249, 223, and 223 - these are the runs Team India scored in the second, third, and fourth T20I matches against West Indies in the ongoing series. West Indies meanwhile chased down the total of 249 with ease.

Apart from the first match of the five-T20I series, the bilateral series sees a flow of runs. The bowlers barely had anything to do on the flat pitches. Ahead of the last match of the series, former Team India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar took a jab at the BCCI.

Flurry of runs in the India vs West Indies T20I series

The way batters of India and West Indies have been scoring runs from the beginning of the series, the 300-run mark is not looking too far now. There was an era when registering 200 runs in 120 balls was considered a mammoth total in the shortest format of the game. But the ongoing India vs West Indies T20I contest has taken the T20 cricket concept to a new level.

The series opener remains the only exception so far. West Indies scored 171 runs in the first innings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow, which was easily hunted down by the Shreyas Iyer-led team. As of now, it is the only match in the T20I series where the total of an innings is below two hundred. In the next three matches, the Men in Blue got 249, 223, and 223, and the Carribbeans claimed 252, 209, and 247.

A few stats to define the T20I series

West Indies captain Shai Hope is in stunning form; he is currently the best run scorer in the five-match series. In 4 innings and with an average of 130.50, Hope has scored 260 runs so far. Sherfane Rutherford, another Caribbean batter, is second on the list with 221 in 4 innings.

Keemo Paul is leading the wicket-takers list with 6 wickets, but he is not the most economical bowler in the series. Gudakesh Motie's economy rate of 8.88 is far the best. For India, fast bowler Prince Yadav's 9.13 is the best for his team. The average of the top batters and the economy rates of the top bowlers are enough to provide a hint of how the series so far has been played.

There is scope to make pitches flatter: Sanjay Manjrekar

Three hundred runs in a T20I innings remains beyond the reach of the top international teams. Will the cricket universe be set to witness that too? Sanjay Manjrekar shared a sarcastic post from his official 'X' account. According to him, securing 300 runs in 20 overs on a regular basis is possible if the organizers could make the pitches flatter, make the boundaries smaller, and apply a few rules to help the batters.

"I really think there is scope to make pitches flatter, boundaries smaller, and more rules against bowlers… for us to regularly get 300 in 20 overs," Sanjay Manjrekar wrote this ahead of the India vs West Indies 5th T20I match.

I really think there is scope to make pitches flatter, boundaries smaller, more rules against bowlers… for us to regularly get 300 in 20 overs.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 16, 2026