West Indies v India: Hosts win T20 thriller, featuring record 489 runs and 32 sixes

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Evin Lewis hit five fours and nine sixes in making 100 off 49 balls

First Twenty20 international, Lauderhill

West Indies 245-6 (20 overs): Lewis 100 (49), Charles 79 (33)

India 244-4 (20 overs): Rahul 110* (51), Rohit 62 (28)

West Indies won by one run

West Indies held on to beat India by one run in a thrilling Twenty20 that saw a record 489 runs and 32 sixes.

Evin Lewis smashed a 48-ball century and Johnson Charles scored 79 off 33 deliveries in West Indies' 245-6 in the series opener in Lauderhill, Florida.

KL Rahul led India's reply with an unbeaten 110 - his 46-ball hundred was the joint second fastest in T20s.

But Dwayne Bravo had MS Dhoni caught at short third man off the final ball of the match to seal a remarkable victory.

Lewis, the 24-year-old left-handed opener playing only his second international match, took 32 off a Stuart Binny over, the joint second most expensive over in T20s.

West Indies hit 21 sixes - a record in a T20 international innings - while their total was the third highest in history. India's response sits fourth on the list.

The final game of the series takes place at the same venue on Sunday. India won the four-Test series 2-0.

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India legend Sachin Tendulkar praised India's run-chase

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Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif singled out Bravo's contribution

Highest T20 international totals

260-6: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Johannesburg, 2007

248-6: Australia v England, Southampton, 2013

245-6: West Indies v India, Lauderhill, 2016

244-4: India v West Indies, Lauderhill, 2016

241-6: South Africa v England, Centurion, 2009

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