T20 Statistical Highlights: India vs West Indies

Following are the statistical highlights of the one-off Twenty20 International between India and West Indies in Port of Spain.

# Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels have shared a partnership of 66 for the third wicket - West Indies' second highest in Twenty20 Internationals, next only to the 68 between Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul against South Africa at North Sound on May 20, 2011.

# West Indies' previous highest for the third wicket against India was 50 between Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons at Lord's on June 12, 2009.

# Darren Bravo (41 off 41 balls) has registered his second highest innings in T20Is, next only to 42 off 33 balls against Pakistan at Gros Islet on April 21, 2011.

# Harbhajan Singh (2/25) has taken his tally of wickets to 18 at an average of 30.05 in 23 matches, setting an Indian record for most wickets in Twenty20 Internationals, overtaking Irfan Pathan's tally of 16 at 24.68 apiece in 16 matches.

# Sammy has posted two ducks in T20Is - one each against India and Australia.

# The India-West Indies fixture is the 200th in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.

# West Indies (143 for five) have recorded their lowest total against India in Twenty20 Internationals.

# Christopher Barnwell (34 not out off 16 balls) has registered his highest innings in Twenty20 Internationals, outstripping the 11 not out against Pakistan at Gros Islet on April 21, 2011.

# Barnwell and Hyatt were involved in a stand of 50 (unbroken) for the sixth wicket - West Indies' highest against India and their second highest in T20Is, next only to the 68 between Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin against New Zealand at Hamilton on December 28, 2008

# Danza Hyatt (14 not out) has emulated his highest score in T20Is. He had posted 14 on debut against Pakistan at Gros Islet on April 21, 2011.

# India have registered their first victory against West Indies in three matches in Twenty20 Internationals. India had lost their first two games to West Indies - by 7 wickets at Lord's on June 12, 2009 & by 14 runs at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010

# India (159/6) have posted their highest total against West Indies in Twenty20 Internationals, bettering the 155 for 9 at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010. 

# Darren Sammy (4/16) has recorded his best bowling figures against India in Twenty20 Internationals.

# Sammy has become the first bowler to produce two instances of four wickets or more in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals for West Indies.

# Sammy's aforesaid figures of 4 for 16 are the second best by a captain in T20Is, next only to Shahid Afridi's 4 for 14 for Pakistan against New Zealand at Christchurch on December 30, 2010.  New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is the only other captain to capture four wickets in an innings - 4 for 20 against India at Johannesburg on September 16, 2007.

# Sammy's aforesaid performance is his second best in T20Is - the best being 5 for 26 against Zimbabwe at Port of Spain on February 28, 2010.

# Sammy's feat is the best by a bowler against India in Twenty20 Internationals, bettering Pakistan's Mohammad Asif's 4 for 18 at Durban on September 14, 2007.

# Sammy has extended his record for most wickets for West Indies in Twenty20 Internationals - 29 at an average of 13.82 in 21 matches.

# Subramaniam Badrinath (43 off 37 balls) has posted the second highest innings by an Indian debutant in Twenty20 Internationals, next only to Murali Vijay's 48 against Afghanistan at Gros Islet on May 1, 2010.

# Badrinath has deservingly received the MOM award on debut.

# Badrinath and Rohit Sharma were associated in a stand of 71 for the fifth wicket - India's best for any wicket against West Indies in T20Is, surpassing the 64 for the fifth wicket between Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan at Lord's on June 12, 2009.

# Harbhajan Singh (15) has posted his highest innings against West Indies - his second best in T20Is, next only to the 21 against New Zealand at Christchurch on February 25, 2009.

# Harbhajan and Yusuf Pathan, with their unbroken stand of 25, have equalled India's highest partnership against West Indies in T20Is.  Dhoni and Harbhajan had shared a 25-runs stand against West Indies at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010.