Obed-McCoy

The real McCoy: West Indies pacer rips through India with record-breaking haul

Obed-McCoy

The left-armer terrorised India throughout to collect astonishing figures of 6/17 from his four overs, which smashed the previous record best haul by a West Indies player in a Men's T20I contest.

It was just the fifth time a West Indies player had taken five wickets or more in a Men's T20I, with McCoy joining the likes of Keemo Paul (5/15 against Bangladesh), Daren Sammy (5/26 against Zimbabwe), Jason Holder (5/27 against England) and Oshane Thomas (5/28 against Sri Lanka) and then going one better than the previous quartet by collecting a sixth wicket.

The outstanding individual effort was also the first time any player had picked up six wickets against India in any Men's T20I, with McCoy breaking Wanindu Hasaranga’s magnificent 4/9 for Sri Lanka against India in Colombo last year.

And McCoy's victims were among some of the best in limited overs cricket, with world class batters Rohit Sharma (0) and Ravindra Jadeja (27) among the 25-year-old's six victims.

McCoy struck with the opening ball of the match when he had Rohit caught at a deep gully position, before Suryakumar Yadav (11) followed the India captain back to the pavilion on the first ball of McCoy's second over.

Not content with figures of 2/10 from two overs, McCoy returned in the 17th over of India's innings to deceive Jadeja and collect his third scalp of the match as the hosts continued their dominance.

McCoy then finished the assault during his final over when he picked up the wickets of Dinesh Karthik (7), Ravichandran Ashwin (10) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) to complete the rout.

West Indies' sometimes fickle batting line-up backed up McCoy's excellent performance by chasing down India's below-par total of 138 for the loss of just five wickets and with four deliveries remaining.

Opener Brandon King stood tall for the Caribbean side with a superb 68 from just 52 balls, while Devon Thomas (31*) kept his cool in the dying overs to guide West Indies home.

The win levels the five-game series at 1-1, with the next match coming at the same ground in Basseterre on Tuesday.