Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Shai Hope Sets Rare Three-Format Century Record Against India
Shai Hope made a big cricket record against India.
He has now scored at least one century against India in Tests, one-day matches and T20 matches.
He is only the second player to do this.
The first was Australia’s Shane Watson.
Hope scored 102 runs without getting out in the second T20 match in Ranchi.
He did it from only 45 balls.
His West Indies team needed 250 runs to win and reached the target in 18.3 overs.
They lost four wickets along the way.
The article says it was a record chase for West Indies in T20 internationals and the biggest successful T20I chase against India.
Shai Hope became the second player to score centuries in Tests, ODIs and T20Is against India.
Hope made an unbeaten 102 from 45 balls in the second T20I in Ranchi on October 9, 2026.
West Indies chased a target of 250 in 18.3 overs, losing four wickets.
Australia’s Shane Watson is the only other player to achieve the three-format century record against India.
The chase was described as the highest successful T20I chase by West Indies and the highest by any team against India.
- Who
- Shai Hope and the West Indies cricket team; India were their opponents.
- What
- Hope scored an unbeaten 102 and became the second player with centuries against India in all three formats.
- When
- October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Ranchi, India.
- Why
- Hope's innings helped West Indies chase a target of 250 and set the reported T20I chase records.
- Match
- Second T20I of a five-match series
- Hope's score
- 102 not out from 45 balls
- Target
- 250 runs
- Chase completed
- In 18.3 overs, with four wickets lost
- Three-format record
- Hope is the second player with a century in Tests, ODIs and T20Is against India
- Other player with the record
- Shane Watson of Australia
- Reported chase records
- Highest successful T20I chase by West Indies and highest successful T20I chase against India