Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Shai Hope Century Keeps West Indies Alive in ODI Chase
Shai Hope is the captain of the West Indies cricket team.
In the final one-day match against India, he scored 100 runs.
He reached that score in 104 balls, hitting 10 fours and one six.
India had scored enough to set West Indies a target of 352 runs.
When the report was written, West Indies had scored 226 runs and lost three wickets.
They still needed 126 runs from 98 balls to win.
Hope had not been out, and Keemo Paul was batting with him.
Hope had also scored a century earlier in the series.
West Indies captain Shai Hope scored a century in the third and final ODI against India.
Hope reached 100 from 104 balls, hitting 10 fours and one six.
India had set West Indies a target of 352 runs.
At the time of the update, West Indies were 226 for 3 after 33.4 overs, needing 126 runs from 98 balls.
Hope was unbeaten on 100, with Keemo Paul on 11; Mohammed Siraj had taken one wicket and Naman Dhir dismissed Sherfane Rutherford for 24.
- Who
- West Indies captain Shai Hope and the West Indies team, playing India.
- What
- Hope scored a century during West Indies’ chase of India’s 352-run target in the third and final ODI.
- When
- Saturday, October 3; the year is not stated.
- Where
- PCA International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh.
- Why
- West Indies were chasing 352 runs to win the deciding match.
- Match
- Third and final ODI between India and West Indies
- Venue
- PCA International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh
- India’s target
- 352 runs
- Hope’s score
- 100 not out from 104 balls
- Hope’s boundaries
- 10 fours and one six
- West Indies at update
- 226/3 in 33.4 overs
- Runs required
- 126 from 98 balls