Hope's Second Hundred and Keemo Paul's Five Wickets Level the Series 2-2
West Indies made 247/3 in Hyderabad, Shai Hope finishing on 102 not out, then Keemo Paul took 5/41 to win by 24 runs and set up a decider in Bengaluru.
West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I in Hyderabad on 14 October. The five match series is level at 2-2, with the decider in Bengaluru on Saturday.
The scorecard in short
| | Score | |---|---| | West Indies | 247/3 (20 overs) | | India | 223 all out |
West Indies: Hope again
India won the toss and chose to bowl. Shai Hope batted through to 102 not out from 50 balls, with nine sixes: a second hundred of the series after the one in Ranchi. Sherfane Rutherford added 49 not out from 26 and Shimron Hetmyer 33 from 12.
Across the four matches, Hope has scored 52, 102 not out, 5 and 102 not out.
India: a fight, then Keemo Paul
Sanju Samson made 56 from 23 balls, and Tilak Varma (43) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (41) kept India in touch. Keemo Paul then took 5/41, removing Samson, Kishan, Reddy, Axar Patel and Prince Yadav, and India were bowled out in the final over.
One worry for India: Arshdeep Singh took a blow to the bowling shoulder during the match, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar was added to the squad for the decider.
What comes next
The 5th T20I decider is at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday at 7pm IST. Our batting predictions for the decider are live.