The Indian cricket team is one of the most toughest to go up against, whether it is the Test cricket, or One Day International or the T20 Internationals. But, there has been some occasions when the team has been left stranded through brilliance from the opposition team. Here has been occasions when a individual have won his team the match alone against India.
India as a country is very crazy about the game of bat and ball. Over the years, India has produced many world class players it’s not just any easy task to beat. But, there were occasions when one single player led his team to victory against India. Today, in this article, we take a look at 5 times a player singlr handedly won his team the match in T20I against India.
Evin Lewis
West Indies’ hard-hitting opening batsman Evin Lewis is the first name in the list. He absolutely robbed India in the match played in 2017, when he alone did the job for his team, beating India in the match.
Chasing a target of 191 runs, the Caribbean’s hard-hitting opening batsman scored 125 runs from 62 balls, that included 12 sixes and 6 fours and a strike rate of 201.61. He was awarded Man of the Match for his performance.
Glenn Maxwell
Next in the list is when Australian cricket team’s hard-hitting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell single handedly won the match for the Kangaroos, that was back in 2019.
Batting first, Team India scored 190 runs, setting a target of 191 runs for the Aussies. Maxwell, coming in at a time when Australia were 2 down for 22 runs, played a inning of 113 runs from 55 balls at a strike rate of 205. He hit 9 sixes and 7 fours in his inning.
Colin Munro
In the 2nd match of the T20 International series between India and New Zealand, Colin Munro’s brilliant inning ensured that the target set for the Men in Blues was not achievable.
Batting first, Colin Munro scored 109 runs from 58 balls, that included 7 sixes and 7 fours and a strike rate of 187. As a result of his inning, New Zealand posted a target of 197 runs for India, however, they failed to chase the target and lost the match by 40 runs.
Chris Gayle
In a very close encounter in the ICC T20 World Cup 2010, West Indies got the better of the Men in Blues after a brilliant inning from Universe Boss Chris Gayle.
Gayle played an inning of 98 runs from 66 balls that helped West Indies put a total of 169 runs on the board, which proved to be enough for them as they won by 14 runs. However, if not Gayle, West Indies’ score would have been much worse.
Heinrich Klaasen
Heinrich Klaasen is the latest name to be added in the list. Making his comeback into the South African teams as a replacement of Tristian Stubbs, Klaasen played the most important knock for his team.
While chasing a low target of 149 runs, South Africa batsmen were troubled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s swing bowling. However, Klaasen tackle them well and played a inning of 81 runs from 46 balls to guide South Africa to their 2nd win of the currently ongoing 5 match T20I series.