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West Indies defeated India in 5th T20I by 8 wickets and thereby also won the five-match T20I series by 3-2 margin with the help of brilliant batting performance from Brandon King, who went onto smash unbeaten 85 and was well supported by Nicholas Pooran at the other end. Indian bowlers like Chahal, and Hardik Pandya proved to be too expensive for the Men in Blue in the final ODI.
Initially, India winning the toss, opted to bat first and posted a total of 165/9 with the help of brilliant fifty from Suryakumar Yadav when no other batter stepped up for their side. Romario Shepherd was the star bowler for West Indies as he ended up picking four wickets in the first innings. Pooran won Player of the Series award for being the leading run-scorer in this five-match series.
Numbers and stats from WI vs IND 5th T20I game:
1 - Tilak Varma picked his maiden wicket in International cricket.
3 - Indian team have lost three games in a bilateral T20I series for the first time.
India in five-match T20I bilateral series:
Won 5-0 vs NZ in 2020 (Away)
Won 3-2 vs ENG in 2021 (Home)
Drawn 2-2 vs SA in 2022 (Home)
Won 4-1 vs WI in 2022 (Away)
Lost 2-3 vs WI in 2023 (Away)
4 - Yuzvendra Chahal ended up conceding fifty-plus runs in a T20I game for the fourth time overall.
Bowlers to concede fifty-plus runs in a T20I innings most times overall:
Chris Mpofu - 4
Chris Jordan - 4
Barry McCarthy - 4
Yuzvendra Chahal - 4
4 - For the fourth time, India have lost a bilateral T20I series (3 or 3+ games played) overall.
India losing a bilateral T20I series (3 or 3+ games played):
vs SA in 2015 (Home)
vs NZ in 2019 (Away)
vs SL in 2021 (Away)
vs WI in 2023 (Away)
4/31 - Romario Shepherd recorded his first four-wicket haul (4/31) in T20Is.
85 - Brandon King recorded his highest score (85*) in T20Is.
Highest score by a West Indian batsman vs India in T20Is:
Evin Lewis: 125* in Kingston, 2017
Evin Lewis: 100 in Lauderhill, 2016
Chris Gayle: 98 in Bridgetown, 2010
Brandon King: 85* in Lauderhill, 2023
Lendl Simmons: 82* in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2016
107 - Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran have recorded a 107-run partnership for second wicket in this game.
Highest partnership for WI vs IND in men's T20I:
Johnson Charles-Evin Lewis: 126 in Lauderhill, 2016
Evin Lewis-Marlon Samuels: 112* in Kingston, 2017
Brandon King-Nicholas Pooran: 107 in Lauderhill, 2023
173 - Tilak Varma has scored 173 runs in first five innings of his T20I career.
Most runs for India in first five T20I innings:
Deepak Hooda - 215
KL Rahul - 176
Tilak Varma - 173
176 - Nicholas Pooran has scored 176 runs against India in this T20I series overall.
Most runs against India in a T20I series:
Nicholas Pooran - 184 in 2022 (A)
Colin Munro - 178 in 2020 (H)
Nicholas Pooran - 176 in 2023 (H)
Most runs against an opponent team in men's T20I:
Virat Kohli - 794 vs AUS
Rohit Sharma - 693 vs WI
David Warner - 653 vs SL
Virat Kohli - 639 vs ENG
Aaron Finch - 619 vs ENG
Paul Stirling - 614 vs AFG
Babar Azam - 592 vs ENG
Nicholas Pooran - 592 vs IND
1000 - Suryakumar Yadav completed 1000 T20 runs (1038) in this calendar year (2023).
Most T20 runs scored by a batsman in 2023:
Jos Buttler - 1395
Shubman Gill - 1194
Faf du Plessis - 1139
Mohammad Rizwan - 1063
James Vince - 1054
Suryakumar Yadav - 1038
Batters to score 1000-plus runs in T20 cricket in a calendar year most times among Indian players:
Suryakumar Yadav - 3 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Suresh Raina - 2 (2010, 2018)
KL Rahul - 2 (2019, 2020)
2006 - India have lost a bilateral series to West Indies (min. 3 games) for the first time after May 2006. Indian team have won 22 International bilateral series (min. 3 games) consecutively from July 2006 to August 2023 against West Indies team.
6000 - Sanju Samson has completed 6000 runs (6011) in T20 cricket.
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