India vs West Indies T20I Head-to-Head: Record & Results
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India and West Indies have met 31 times in Twenty20 internationals. India have won 20, lost ten, and one match at Lauderhill in August 2016 was abandoned after two overs. No match between them has been tied.
The lead is recent and it is mostly bilateral. Split the record by competition and India have won 18 of the 27 bilateral matches, while the four meetings at World Cups stand level at two apiece — West Indies took the 2009 Super Eight game at Lord's and the 2016 semi-final at the Wankhede, India the 2014 group match at Mirpur and the Super Eight match at Eden Gardens on 1 March 2026.
That last one, a chase of 196 completed with four balls to spare on the back of Sanju Samson's unbeaten 97 from 50 balls, sent India into the semi-finals and is the most recent meeting between the two. It was also the fifth Twenty20 international these sides have played at Eden Gardens, more than at any other ground in either country.
Where the 31 matches were played
| Where played | T20Is | India won | West Indies won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In India | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| In the West Indies | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Neutral venues | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| All T20Is | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Two of the three rows are the ones you would expect. India have lost twice at home in this fixture, once in the 2016 World Twenty20 semi-final and once at Thiruvananthapuram in December 2019. In the Caribbean the two are exactly level at five each from ten.
The neutral row is where the fixture becomes unusual. Eight of those ten matches were played at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida, which makes a ground in the United States the most-used venue in the entire head-to-head — more than Eden Gardens, more than the Wankhede, more than any Caribbean ground. The other two neutral matches were the World Cup fixtures at Lord's in 2009 and Mirpur in 2014.
The Florida block
Lauderhill has staged international cricket since 2010, and Cricket West Indies has used it as a home venue to reach the Caribbean diaspora in North America. India have been the visiting side there more often than anyone else. The eight matches have gone 5-2 to India with one abandoned, and they are wildly uneven games: the ground has produced both the highest total in the fixture and two of the three lowest.
| Date | Result |
|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2016 | West Indies won by 1 run |
| 28 Aug 2016 | No result |
| 3 Aug 2019 | India won by 4 wickets |
| 4 Aug 2019 | India won by 22 runs |
| 6 Aug 2022 | India won by 59 runs |
| 7 Aug 2022 | India won by 88 runs |
| 12 Aug 2023 | India won by 9 wickets |
| 13 Aug 2023 | West Indies won by 8 wickets |
The August 2016 match is the one that gets replayed. India made 244 for 4, KL Rahul reaching 110 not out in his first Twenty20 international, and lost by a run: Evin Lewis made 100 and West Indies got to 245 for 6 off the final ball. It remains the highest total either side has made against the other, and the only occasion in the fixture on which a side has scored 240 and been beaten.
Year by year
They did not meet more than once in a calendar year until 2016, and did not play a full bilateral series against each other until 2018.
| Year | T20Is | India won | West Indies won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The first eight meetings, spread across 2009 to 2017, went 2-5 to West Indies with one abandoned. Every one of them was a one-off — a World Cup fixture, or a single game appended to a Test or one-day tour. Then the calendar changed. From the three-match series in India in November 2018 onwards, the two have played 23 Twenty20 internationals in eight years, and India have won 18 of them.
The 2023 row is the exception and worth noting: West Indies won that five-match series in the Caribbean and Florida 3-2, their only series win over India in the format. India had taken every previous multi-match rubber between the sides, and won the next meeting.
Big scores, and the ones that were not enough
| India's highest totals | Overs | Ground | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244/4 | 20.0 | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 2016 | Lost by 1 run |
| 240/3 | 20.0 | Wankhede | 11 Dec 2019 | Won by 67 runs |
| 209/4 | 18.4 | Hyderabad | 6 Dec 2019 | Won by 6 wickets |
| 199/5 | 19.2 | Eden Gardens | 1 Mar 2026 | Won by 5 wickets |
| 195/2 | 20.0 | Lucknow | 6 Nov 2018 | Won by 71 runs |
| 192/2 | 20.0 | Wankhede | 31 Mar 2016 | Lost by 7 wickets |
| West Indies' highest totals | Overs | Ground | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245/6 | 20.0 | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 2016 | Won by 1 run |
| 207/5 | 20.0 | Hyderabad | 6 Dec 2019 | Lost by 6 wickets |
| 196/3 | 19.4 | Wankhede | 31 Mar 2016 | Won by 7 wickets |
| 195/4 | 20.0 | Eden Gardens | 1 Mar 2026 | Lost by 5 wickets |
| 194/1 | 18.3 | Kingston | 9 Jul 2017 | Won by 9 wickets |
| 181/3 | 20.0 | Chennai | 11 Nov 2018 | Lost by 6 wickets |
Four of the twelve rows come from two matches. Lauderhill in August 2016 supplied the top line of both tables, and Hyderabad in December 2019 the second line of both. The Wankhede semi-final of 31 March 2016 supplied the sixth row of one table and the third of the other: India made 192 for 2 and West Indies passed it in 19.4 overs, Lendl Simmons finishing on 82 not out. That match is covered on the 2016 World Twenty20 page.
The Kingston entry of July 2017 is the most emphatic. West Indies were set 191 and reached 194 for 1 in 18.3 overs, Evin Lewis making 125 not out — the highest individual score anyone has made in the fixture, and his second hundred against India in eleven months.
India's 240 for 3 at the Wankhede in December 2019 is the largest total either side has made and defended. That ground's fuller Twenty20 record sits on the Wankhede Stadium records page.
When the scoring stops
| Total | Side | Overs | Ground | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95/9 | West Indies | 20.0 | Lauderhill | 3 Aug 2019 | India won by 4 wickets |
| 98/4 | West Indies | 15.3 | Lauderhill | 4 Aug 2019 | India won by 22 runs |
| 100 all out | West Indies | 15.4 | Lauderhill | 7 Aug 2022 | India won by 88 runs |
| 109/8 | West Indies | 20.0 | Eden Gardens | 4 Nov 2018 | India won by 5 wickets |
| 122/8 | West Indies | 20.0 | Tarouba | 29 Jul 2022 | India won by 68 runs |
| 124/9 | West Indies | 20.0 | Lucknow | 6 Nov 2018 | India won by 71 runs |
| 138 all out | India | 19.4 | Basseterre | 1 Aug 2022 | West Indies won by 5 wickets |
India's lowest completed innings against West Indies is 138 at Basseterre in August 2022, dismantled by Obed McCoy, whose 6 for 17 is the best bowling either side has produced in the fixture and its only six-wicket haul. Their three lower scores — 98 for 6 at Lauderhill in 2019, 110 for 5 at Eden Gardens in 2018 and 130 for 3 at Mirpur in 2014 — were all chases that ended early with the match won. India's wider list of small totals is on the India T20I lowest team totals page.
Three of the seven rows are Lauderhill matches, which is the counterweight to the 244. The same square that produced 489 runs in a single game in 2016 produced 95 for 9 in 2019 and 100 all out in 2022.
Rohit, Pooran, and the run-scorers
Ranked by aggregate, with a floor of 170 runs in the fixture.
| Batter | Side | T20Is | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | India | 22 | 693 | 111* | 38.50 | 142.88 | 5 |
| Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | 20 | 592 | 67 | 32.88 | 135.15 | 5 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 14 | 570 | 94* | 57.00 | 150.79 | 6 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 13 | 426 | 83 | 38.72 | 161.36 | 4 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | 20 | 422 | 61 | 23.44 | 134.82 | 3 |
| Rovman Powell | West Indies | 19 | 408 | 68* | 31.38 | 143.15 | 2 |
| Rishabh Pant | India | 16 | 397 | 65* | 33.08 | 141.28 | 3 |
| KL Rahul | India | 9 | 353 | 110* | 58.83 | 159.00 | 2 |
| Brandon King | West Indies | 13 | 336 | 85* | 30.54 | 122.18 | 2 |
| Kieron Pollard | West Indies | 17 | 324 | 68 | 32.40 | 124.61 | 2 |
| Evin Lewis | West Indies | 9 | 322 | 125* | 46.00 | 173.11 | 0 |
| Lendl Simmons | West Indies | 9 | 257 | 82* | 36.71 | 129.14 | 2 |
| Kyle Mayers | West Indies | 12 | 224 | 73 | 18.66 | 130.99 | 1 |
| Tilak Varma | India | 6 | 200 | 51 | 50.00 | 144.92 | 1 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | 9 | 193 | 92 | 21.44 | 116.96 | 1 |
| Sanju Samson | India | 8 | 174 | 97* | 43.50 | 155.35 | 1 |
Rohit Sharma has played 22 of the 31 matches, more than anyone on either side, and his 693 runs are the largest aggregate in the fixture. But the two most efficient records belong to players with fewer than fifteen appearances. Kohli averages 57 at a strike rate above 150, with six fifties and no hundred in thirteen innings — an unusually flat distribution of scores. Evin Lewis has the opposite shape: nine innings, no fifty, two hundreds, and a strike rate of 173.11 that is the highest in the table by more than ten.
Nicholas Pooran's 592 is the West Indies record in the fixture and he has faced India more often than any of his team-mates. Neither he nor Hetmyer, Powell, King, Pollard nor Simmons has scored a hundred against India, which is why Lewis stands so far outside the pattern. India's own Twenty20 development, and how these batters fit into it, is traced in the India T20 international history guide.
Kuldeep, McCoy, and the wicket-takers
Ranked by wickets, with a floor of nine wickets in the fixture.
| Bowler | Side | T20Is | Wickets | Best | Ave | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 9 | 17 | 3/12 | 13.41 | 6.33 |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 11 | 14 | 3/12 | 22.28 | 8.17 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 18 | 13 | 2/12 | 35.15 | 7.25 |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | 15 | 13 | 2/19 | 41.92 | 9.28 |
| Obed McCoy | West Indies | 9 | 12 | 6/17 | 24.25 | 9.38 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | India | 10 | 11 | 2/19 | 29.81 | 8.86 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 12 | 11 | 3/48 | 29.72 | 8.95 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | India | 7 | 11 | 4/16 | 16.00 | 6.60 |
| Romario Shepherd | West Indies | 9 | 11 | 4/31 | 27.72 | 10.39 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | India | 6 | 10 | 2/20 | 19.80 | 8.25 |
| Akeal Hosein | West Indies | 12 | 10 | 2/24 | 31.00 | 6.73 |
| Sheldon Cottrell | West Indies | 8 | 9 | 2/20 | 24.11 | 7.00 |
| Alzarri Joseph | West Indies | 8 | 9 | 2/25 | 30.66 | 8.90 |
| Deepak Chahar | India | 7 | 9 | 3/4 | 22.00 | 8.48 |
The economy column separates the two attacks more sharply than the wickets column does. Five Indians in the table concede under 8.5 an over; three of the six West Indians concede more than 8.9, and Romario Shepherd's 10.39 is the highest of anyone with nine wickets or more. Akeal Hosein's 6.73 is the best West Indian rate and the only one under seven apart from Sheldon Cottrell's.
Kuldeep Yadav's 17 wickets at 13.41 from nine matches is the strongest return in the fixture by both measures, and his 6.33 an over is the lowest in the table. Ravi Bishnoi's 4 for 16 and Deepak Chahar's 3 for 4 are the two most economical multi-wicket spells India have produced against West Indies. Against that, Obed McCoy's 6 for 17 remains the outlier that no Indian bowler has matched.
The last ten Twenty20 internationals
| Date | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Mar 2026 | Eden Gardens | India won by 5 wickets |
| 13 Aug 2023 | Lauderhill | West Indies won by 8 wickets |
| 12 Aug 2023 | Lauderhill | India won by 9 wickets |
| 8 Aug 2023 | Providence | India won by 7 wickets |
| 6 Aug 2023 | Providence | West Indies won by 2 wickets |
| 3 Aug 2023 | Tarouba | West Indies won by 4 runs |
| 7 Aug 2022 | Lauderhill | India won by 88 runs |
| 6 Aug 2022 | Lauderhill | India won by 59 runs |
| 2 Aug 2022 | Basseterre | India won by 7 wickets |
| 1 Aug 2022 | Basseterre | West Indies won by 5 wickets |
Six wins and four defeats — the tightest ten-match window in the fixture, and the only stretch in which West Indies have taken a series. Four of the four defeats came in the space of eleven days in August 2023.
Five readings the win column will not give you
- The head-to-head splits cleanly at November 2018. Before it: two wins in eight. Since: 18 in 23.
- More of this fixture has been played in the United States than in India. Lauderhill has hosted eight matches, Eden Gardens five, the Wankhede two.
- Neither side has ever tied one of these. Only two have been decided by fewer than five runs, and West Indies won both — by one run at Lauderhill in 2016 and by four at Tarouba in 2023. India's narrowest win by runs is eight, at Eden Gardens in February 2022.
- Four individual hundreds have been made in 31 matches, and two of them were in the same innings pair at Lauderhill in August 2016: KL Rahul's 110 not out and Evin Lewis' 100. Lewis added 125 not out at Kingston the following July, and Rohit Sharma made 111 not out at Lucknow in November 2018.
- India's ten wins since the start of 2022 break down as five chases and five defences, and only one of the five defences was by fewer than 17 runs. When India post a total against West Indies now, the margin tends to be large or not to exist at all.
The long-form record between these two, which West Indies still lead, is on the India versus West Indies Test head-to-head page, and the one-day ledger on the India versus West Indies ODI head-to-head. The Kolkata meeting that took India into the semi-finals is set in context on the 2026 T20 World Cup page, that ground's fuller record on the Eden Gardens records page, India's biggest hitting days on the India T20I most sixes in an innings list, and everything else the Indian game covers begins at cricket in India.
Sources and method
The match ledger, venue rows, year rows, innings totals and player aggregates were all read from ESPNcricinfo's Statsguru, filtered to men's Twenty20 internationals between India and West Indies, on 20 August 2026. The most recent match on that ledger was the Super Eight fixture at Eden Gardens on 1 March 2026.
The venue split uses Statsguru's home, away and neutral classification, which places the Lauderhill matches in the neutral column because the ground is in the United States, even though West Indies were the designated home side for all eight. The three rows add to the overall line of 31 matches, 20 India wins, ten West Indies wins and one no result. The year table was grouped from the same match list and reconciles to the same four totals; it uses calendar years rather than seasons, because no series in this fixture has spanned a new year.
The competition split — 27 bilateral matches and four at World Cups — was made by classifying each match individually rather than by taking a published figure. The abandoned game of 28 August 2016 is counted in the 31 and in the bilateral group.
Team-total tables give the exact score as recorded, so an entry such as 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs is a completed chase rather than a curtailed innings, and only the two entries marked "all out" lost all ten wickets. Batting and bowling tables carry the floors stated above them, 170 runs and nine wickets, which are low by the standards of longer formats because the fixture itself is short; averages and rates drawn from six or seven matches are named as such in the prose rather than compared silently with those from twenty.
Individual match details — Rahul's 110 not out, Lewis' two hundreds, McCoy's 6 for 17, Samson's 97 not out at Eden Gardens — were checked against the relevant scorecards. Nothing here is estimated or projected, and the figures are accurate to the reading date rather than indefinitely.