West Indies captain Shai Hope produced one of the standout individual performances of the year in the fourth T20I against India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday. His unbeaten 102 off just 50 balls (4 fours, 9 sixes) powered West Indies to 247/3 and set up a 24-run victory that levelled the five-match series 2-2.
By repeating the feat in the 4th match, he became the first player from the West Indies to score two centuries in a single bilateral T20I series. Hope had already struck a breathtaking 45-ball hundred during the 2nd T20I in Ranchi earlier in the series. 4. Highest Individual Score By A West Indies Captain vs India in T20Is Leading from the front, his unbeaten 102 stands as the highest individual score by any West Indian captain in men’s T20Is against India, surpassing previous captaincy records set by Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard. 5. Fourth West Indies Batter To Score 2,000 T20I Runs Hope is the first captain in the world to score multiple T20I centuries against India.
Hope, who has been in red-hot form, launched back-to-back sixes off Nitish Kumar Reddy on the final two deliveries of the innings to reach three figures. The knock was his second century of the T20I series and his fourth of the India tour (following two in the ODIs). It also earned him the Player of the Match award. With this innings, Hope notched his 3rd century in men’s T20 Internationals, officially overtaking West Indies powerhouses Chris Gayle (2) and Evin Lewis (2) for the most hundreds scored by a West Indian in the format’s history.
