Shai Hope's Unbeaten 102 and Keemo Paul's Five-For Give West Indies a 24-Run Win, Series Level at 2-2
West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the 4th T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, October 14. The win levels the five-match series at 2-2. Captain Shai Hope was named Player of the Match for his unbeaten 102 off 50 balls.
India won the toss and chose to bowl. West Indies made 247 for 3 in their 20 overs. Hope hit 4 fours and 9 sixes at a strike rate of 204. Shimron Hetmyer smashed 33 off just 12 balls. Sherfane Rutherford stayed unbeaten on 49 off 26. Hope and Rutherford added 91 runs in 43 balls for the fourth wicket. Rovman Powell made 24 and Jewel Andrew chipped in with 21. West Indies scored 79 in the powerplay.
India's bowlers could not find control. Mayank Yadav and Arshdeep Singh each gave away 52 runs in four overs. Both bowled six wides. India sent down 13 wides in the innings. Prince Yadav took 1 for 36 and Axar Patel took 1 for 45. Naman Dhir went for 19 in his only over.
India needed 248 and began like a team that believed it. Sanju Samson hit 56 off 23 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes. India were 60 for 1 in 4.1 overs and 80 for 2 at the end of the powerplay. Tilak Varma made 43 off 25. Nitish Kumar Reddy struck 41 off 20 with four sixes. Abhishek Sharma added 29 and Shreyas Iyer made 16.
The chase fell apart at the end. India were 200 for 6 in the 17th over. They lost their last four wickets for just 23 runs. India were bowled out for 223 in 19.3 overs. Arshdeep Singh was retired out on 5.
Keemo Paul was the star with the ball. He took 5 for 41 in his four overs. His victims were Samson, Ishan Kishan, Nitish, Axar and Prince Yadav. Gudakesh Motie took 2 for 13 in two overs. He removed Abhishek and Naman Dhir. Hope stumped Dhir behind the wicket. Shamar Springer and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each.
This is the second Player of the Match award for Hope in the T20I series. He also won it in the 2nd T20I in Ranchi. India had led the series 2-1 after the 3rd T20I. West Indies have now pulled level.
The series will be decided in the 5th T20I at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 17. The match starts at 7:00 PM IST. Read the full ball-by-ball details on the scorecard page.