Stats: Most Runs By Batters In WI vs IND T20Is

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WI vs IND - Team India is set to take on West Indies for a 5-match T20I series after the conclusion of the ongoing three-match ODI series between the two sides. Both the teams would be eyeing to cement their combinations with the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in mind. 

Team India have played 16 T20I matches till now in 2022, winning 12 of them while losing three matches. West Indies on the other hand have won just 5 matches out of 11 T20I they've played this year. Team India is yet to win a T20 World Cup since their success in the inaugural season while the two-time T20 champions West Indies would look to regain their dominance. 

Here are the top 5 batters with the most runs in WI vs IND T20Is since 2010. 

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#5. Kieron Pollard (324 runs)

Former West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard ranks 5th on this list with 324 runs to his name in 13 innings. The all-rounder has 2 fifties to his name against India with a strike rate of 124.61 while averaging 32.40. Pollard's top score against India came in the 3rd T20I in 2019 at Wankhede, were the all-round scored a 39-ball-68 in a losing cause. 

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#4. Nicholas Pooran (335 runs)

West Indies' skipper Nicholas Pooran stands 4th on this list with 335 runs to his name in 10 innings. Pooran has an average of 41.87 in T20Is against India, striking at 133.46 with 4 fifties to his name. Pooran scored 62 runs off 41 balls when these two teams clashed in the 2nd T20I earlier this year at Kolkata, where India managed to win by 8 runs. 

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#3. KL Rahul (353 runs)

Prominent Indian batter KL Rahul ranks third on this list with 353 runs to his name in 8 innings, averaging an impeccable 58.83 while striking at 159.00. KL Rahul has a ton and 2 fifties against West Indies. In the 1st T20I at Lauderhill in 2016, KL Rahul smashed 110 runs off 51 balls with 12 fours & 5 sixes. However, India felt shy of 1 run while chasing a huge target of 246 runs. 

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#2. Virat Kohli (570 runs)

Virat Kohli stands second on this list with 570 runs to his name in 13 matches. Kohli averages 57.00 against West Indies with a strike rate of 150.79, registering 6 fifties to his name. Virat Kohli's top score of 94* against West Indies came in the first T20I in 2019 at Hyderabad. Courtesy of this knock, India chased down a target of 208 runs, winning the match with 6 wickets and 8 balls in hand. 

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#1. Rohit Sharma (580 runs)

Indian captain Rohit Sharma stands atop this list with 580 runs to his name in 17 innings. 'Hitman' averages 41.42 at a strike rate of 139.42 against the West Indies. Rohit has a ton and 4 half-centuries to his name in T20Is against West Indies. In the 2nd T20I in Lucknow in 2018, India posted 195/2 while batting first with the help of Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 61-ball-111 with 8 fours and 7 sixes. India won the match by 71 runs.