West Indies beat India to level T20 series as Hope continues record run
Shai Hope’s 102 gives West Indies a 24-run series-leveling win over India in fourth cricket T20 as another record falls.
Key points
- West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20 to level the five-match series at 2-2.
- Shai Hope hit 102 not out, his third T20 century and a West Indies record.
- Keemo Paul took 5-41 for his second five-wicket haul in T20s.
West Indies beat India by 24 runs on Wednesday in the fourth T20 cricket match, leveling the five-match series at 2-2. Shai Hope set a West Indies record with 102 not out as the visitors scored 247-3 in 20 overs after India won the toss and chose to bowl.
It was the second-highest first innings total in T20s against India, behind England's 257-3 in Southampton this year. In reply, India was bowled out for 223 in 19.3 overs.
Hope's record innings
Hope hit nine sixes and four fours in his third T20 century, the most for a West Indies batter. He put on 52 off 26 balls with Jewel Andrew (21) and added 58 off 24 balls with Shimron Hetmyer, reaching 50 off 28 balls with five sixes.
Hope became only the fifth batter to score multiple hundreds in a bilateral T20 series. Overall, it was his fourth hundred in seven innings across ODIs and T20s on this tour. Sherfane Rutherford scored 49 not out off 26 balls, and he and Hope added 91 off 43 balls.
Hope hit nine sixes and four fours in his third T20 century – the most for a West Indies batter
— Al Jazeera
India's chase falls short
Sanju Samson hit 56 off 23 balls, and he and Abhishek Sharma (29) added 60 off 25 balls as India scored 80-2 in the powerplay. But Keemo Paul struck twice in the fifth over, dismissing Samson and Ishan Kishan, and India was down to 130-5.
Abhishek Sharma scored 29 off 24 balls before his dismissal in the 12th over, which the article calls the turning point. Tilak Varma made 43 off 25 balls and Nitish Reddy 41 off 20 balls, but India finished on 223. Paul took 5-41, his second five-wicket haul in T20s.
