it deserves them. Gill’s 110 is the reason Kohli could bat like that. When Rohit fell with 75 on the board, India still needed more than 220. A second quick wicket would have brought Gaikwad and the untested middle order in against a West Indies attack that had just watched its own batters fold.
Gill made sure that never happened. He scored at almost exactly a run a ball, hit 13 fours and only one six, and rotated the strike so Kohli faced the bowlers he wanted. That kind of innings rarely makes the highlight packages, but it is what a captain needs from himself in a chase.
It also answers a question that had been building over India’s recent series losses. Some fans wondered whether Gill’s own batting was suffering under the weight of the captaincy. A tenth ODI hundred, in a chase, alongside the best one day batter of his generation, is a strong reply.
Justin Greaves: A Hundred That Deserved More
Greaves’ hundred will be forgotten quickly because West Indies lost heavily. It should not be. He is a seam bowling all rounder who was moved up to open, facing Prasidh Krishna and Gurnoor Brar with the new ball in India. He handled it with patience and hit the loose balls hard. His 12 fours came mostly from cuts and drives, not slogs.
For West Indies, the find matters more than the defeat. They are tenth in the ODI rankings and heading for World Cup qualifiers early next year, with a batting order that has collapsed repeatedly in recent series defeats to New Zealand and Sri Lanka. An all rounder who can open and bowl ten overs gives Shai Hope a lot of balance.
The warning sign is the same as always, though. Once Greaves and Campbell were out, only Jangoo reached 30. Until the middle order can handle quality spin, West Indies will keep posting totals that look competitive and then fall 30 runs short.
What We Got Right and Wrong in Our IND vs WI 1st ODI Prediction
We believe a preview should be judged after the game, so here is an honest check of our 1st ODI preview:
| Our call | What happened | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| India win, 65 percent chance | India won by 8 wickets | ✅ Right |
| Par score 280 to 300 | West Indies made 295 | ✅ Right |
| Hope vs Kuldeep is the key battle | Kuldeep dismissed Hope | ✅ Right |
| Kohli as Dream11 captain | 139 not out | ✅ Right |
| Bat first after winning the toss | India bowled and chased easily | ❌ Wrong |
| Batting harder under lights | Ball came on nicely at night | ❌ Wrong |
| Jadeja to break the Walsh record | No wicket | ❌ Wrong |
The toss call is the lesson from the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result, and it matters for the next two games. We based it on how this pitch had played in daytime List A games. We underrated how much better it gets under lights in a day night ODI. For the rest of this series, the side chasing in the evening deserves more credit.
What the Result Means for the Series and the 2027 World Cup
For India, the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result was the answer they needed after losing recent ODI series to Australia, New Zealand and England. Gill scored a hundred as captain, Kohli showed he is still the best one day batter in the world, and Kuldeep proved again that he is India’s best white ball wicket taker in the middle overs.
There are two concerns. The pace attack, missing Jasprit Bumrah, leaked runs early, and West Indies scored freely for 30 overs. Bumrah, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar are all at the Asian Games with India’s T20 side, which our Asian Games 2026 hub is tracking. When they return, at least one seam spot in this XI is under threat.
For West Indies, the defeat was heavy, but the first 30 overs were one of their best ODI batting stretches in months. They leave with an opener they did not know they had and a clear problem to fix: batting through the middle overs against spin.
IND vs WI 2nd ODI: What Happens Next?
The series moves to Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, on Tuesday, September 30, again at 2:00 PM IST. India can seal the series there. After the India vs West Indies 1st ODI result, a West Indies win in Guwahati would need a far better effort against spin in the middle overs. West Indies need a win to keep it alive before the final game in New Chandigarh on October 3. Full dates and venues are in our West Indies tour of India 2026 guide.
Three things to watch in Guwahati:
- Does India keep the same attack? Nitish Kumar Reddy was expensive. Auqib Nabi, the uncapped Jammu and Kashmir seamer, is waiting.
- Rohit’s 12,000: he needs 73 more runs.
- Jadeja’s record: one wicket is still all he needs.
India vs West Indies 1st ODI Result FAQs
Who won the India vs West Indies 1st ODI 2026?
India won by 8 wickets at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, on September 27, 2026. They chased 296 with 50 balls to spare and lead the series 1 to 0.
What was the score in the IND vs WI 1st ODI?
West Indies made 295 for 7 in 50 overs, with Justin Greaves scoring 101. India replied with 300 for 2 in 41.4 overs, thanks to Virat Kohli’s 139 not out and Shubman Gill’s 110.
How many innings did Virat Kohli take to reach 15,000 ODI runs?
Kohli reached 15,000 ODI runs in his 303rd innings, 74 fewer than Sachin Tendulkar, who took 377. He is only the second batter to reach the mark.
How many ODI centuries does Virat Kohli have now?
Kohli now has 55 ODI hundreds, the most in history. His 139 not out was also his 10th ODI hundred against West Indies.
Who was the best bowler in the 1st ODI?
Kuldeep Yadav, with 4 for 40 in 10 overs. He took the wickets of Campbell, Hope, Greaves and Andrew, and turned 176 for 1 into 198 for 5.
Did Ravindra Jadeja break the India vs West Indies ODI wickets record?
No. He needed one wicket but went wicketless, so he remains level with Courtney Walsh on 44 wickets in India vs West Indies ODIs.
What records did Virat Kohli break in the 1st ODI?
Kohli became the fastest batter to 15,000 ODI runs, taking 303 innings. He also scored his 55th ODI hundred, which extends his own world record, and his 10th ODI hundred against West Indies, the most by any batter against them.
Who scored a century for West Indies in the 1st ODI
Justin Greaves scored 101 off 108 balls, his maiden ODI hundred. He shared a 135 run opening stand with John Campbell, but West Indies still lost by 8 wickets.
When is the IND vs WI 2nd ODI?
The 2nd ODI is on Tuesday, September 30, 2026, at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, starting at 2:00 PM IST.
Wrap Up
The India vs West Indies 1st ODI result will be remembered for Kohli’s 15,000, but it was won in the middle of the West Indies innings, when Kuldeep took four wickets and turned a big total into a chaseable one. After that, Gill and Kohli made a target of 296 look easy. West Indies have things to build on, starting with Greaves, but they need to find 30 more runs from the middle order before Tuesday.
Fifty over cricket is busy this week. For the other big ODI series, see our Australia in South Africa 2026 guide.
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