West Indies vs India, T20Is: Statistical analysis of the rivalry
The Indian cricket team begins its tour of West Indies with three T20Is, starting August 3 in Florida. India had lost the T20I series against Australia this year and Virat Kohli will be aiming to script a win to start the tour with a bang. The T20Is will be followed by three ODIs and two Tests. Here is the statistical analysis of the rivalry.
Head-to-head records between West Indies and India
Out of three bilateral T20I series between the two nations, West Indies have won two, whereas, India have pocketed one. The last T20I series between the two saw India winning by a 3-0 margin. India have lost on previous two occasions when they toured West Indies in 2016 and 2017. Both sides have won five T20Is each out of 11 meetings.
Highest and lowest totals between the two sides
The highest T20I score by Windies versus India is 245/6. They achieved it in 2016 at Lauderhill. India's highest total against WI is 195/2 in Lucknow last year. 109/8 by Windies at Eden Gardens in 2018 is the lowest T20I total between the two sides.
Some brilliant individual statistics
India's senior opening batsman Rohit Sharma has amassed the most T20I runs against WI (334). Only two Indian batsmen have notched tons against WI in T20Is (Rohit and KL Rahul). West Indian Evin Lewis has the most T20I hundreds against India (2). Lewis has the highest individual knock against India (125*). The West Indian has hit the most sixes (21) ahead of Rohit (19).
Dhawan and Pant hold this special record
Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant's 130-run stand for the third wicket is the highest stand for any wicket between India and West Indies. Only six hundred-plus stands have been scripted by both teams so far. Rohit has the most catches taken by an outfielder in WI versus India T20Is (7). Virat Kohli is second with four catches.
Kohli and Rohit can script these milestones
Kohli (2,263) needs 10 more runs to surpass Martin Guptill (2,272) in terms of career T20I runs. Rohit has 102 career T20I sixes. He needs four more to surpass Chris Gayle (105) and two more to get past Guptill (103).
