Statistical look at T20I clashes between India and West Indies

India, after handing out a thrashing to Pakistan in their first match, will face the defending champions West Indies in their second World Cup T20 clash on the 23rd of March 2014. Let us have a statistical look at the T20 international matches between India and West Indies so far.

#1 Most Wins

Having met each other 3 times so far, West Indies lead the head-to-head record with two victories over India's one. Both the West Indies victories have come in World Cup clashes; India are yet to open their account against the Caribbean team in the big event and will be looking forward to setting the record straight in tomorrow's encounter.

#2 Most Runs

Chris Gayle holds the record for the most number of runs in T20Is between India and West Indies. Gayle has scored 120 runs from 2 matches with a highest score of 98. Yuvraj Singh of India follows Gayle in the list with 79 runs from 2 matches at a strike-rate of 138.59.

#3 Most Wickets

Having picked up 5 wickets in 2 matches, both Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo top the list of bowlers with most wickets in T20Is between India and West Indies.

#4 Highest bowling strike-rate

Ashish Nehra of India and Fidel Edwards of West Indies have the best bowling strike-rate in T20I matches between India and West Indies (8.0). Following them are Darren Sammy (8.4) and Dwayne Bravo (9.6). The next Indian in the list is the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

#5 Most catches

Having taken 3 catches, West Indies top order batsman Lendl Simmons holds the record for the most number of catches in T20Is between the two teams. Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have 2 catches each.

#6 Highest Partnership

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle hold the record for the highest partnership in T20Is between India and West Indies. The pair scored 80 runs for the opening wicket on May 9, 2010. The 71 run 5th-wicket partnership between Rohit Sharma and Subramaniam Badrinath is the second in the list.

#7 Most dismissals

With 3 dismissals from 2 matches, Denesh Ramdin of West Indies holds the record for the most dismissals in T20Is between India and West Indies. Andre Fletcher has 2 dismissals, while MS Dhoni and Parthiv Patel of India have one dismissal each.