West Indies Trash Records, Post 245/6 vs India in Florida T20
Rookie opener Evin Lewis hit 100 (49 balls; 5x4, 9x6) and shared 126 runs for the first wicket.
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A hapless Indian bowling unit was mercilessly hammered for a record 21 sixes as the West Indies posted the third highest ever T20 International innings score of 245 for 6 in the first of the two Twenty20 matches in Florida on Saturday.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to insert the opposition after winning the toss backfired as the West Indies batsmen rained 13 fours and 21 sixes on a flat pitch at Lauderhill ground. The earlier highest number of sixes in an innings was 19 hit by Netherlands against Ireland in 2014.
Today’s 245 for 6 was the third highest innings total behind 260/6 scored by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007 and 248/6 by Australia against England in 2013. This was the highest ever T20 International score against India by any team, surpassing the 219 for 4 by South Africa in Johannesburg in March 2012.
Rookie opener Evin Lewis, playing in only his second T20 International, hit 100 (49 balls; 5x4, 9x6) and shared 126 runs for the first wicket from a mere 9.3 overs with Johnson Charles (79 of 33 balls; 6x4, 7x6) led the mauling of Indian bowlers.
Lewis also hit the fifth fastest hundred as he reached the milestone in just 48 balls.
At one time, it looked like the West Indians would run away with the highest ever T20 International score as they reached 199 for 1 at the end of 15 overs but India made fine a comeback in the final five overs, conceding just 46 runs and taking five wickets in the process.
Except for Ravichandran Ashwin (0/36), all the other five bowlers went for more than 10 runs an over. Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah got two wickets each while conceding 39 (from 3 overs) and 47 runs (from 4 overs) respectively.