West Indies beat India to level T20 series as Hope continues record run

By The Associated Press. Published On 14 Oct 202614 Oct 2026.

Key points

• Put into bat, Hope offered West Indies a flying by putting on 52 off 26 balls with Jewel Andrew (21).
• Tilak Varma fought hard with 43 off 25 balls along with Nitish Reddy's cameo (41 off 20 balls) but it went in vain.
• In reply, Sanju Samson hit 56 off 23 balls but India was down to 130-5 and the chase never took off.
• Hope then continued another 58 off 24 balls with Shimron Hetmyer, reaching 50 off 28 balls with the assist of five sixes.
• While Rovman Powell scored 24, he wasn't finished, despite Prince Yadav sending back Hetmyer for 33.

Shai Hope set a West Indies record by reaching 102 not out as West Indies beat India by 24 runs Wednesday in the fourth cricket T20 to level the five-match series at 2-2.

Hope hit nine sixes and four fours in his third T20 century – the most for a West Indies batter – as the visitors piled up 247-3 in 20 overs. India had won the toss and opted to bowl.

It was the second-highest first innings total in T20s against India, trailing England's 257-3 in Southampton this year.

In reply, Sanju Samson hit 56 off 23 balls but India was down to 130-5 and the chase never took off. It finished with 223 in 19.3 overs. Keemo Paul picked 5-41 for his second five-wicket haul in T20s. Bengaluru will host the deciding T20 on Saturday.

Put into bat, Hope offered West Indies a flying by putting on 52 off 26 balls with Jewel Andrew (21). Axar Patel trapped Andrew lbw in the fifth over but West Indies still obtained 79-1 in the powerplay.

Hope then continued another 58 off 24 balls with Shimron Hetmyer, reaching 50 off 28 balls with the assist of five sixes. He sped to a second hundred in the series with another four sixes.

Hope additionally became only the fifth batter to score multiple hundreds in a bilateral T20 series. Overall, it was his fourth hundred in seven innings throughout ODIs and T20s on this tour.

As West Indies breached 200, sherfane Rutherford scored 49 not out off 26 balls to provide the final flourish, hitting four fours and three sixes.

As India served a slow over-rate penalty in the final over, hope and Rutherford continued 91 off only 43 balls. Nitish Reddy offered away 19 runs in the 20th, with Hope reaching his century with a six off the last ball.

In reply, Samson hit four sixes to offer India a quick start. He and Abhishek Sharma (29) continued 60 off 25 balls as India scored 80-2 in the powerplay.

Keemo Paul struck twice in the fifth over – Samson was out caught at square leg on the first ball and then three balls afterwards, Ishan Kishan was caught at deep mid wicket for six.

India additionally lost skipper Shreyas Iyer (16) before the halfway mark, and was down to 97-3.

Abhishek Sharma didn't obtain going, scoring 29 off 24 balls, with three fours and a six. His dismissal was the turning point – he was caught off Gudakesh Motie at long off in the 12th over. Motie additionally had Naman Dhir stumped for a golden duck.

Paul picked three wickets in the 19th over to wrap up the innings.

Taken together, the developments around west Indies beat India to level T20 series as Hope continues record point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.