The left-handed stroke maker is widely considered as the next Chris Gayle in Windies cricket because of his attacking playing style like him. Lewis made his debut in international cricket against Afghanistan in a T20 match where he went for duck. Later that year he got his ODI call up against Pakistan in October from then on, he has been an integral part of Windies limited over team. The biggest highlight of his career is when he smashed English bowler at The Oval and scored 176* before getting retired hurt. But he became the big name in world cricket against India in a T20 match at Kingston on Jul 9, 2017 where he smashed 125* and single-handedly guided Windies to reach the humongous target of 191.e
Read MoreJayden Seales was the pick of all the West Indies bowlers as he claimed figures of 4/22 in his nine overs. He delivered a maiden over and conceded runs at an economy rate of 2.44 per over. Brandon King was the star for the hosts with the bat in hand.
The decision to field first didn't turn out to be a very wise one for West Indies as their bowlers copped a lot of punishment. Jacob Bethell played the knock of his T20I career. He smashed 62 off 32 deliveries, including four fours and five sixes.
West Indies opted to bowl first after winning the toss and skipper Charith Asalanka and all-rounder Kamindu Mendis in the form of his life helped Sri Lanka get to 179. However, the West Indies openers came out all guns blazing and killed their chase with their century stand.
Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran off consecutive deliveries, before being hit for six sixes in an over by Kieron Pollard.
Evin Lewis scored a century as West Indies cruised to a five-wicket win over Ireland, securing a 3-0 whitewash.
Evin Lewis missed his century by a run as he guided West Indies to a five-wicket victory in the first ODI against Ireland in Barbados.
Evin Lewis suffered from an injury during fielding and had to be stretchered off during the third T20I between India and West Indies.
While Carlos Brathwaite will continue to lead the side, stand-in ODI captain Rovman Powell will serve as his deputy in the series.
Lewis' withdrawal comes as a major setback for the Windies as they have already named a squad without their stars such as Chris Gayle and Andre Russel.
Mumbai suffered dying-moment defeats in the three games played so far - against Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils.
Evin Lewis became the 500th player to debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) though he was dismissed for duck in the IPL 2018 opening match.
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