Who Is Amir Jangoo? Inside the West Indies Batter's Record-Breaking Rise

By Kimi · September 30, 2026 · 4 min read

Key takeaways

🔑 Amir Jangoo is a 29-year-old Trinidadian left-handed wicketkeeper-batter who has gone from a record-setting One Day International debut in December 2024 to a maiden Test double century in 2026, and on September 30, 2026, he posted a career-high 114 against India in Guwahati.
On his ODI debut against Bangladesh on December 12, 2024, Jangoo reached his century in 79 balls — the fastest hundred on ODI debut in the format’s history — and finished unbeaten on 104 off 83 balls, becoming only the second West Indian ever to score a century on ODI debut.
In the first Test against Sri Lanka in mid-2026, Jangoo made his maiden Test century and converted it into 233, anchoring a 401-run sixth-wicket partnership with captain Roston Chase that stands as the largest sixth-wicket stand in Test cricket history.
On September 30, 2026, Jangoo top-scored with 114 off 77 balls — reaching his century in 70 balls before being dismissed — as West Indies posted a team-record ODI total of 405 for 7 against India in Guwahati, with John Campbell and Shai Hope also scoring centuries in the same innings.
Despite West Indies’ 405, India chased the target down, winning by eight wickets with 39 balls to spare behind an unbeaten 223 from Shubman Gill, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with one ODI left to play on October 3, 2026.
Across international cricket through September 30, 2026, Jangoo has played 5 Tests (336 runs, high score 233), 11 ODIs (400 runs, high score 114), and 7 T20Is (163 runs, high score 74*); no betting odds, point spreads, or win-probability figures are used anywhere in this piece.

Amir Jangoo is a 29-year-old Trinidadian wicketkeeper-batter who has become one of West Indies cricket’s fastest-rising stars, setting records on both his One Day International debut and in his first Test century before posting a career-high innings against India on September 30, 2026. In under two years of international cricket, the left-hander has gone from a little-known domestic talent to a player West Indies now build partnerships around. Here is who he is, what he has achieved, and where his numbers stand right now.

Who is Amir Jangoo?

Amir Anthony Jangoo is a left-handed wicketkeeper-batter from St. James, Trinidad, born on July 14, 1997, who plays for West Indies and Trinidad & Tobago. He made his List A debut for the West Indies Under-19s in January 2015 and his first-class debut for Trinidad & Tobago in April 2017, before breaking into franchise Twenty20 cricket with the Trinbago Knight Riders in 2020. He has since played Caribbean Premier League cricket for the Jamaica Tallawahs (2022-23) and the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (2025), primarily as a specialist gloveman and middle-order batter.

How did Jangoo make his name on ODI debut?

Jangoo announced himself on December 12, 2024, by scoring an unbeaten century on his ODI debut against Bangladesh, reaching three figures in just 79 balls, the fastest century ever scored on ODI debut. He carried on to finish the innings on 104 not out off 83 balls as West Indies won the match, and became only the second West Indian player, after Desmond Haynes, to score a century on ODI debut. His Test debut followed a little over a month later, on January 25, 2025, against Pakistan.

What happened in his record Test innings?

In West Indies’ first Test against Sri Lanka in 2026, Jangoo made his maiden Test century and went on to score 233, anchoring a 401-run partnership for the sixth wicket with captain Roston Chase. That stand stands as the largest sixth-wicket partnership in Test cricket history. His T20I debut came separately, on September 27, 2025, against Nepal.

What did Jangoo do in the second ODI against India?

On September 30, 2026, in Guwahati, Jangoo top-scored with 114 off 77 balls, reaching his century in 70 balls before he was dismissed, as West Indies posted a team-record ODI total of 405 for 7. It was a new individual career-high, beating his unbeaten 104 from his debut. Teammates John Campbell and Shai Hope also scored centuries in the same innings, making it, by several match reports’ count, only the second time in West Indies ODI history that three batters have reached three figures in one innings. West Indies’ total wasn’t enough to win, though: India chased the target down, finishing on 406 for 2 in 43.3 overs behind an unbeaten 223 from Shubman Gill, and won by eight wickets with 39 balls to spare, the second time a team has successfully chased more than 400 runs in an ODI innings. The result put India 2-0 up in the three-match series, with the third and final ODI set for October 3, 2026, in Mullanpur.

What are Amir Jangoo’s career numbers right now?

Through September 30, 2026, Jangoo has played 5 Tests, 11 ODIs and 7 T20Is for West Indies, and his numbers are strongest in the 50-over format, where he already averages above 57.

Format	Mat	Runs	Avg
Test	5	336	42.00
ODI	11	400	57.14
T20I	7	163	32.60

His highest scores stand at 233 in Tests and 114 in ODIs, both posted in 2026, and 74 not out in T20Is. Those numbers will keep moving: West Indies play a third ODI on October 3 and five T20Is between October 6 and 17, 2026, as the India tour continues.

The bottom line

Amir Jangoo has crammed a rare set of milestones into less than two years of international cricket: a record ODI-debut century, a maiden Test double century built on a partnership record, and now a career-high ODI score against India. For more on this tour, including the full schedule and how to watch from the US, see our guide to the India vs West Indies 2026 ODI and T20I series .

How we verified this

Career milestones — his debut dates, the ODI-debut century, and the Test double-century partnership record — were checked against an encyclopedia-style biography page and its dedicated list of ODI debut centuries, cross-referenced against a major cricket statistics service’s own player-profile page. The September 30, 2026 second ODI — his 114 off 77 balls, West Indies’ 405/7 team total, and the match’s final result (India won by eight wickets, chasing 406 in 43.3 overs) — was confirmed from the match’s official scorecard and post-match report after play had concluded, not from an in-progress score. This match was still live when earlier research on this topic began; the result reported here reflects the completed game, checked across multiple independent news wires and cricket sites. Current career statistics (matches, runs, average, and highest score by format) were pulled from a cricket statistics service’s live player-profile page, showing figures updated after the September 30 innings, rather than from an older encyclopedia snapshot that predated it and would have understated his ODI tally and highest score. A minor wording nuance: sources describe Jangoo’s ODI-debut century as reached in 79 balls, but his full not-out innings ran to 104 off 83 balls total — both figures are accurate and are presented separately here to avoid an apparent contradiction. No betting odds, point spreads, or win-probability models appear anywhere on this page. Still moving: West Indies and India play a third ODI on October 3, 2026, and five T20Is from October 6 to 17, 2026; Jangoo’s career totals will change again once those matches are played, so the stats table above reflects his numbers only through September 30, 2026.