The Indian team will kick start their tour of the West Indies with the first of the 3-match T20 match series to be played at Lauderhill in Florida later in the evening. The match is scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm (IST).
While the first two T20 matches are being played at Lauderhill in Florida, the teams will head to Guyana to play the third and final game on August 6.
India will aim to continue their winning streak against the Windies as they last inflicted a 3-0 whitewash against them in the last series played between the two teams in November 2018. Windies have a superior win record against the Indians at home, winning 2 out of the 3 T20s played on Caribbean soil.
The series will be the first international assignment for both the teams after the culmination of the 2019 ICC World Cup. While India will be led by Virat Kohli, the mantle of the Windies team is in the hands of Carlos Brathwaite.
West Indies would be bolstered by the return of two of their key T20 stalwarts- Keiron Pollard and Sunil Narine, both of whom make it back to the Windies team after a relatively long haitus.
Here are some interesting records between the two teams in T20 internationals
India and the West Indies have played each other in eleven T20 internationals since the inception of the format. The teams have shared honours winning five matches each and one encounter ending in no result.
India has played 3 T20 internationals against the West Indies in the Caribbean. The Windies have the upper edge winning 2 out of those 3 encounters.
Rohit Sharma is the highest run scorer for India against the West Indies in T20 internationals. The 'Hitman' has aggregated 334 runs in 10 T20s against the 'Maroon Brigade'.
Evin Lewis the top run getter for Windies against India in T20 internationals. The hard hitting opener has scored 232 runs in 3 innings for his team against the Indians.
Evin Lewis is the leading centurion for the West Indies in T20 internationals against India. Lewis has registered 2 tons against Indian in T20 internationals.
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the two Indian batsman who have scored a century against West Indies in the T20 internationals.
Evin Lewis has registered the highest individual score by a West Indian batsman in T20 internationals against India. The diminutive opener scored an unbeaten 125-run knock against the Indians at Kingston, Jamaica in 2007.
Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest individual score by an Indian in T20 internationals against West Indies. The elegant Indian opener notched up an unbeaten 111-run knock against Windies at Lucknow.