India, Feb. 7 -- If you were watching Shimron Hetmyer take the aerial route at Eden Gardens or on television, you may have spotted a long-limbed man in a long hat bouncing with the flag of Trinidad and Tobago draped in front.

Derek Archer - "as in Jofra," he said - has been following West Indies in the Caribbean and outside. He saw Lendl Simmons get out of a plane, literally, and send India home from their own T20 World Cup party in 2016. "I couldn't see the final though as I had to fly out," he said, regret masked with a big smile. On Saturday, Archer was among 18,114 spectators who saw Hetmyer fly in from South Africa and play a blinder (64 off 36 balls with six sixes).

The highlight of following West Indies at home was watching Brian...