WI vs IND, T20Is 2023: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

India and West Indies will play a five-match T20I series starting on August 3 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. The second and third matches will be played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, and the fourth and fifth matches will be played at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.

Also, India will play their 200th T20I match on August 3, 2023, against West Indies in the first match of the five-match series. This will be a historic occasion for the Indian team, as they will become the second team in the world to play 200 T20I matches.

India will be coming into the series on the back of a 1-0 Test series win and a 2-1 ODI series win against West Indies. They have recalled Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, and Ravi Bishnoi, and have included uncapped players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, and pacer Mukesh Kumar in the squad. 

West Indies, on the other hand, will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing run in recent months. They failed to qualify for the ODI World Cup and then lost the Test and ODI series against India. However, they did win a 2-1 T20I series against South Africa earlier this year, so, they would be hoping to bring back momentum against India in T20Is. Nicholas Pooran will return to the T20I side after missing the ODI series due to T20 commitments. Other players to watch out for include Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, and Shimron Hetmyer.  

Here are some important stats and numbers ahead of the 1st T20I between India and West Indies:

Head-to-Head records: In a total of 25 games played between the two teams, India dominates the contest with 17 wins over West Indies' 7 wins, while one game had no result. In West Indies, both teams have faced each other on 7 occasions, with India winning 4 games and losing 3 games.  

 4 – Suryakumar Yadav (96) needs four sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is. 

4 – Kuldeep Yadav (46) needs four scalps to reach 50 wickets in T20Is. 

30 – Shai Hope (6970) requires 30 runs to reach 7000 runs across formats. 

8 – Brandon King (92) is eight fours away from completing 100 fours in T20 internationals. 

28 – Rovman Powell (972) is 28 runs short of reaching the landmark of 1000 T20I runs. 

8 -Hardik Pandya needs eight fours to complete 100 fours in the shortest format of the game. 

2 - Jason Holder needs two wickets to become the second-leading wicket-taker for West Indies.

1 - India is set to play the 200th T20I match.

14 -Nicholas Pooran (1486) needs 14 runs to complete 1500 T20Is runs.

5 - Nicholas Pooran requires five dismissals to complete 50 T20Is.