Top 10 T20 knocks played in matches between India and West Indies

India and West Indies are set to play the first of the three-match T20 series on 3rd August in Lauderhill, Florida. Both the sides have locked horns 11 times till now in T-20 internationals where both teams have won 5 games apiece.

We have been privileged to witness some of the most amazing innings of T20 cricket when these two sides meet. Be it the Evin Lewis' crazy innings of Jamaica or the KL Rahul's bludgeoning in Florida or the Dre Russ' colossal cameo in Mumbai, T20 cricket has seen the pinnacle of excitement when these two nations play. Here are the top-10 individual innings from India-Windies T20 clashes.

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#10 Rohit Sharma (62 runs off 28 balls), Lauderhill, 2016

Rohit Sharma got India off to a flyer.

Chasing a gigantic total of 246, India needed a rapid start and Rohit Sharma provided exactly that. He looked at his fluent best and stroked some exhilarating shots.

He made full use of the Powerplay and kept India in the hunt by not letting the scoring-rate fall from 10 an over. He hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in his brisk cameo and laid the platform for the chase for the coming batters.

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#9 DJ Bravo (66 runs off 36 balls), Lords, 2009

Dwayne Bravo changed the course of the whole inning.

India made a sub-par total of 153 in this super 8 clash of the 2009 t-20 world cup. West Indies were struggling at 42-2 when Gayle was dismissed in the 8th over.

Dwayne Bravo was sent ahead of experienced batters like Ram Naresh Sarwan and Shiv Narine Chanderpaul. The move turned out to be a masterstroke as Bravo put on a hitting masterclass at the home of cricket. He hit 4 boundaries and 3 maximums in his knock and got Windies over the line in the 19th over itself.

#8 Virat Kohli (89 runs off 47 balls), Mumbai, 2016

Virat Kohli averaged 136.5 in the 2016 T-20 World Cup

Virat Kohli was in the form of his life in 2016 as he single-handedly carried the Indian batting to the semifinals of the World Cup in 2016. The tournament was held in India and the semi-final was to be played in the very ground where India had lifted the ODI World Cup 5 years back. The expectations were sky high and the pressure was on India to post a big score on the board.

Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma provided a decent start to the team and Virat Kohli just continued on the script. He hit 11 fours and 1 six in his knock and provided the much needed fiery finish that pushed India's score past 190.

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#7 Andre Russell (43 runs off 20 balls), Mumbai, 2016

Andre Russell sealed it with a six off Virat Kohli.

Fast forward into the second innings of the semi-final, Andre Russell arrived at the crease with West Indies requiring 76 in their last 7 overs. The game was slightly tilted towards the men in blue and West Indies needed a magical inning from their T-20 superstar.

Dre Russ provided exactly that and played the most important swashbuckling knock of his career. With the help of 3 fours and 4 gigantic sixes, Russell took Windies into the finals and ended India's hope of another World Cup glory at national soil.

#6 Chris Gayle (98 runs off 66 balls), Barbados, 2010

Chris Gayle laboured his way for the 98 run knock.

MS Dhoni won the toss and sent Windies to bat first on a lively wicket which had assistance to the bowlers. Gayle and Chanderpaul got them off to a cautious start and didn't allow the Indian seamers to exploit the conditions.

The ever explosive Chris Gayle played a very uncharacteristic inning where his strike rate never got over 150. However, the important aspect was that he batted till the last over and if not for the run-out off the penultimate delivery, Gayle would have reached the toughest T-20 century of his career. He only thrived in the last 5-6 overs of the innings and got Windies over 165 with the help of 5 fours and 7 maximums.

Ultimately, it proved out to be more than enough as Indians fell short by 14 runs.

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#5 Evin Lewis (100 runs off 49 balls), Lauderhill, 2016

Evin Lewis hit 5 consecutive sixes in the knock.

India had won the toss in their first-ever international T-20 game in the United States and decided to field first on a wicket that looked nothing less than a batting paradise. Lewis and Charles got their team off to a dream start as the duo raced past 100 in the 8th over.

Lewis brought up his maiden T-20 century and the 200 for the West Indies in the 15th over with the help of 5 fours and 9 massive sixes. He hit Stuart Binny for 5 consecutive sixes in the 11th over of the innings and displayed the crowd the ultimate fun of T-20 cricket.

#4 Rohit Sharma (111 runs off 61 balls), Lucknow, 2018

Rohit Sharma inaugurated the stadium in the most exhilarating way.

Rohit Sharma brought up his 4th T-20 International century to light up the inaugural game at the beautiful stadium of Lucknow. He won the toss and decided to bat first. What followed was a decorous demonstration of batting art by the master craftsman. He batted like a pure genius where fielders were just like spectators to him despite the big boundaries and sticky wicket where no other batter got going.

He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes en route becoming the first player to boast of 4 t-20 International centuries. West Indies hardly managed to go past the individual score of Rohit which signified the supreme quality of the knock.

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#3 Lendl Simmons (82 runs off 51 balls), Mumbai, 2016

Simmons utilised all his IPL experience of playing with Mumbai.

While it was Dre Russ who provided the blast in the latter half of the chase, Lendl Simmons anchored the whole chase and bailed his team out of serious trouble from 19-2. It was one of the most influential yet underrated innings in the recent history of Carribean cricket where he took his side into the finals of the tournament. Simmons used all his expertise of playing at the Wankhede for Mumbai Indians as he hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in his match-winning knock.

However, he did had luck on his side as he was dismissed twice of no-ball and Jadeja misjudged his catch on the boundary as he stepped on the boundary ropes while catching the ball. Simmons made sure that he made full use of the chances he got and stood there till the end with Russell.

#2 KL Rahul (110 runs off 51 balls), Lauderhill, 2016

KL Rahul's stature grew some levels after this inning.

West Indies had made the third-highest t-20 score of that time as they set India for a mammoth chase of 246. Rohit Sharma had provided the impetus to the innings, however, India still needed almost 200 runs in 90 deliveries when Rahul arrived at the crease.

What followed was a proper exhibition of pure hitting and immaculate timing. This was the innings which made people notice KL Rahul and depicted that he is one for the future. He hit 12 fours and 5 sixes in his knock where he maintained a strike rate of 200 throughout.

Bravo dismissed Dhoni off the ultimate delivery of the innings to hand Windies a solitary run victory and denied India the chance to propel the greatest chase in T-20 cricket history.

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#1 Evin Lewis (125 runs off 62 balls), Jamaica, 2017

By some distance, the best knock of Lewis' career.

India batted first and courtesy impressive cameos from Kohli and Karthik, set a big target of 191 for the West Indies.

The Caribbean side had enough firepower in them to chase it down but the way Evin Lewis single-handedly made a mockery of the target was scary.

He unleashed and went on a berserk mode where the balls seemed to him like obstacles and he continued to kick them out of his way. He ripped apart the Indian bowling and hit 6 fours and 12 maximums to give West Indies the victory in the 19th over itself.