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#India-West Indies4thT20I : Shai Hope 102 Not Out, Keemo Paul 5/41 Shine Bright For West Indies As They Beat India By 24 Runs ; Series Now 2-2

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Down 1-2 and needing a win to stay alive in the series, West Indies powered by Skipper Shai Hope’s blistering unbeaten ton beat India by 24 runs the fourth T20I of the five-match series.  Earlier , India Skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first.

The West Indies were on a rampage right from the start that rattled Indian bowlers. West Indies Skipper Shai Hope continued his rich vien of form and produced yet another blistering knock of 102 not out ( 50 balls , 4 fours, 9 sixes)  and reached his ton in style with two sixes off Nitish Kumar Reddy   . Before that, Hope  along with opener Jewel Andrew 21 ( 16 balls , 2 fours, 1 six)   gave the team the explosive start racing to 52/1 in just 4. 2 overs.  Having played a lot in the IPL  Shimron Hetmyer continued the attack scoring  a  quick  33 ( 12 balls , 4 fours, 2 sixes)

The West Indies were not letting down the tempo. Rovman Powell too joined the party with 24 ( 17 balls ( 2 fours, 1 six) . Sherfane Rutherford gave Skipper Hope good support towards the end and finishing with yet another fine cameo 49  not out ( 26 balls , 4 fours, 3 sixes). West IUndies eventually finishing with an impressive 247/3 in their 20 overs.

Indian bowling  was ripped apart yet again and backed by shoddy fielding. Skipper Shjreyas Iyer looked helpless  and the India team dug-out presented a  grim picture.

India Bowling Figures:  Arshdeep Singh struggled  with his line  and length 1/52 ( 4 overs)  , Mayank Yadav sprayed all over 0/52 ( 4 overs) , Prince Yadav 1/36 ( 4 overs) , Axar Patel 1/45 ( 4 overs), Naman Dhir 0/19 ( 1 over) , Nitish Kumar Reddy 0/39 ( 3 overs)

 

In Reply , India needed a batting special to overhaul this . Sanju Samson led India’s charge with a blazing 56  ( 23 balls, 6 fours , 4 sixes).  India reached 60/1 in 41. 1 overs when Samson fell.  Samson did the bulk of the scoring in thr powerplay as fellow opener Abhishek Sharma played a rather unchracteristic innings on the other  end . Ishan Kishan fell early for 6 . Skipper Shreyas Iyer too did not last long fell for jst 16 . India were reeling . Abhishek Sharma eventually fell for  a struggling 29 ( 24 balls , 3 fours, 1 six). Namin Dhir was out for 0 .

Tilak Varma gave some fight 43 ( 25 balls , 2 fours, 3 sixes) , Nitish Kumar Reddy  threw his bat around for 41 ( 20 balls , 1 four, 4 sixes). But regular wickets hurt India’s chase at the end . Axar Patel 3,  Arshdeep Singh 5 ( retired hurt), Prince Yadav 0 , Mayank Yadav not out 0 . India all-out for 223/10 ( 19. 4 overs)

West Indies Bowlers jolted India with wickets regularly to stifile the chase .  Keemo Paul  was outstanding with figures of 5 /45 ( 4 overs) , Roston Chase 0/43 ( 4 overs), Romario Shepherd 1/32 ( 3 overs), Shamar Springer 1/40 ( 4 overs), Gudakesh Motie 2/13 ( 2 overs)

The fifth and final T20I will be played on Saturday October 17  at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Match: 4th T20I
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: October 14, 2026

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