When it rained sixes at Lauderhill: A look back at the West Indies vs India T20I in 2016

American cricket fans couldn’t have dreamed of anything more than what they got when India played Windies at Lauderhill on 27 August 2016. The match witnessed absolute carnage right from the word 'go'!

Batting first, Windies set India a mammoth target of 245, with the help of a 49-ball ton from Evin Lewis (5x4, 9x6) and a 33-ball 79 (6x4, 7x6) from Johnson Charles.

Chasing 246, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul started from where the Windies left. Rohit scored a 28-ball 62, with 4 fours and as many sixes while Rahul remained not out on 110 from 51 balls with 12 fours and five sixes.

With 8 runs to win off the last over, Rahul and MS Dhoni fell short by one run, thanks to some excellent death overs bowling from Dwayne Bravo.

Lets look at some of the interesting facts and records from the game.

1. The highest aggregate runs in any T20 game until that point

The match aggregated 489 runs (245 by Windies and 244 by India), and took the record for the highest aggregate from the 469-run game between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals during IPL 2010. This record was subsequently broken by Otago and Central Districts, who aggregated 497 runs later that year.

2. The second fastest T20I century until that point, by KL Rahul

KL Rahul scored his elegant century in just 46 balls, which at that point was the second fastest T20I ton after the 45-ball century by Richard Levi. This record was also subsequently broken. Today it is third fastest, with both Rohit Sharma and David Miller having got to three figures in 35 balls.

3. Second highest runs conceded in an over in T20I

During the 11th over, Stuart Binny conceded 32 runs to get the unwanted record of the second highest runs conceded by a player in a T20I over, next only to Stuart Broad’s six 6s in the 2007 World T20.

4. The highest T20I score in the first 10 overs by a team batting first

Windies scored 132 runs in their first 10 overs, the highest by any team batting first in T20I history. They broke the previous record held by South Africa when they scored 131 runs against England in 2009.