#3 Evin Lewis (West Indies)
Evin Lewis is the true successor to Chris Gayle's legacy, and he has already shown glimpses of his power hitting abilities in his short career.
The pocket-sized dynamo came to limelight when he scored his first T20I century off just 49 balls against India in 2016. During that knock, he smashed Stuart Binny for five consecutive sixes in five balls and scored two runs off the last delivery. He again scored his second T20I century against the same opposition and won the match single-handedly.
Lewis has a career strike rate of 160.37 in 15 T20I matches with two centuries and three fifties. In a CPL match against Barbados Trident, he scored 97 off just 32 balls with 11 sixes and completely decimated the bowling attack. The team chased the modest total in just seven overs only and had Kieron Pollard bowled a legal ball he would have scored the second fastest century in T20 cricket.
The hard-hitting batsman from West Indies known for his pyrotechnics can break the record for highest T20I if he gets to play full quota of 20 overs.
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