The tour of the Caribbean begins with the three-match T20I series, with the first two matches in Lauderhill.
The last time these teams played at Lauderhill, one match was rained out, and the other ended in a thrilling manner, with West Indies winning by just 1 Run
Stats and trivia
- In three T20Is against India, Evin Lewis has hit two hundreds - One of them came at this very venue in 2016. Lewis hasn't hit a T20I hundred against any other opposition
- Rohit Sharma became India's leading six-hitter in ODIs during the World Cup. He now has the chance to become theworld's top sex hitting batsman in T20's
Rohit has hit 102 sixes in T20Is, easily the most for India, and is just three shy of Chris Gayle's mark of 105, which is the current record.
Team news
India have some new faces in the squad, but there's still an abundance of options who are most at home batting in the top three. Regular openers Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan are back together with Dhawan having recovered from his broken finger, and there's Kohli. In addition, they have KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey. At least two of those three seem certain to bat out of position, which can be a distinct contrast in a 20-overs game. The wristspinning duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been rested, which should give the team management the option to try a number of exciting options.India XI (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 KL Rahul, 5 Manish Pandey/Shreyas Iyer, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Deepak Chahar/Navdeep Saini, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Khaleel Ahmed, 11 Rahul Chahar
Andre Russell was expected to be one of the players igniting West Indies' World Cup campaign, but the only things that flared up were his knees. He has since had surgery and was named in the T20I squad, subject to a fitness test. On the eve of the first T20I, Cricket West Indies said the allrounder experienced some discomfort during the GLT20 Canada, and has been replaced by Jason Mohammed. Even without Russell, captain Carlos Brathwaite has plenty of power - hitting and bowling - at his disposal.
West Indies XI (probable): 1 John Campbell, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Carlos Brathwaite (capt), 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Khary Pierre, 10 Sheldon Cottrell, 11 Keemo Paul/Oshane Thomas
India has a great record in international T20 cricket having won 70 of the 115 matches it has played in the format. Its win-loss ratio of 1.707 is the second-highest in T20I history after Pakistan (1.8).
In terms of series played (two or more matches), India has won 12, drawn 7 and lost just 5 of the 24 they have played in the format.
They won 7 consecutive series from the home series against New Zealand in November, 2017 till the home series against West Indies ending November, 2018. These also included wins in South Africa and England.
India also has a stupendous record in the flagship tournament of T20 cricket – the World T20.
They have won 20 off the 33 matches they have played in the T20 World Cup (and lost 11). Their win-loss ratio of 1.818 is the second-best amongst all teams only marginally behind Sri Lanka (1.833)
India were victorious in the inaugural edition in South Africa in 2007, runners-up in Bangladesh in 2014 and semi-finalists at home in 2016.
They also won the Asia Cup in Dhaka in 2016 winning all their 5 matches in the competition.
India have won 26 (and lost 14) of the 42 matches they have played since the end of the World T20 in India in 2016. Their win-loss ratio of 1.857 is the second-best in this period after Pakistan (won 30 and lost 7 for a win-loss of 4.285)
India did not lose a single series between January, 2017 and November, 2018 in this period.
ROHIT’S HUNDREDS, KOHLI’S AVERAGE AND RAHUL’S DOMINANCE
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been the most prolific run scorers for India in T20I cricket.
Rohit is the highest scorer in T20I history with 2331 runs in 86 innings at an average of 32.37 and strike rate if 137.68. No one has registered more hundreds in the format than Rohit – 4.
Rohit has also been India’s highest scorer in the format since the 2016 World T20. He has aggregated 1039 runs in just 33 innings at 34.63 at a phenomenal strike rate of 153.92. Three of his four hundreds have come in this period.
Kohli has the second-highest average in T20I history – 50.28 (after Babar Azam). He aggregates 2263 runs from just 62 innings and is the third-highest scorer in the format. No one has registered more fifties than Kohli’s 20 in T20I cricket.
KL Rahul has the best average and strike rate product for India (and in the top 5 in the world; min. 500 runs) in T20I cricket in this period. He has scored 879 runs in just 24 innings at 43.95 at a strike rate of 149.23, including two hundreds.
He was also the second-highest scorer in the IPL 2019 (after David Warner) aggregating 593 runs from just 14 innings at an average of 53.9 and strike rate of 135.38, including a hundred and six fifties.
India beat West Indies by 4 wickets
First T20 @ Lauderhill Saturday Aug 03,2019
Scorecard
West Indies 95/9 in 20 Overs
Kieron Pollard 49(49 Balls 4x2 and 6x4)
India 98/6 in 17.2 Overs
Rohit Shatma 24(25 Balls 4x2 and 6x2)
Match Result - India won by 4 wickets
MOM -Navdeep Saini(India)for his 3/17(4 Overs)
Series Result -India lead the 3-match series 1-0
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