India and West Indies took Lauderhill by storm eight years ago today on August 27, scoring runs in every direction of the stadium. In a hurriedly arranged exercise, both teams put up some astonishing knocks with the bats for a combined aggregate of 489 in Florida. The mammoth score was a T20I record which was broken last year after South Africa and the West Indies accumulated 517 runs at the Centurion.
The epic fixture between the Men in Blue and the Caribbean side also witnessed 32 sixes flying across the boundary ropes, also a record at the time.
West Indies eventually won the match by a single run.
Bhai yeh cricket chal raha hai ya video game.#IndvsWI— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 27, 2016
The high-octane affair kicked off with India winning the toss and electing to field first. Little did they know what was about to happen next. The opening duo of Johnson Charles and Evin Lewis went on a rampage to notch an unbeaten 126 runs in 9.2 overs.
Mohammad Shami eventually found the breakthrough for India in the 10th over, dismissing Charles for 79. Lewis went on to complete his century in 49 balls, smashing five boundaries and nine sixes.
Ravindra Jadeja picked up the wicket of Lewis after the West Indies had crossed the 200-run mark.
All-rounders Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard added 22 runs each to help their team amass 245 runs at the loss of six wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah was India’s most impactful bowler with an economy of 11.75 along with a two-wicket haul.
With a near-impossible chase ahead of them, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane opened the innings for India. Rohit smashed a 28-ball 62, hitting four boundaries and as many sixes. Rahane fell prey to Andre Russell before Virat Kohli was dismissed scoring 16 runs.
KL Rahul attempted to ease off the pressure as he smashed a 51-ball 110. He hit 12 boundaries and five sixes to keep India’s chase alive.
The then India skipper MS Dhoni also came up with a terrific knock of a 25-ball 43.
Soon India closed in on the gap, requiring two runs off the final delivery to secure a win.
It was Dwayne Bravo who had to deal with MS Dhoni in the final ball of the contest. The West Indies all-rounder produced a slower delivery that was cut by the Indian skipper toward the short third man region. But Dhoni was eventually caught out.
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