West Indies faces India in two Twenty20 internationals in Florida at the
weekend in a litmus test for both cricket's future in the US and Carlos
Brathwaite's credentials as Caribbean skipper
Squads
West Indies
Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine
India
MS Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli
KL Rahul led India's reply with an unbeaten 110 - his 46-ball hundred was the joint second fastest in T20s.
But Dwayne Bravo had MS Dhoni caught at short third man off the final ball of the match to seal a remarkable victory.
Evin Lewis, the 24-year-old left-handed opener playing only his second international match, took 32 off a Stuart Binny over that included 6x5, the joint second most expensive over in T20s.
West Indies hit 21 sixes - a record in a T20 international innings - while their total was the third highest in history.
India's response sits fourth on the list
Highest T20 international totals
Saturday and Sunday's back-to-back fixtures come at a crucial time for the West Indies.
They may be the reigning world champions in the format having triumphed
in India earlier this year, but that didn't save Darren Sammy's job as
skipper.
Darren Sammy was sacked in what he claimed was a “30-second phone call” and
replaced by Brathwaite who etched his name into West Indies cricket
folklore by smashing four sixes in the final over against England to win
this year's World T20 final in Mumbai.
“I think a team like this will be pretty easy to lead, from the point of
view that the dressing room is a fun place to be,” said Brathwaite.
“I don't think it's a case where I have to negotiate too many egos.”
His first job will be to introduce stability into the engaging but often
frustrating nature of West Indies' short-form cricket — before they won
their second World T20 in four years, they lost to Afghanistan in the
qualifying round.
Despite his heroics in Mumbai, 28-year-old Brathwaite is a lightweight
when it comes to international experience, having played just three
Tests, 14 ODIs and eight Twenty 20s.
In contrast, the team's superstar Chris Gayle has 103 Tests, 269 ODIs
and 50 T20s to his name as well as a host of batting records.
Squads
West Indies
Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine
India
MS Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli
Paytm is title sponsor for India-WI T20 matches in USA
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has awarded the title
sponsorship for the two T20 international matches between India and West
Indies to be played in Florida, USA to mobile payments and e-commerce
platform Paytm.
The two games will be played on August 27 and August 28,2016 at the Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale.
“We are delighted to extend our association with Paytm. This will
further strengthen partnership with our existing partner and is a
testimony to the fact that our partners believe in BCCI’s initiative of
reaching out to newer audiences and markets,” Anurag Thakur, BCCI
President said.
West Indies beat India by one run in a thrilling Twenty20 that saw a record 489 runs and 32 sixes
Evin Lewis smashed a 48-ball century and Johnson Charles scored 79 off 33 deliveries in West Indies' 245-6 in the series opener in Lauderhill, Florida.KL Rahul led India's reply with an unbeaten 110 - his 46-ball hundred was the joint second fastest in T20s.
But Dwayne Bravo had MS Dhoni caught at short third man off the final ball of the match to seal a remarkable victory.
Evin Lewis, the 24-year-old left-handed opener playing only his second international match, took 32 off a Stuart Binny over that included 6x5, the joint second most expensive over in T20s.
West Indies hit 21 sixes - a record in a T20 international innings - while their total was the third highest in history.
India's response sits fourth on the list
Highest T20 international totals
| 260-6: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Johannesburg, 2007 |
| 248-6: Australia v England, Southampton, 2013 |
| 245-6: West Indies v India, Lauderhill, 2016 |
| 244-4: India v West Indies, Lauderhill, 2016 |
| 241-6: South Africa v England, Centurion, 2009 |
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