Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Hope and Rutherford Power West Indies’ Record Chase Against India
India scored 249 runs in its 20 overs.
West Indies needed 250 to win and reached 252 with nine balls left.
Shai Hope scored 102 runs without getting out.
Sherfane Rutherford scored 84, and together they helped West Indies recover after losing early wickets.
Romario Shepherd then helped Hope finish the chase.
India’s captain, Shreyas Iyer, said dew made the ball harder for bowlers to handle.
Mayank Yadav took three wickets for India, and Roston Chase took three for West Indies.
The reports give different totals for the boundaries hit during the match.
West Indies chased India’s 249/5, reaching 252/4 in 18.3 overs to win the second T20I by six wickets with nine balls remaining.
Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 102 off 45 balls, while Sherfane Rutherford made 84; their fourth-wicket stand added 120 runs.
After Rutherford’s dismissal, Hope and Romario Shepherd shared an unbeaten 74-run partnership, with Shepherd scoring 34 not out.
Sanju Samson made 82 for India, and Mayank Yadav took 3/36; Roston Chase took 3/24 for West Indies.
Shreyas Iyer cited dew and a small margin for bowling error; reports differ on the match’s boundary count, with one listing 33 sixes and 46 fours and another giving West Indies’ innings as 20 sixes and 21 fours.
- Who
- West Indies defeated India, led by Shai Hope’s unbeaten 102 and Sherfane Rutherford’s 84.
- What
- West Indies chased 250 to win the second T20I by six wickets.
- When
- Friday night, October 9, 2026, according to the match caption.
- Where
- JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India.
- Why
- Hope and Rutherford powered the chase, while Iyer said dew made bowling difficult.
West Indies’ batting
India’s bowling and conditions
What drove the result
West Indies’ batting
Hope and Rutherford built a 120-run stand after West Indies were 58/3, and Hope later completed the chase with Shepherd.
India’s bowling and conditions
India took early wickets, and Mayank Yadav claimed three, but the attack could not contain the scoring.
Role of dew
West Indies’ batting
West Indies’ batters capitalized on the conditions to keep the chase moving.
India’s bowling and conditions
Iyer said dew played a major role and that the wicket left bowlers with a very small margin for error.
- Match
- Second T20I of a five-match India–West Indies series
- Result
- West Indies won by six wickets with nine balls remaining
- India innings
- 249/5 in 20 overs
- West Indies innings
- 252/4 in 18.3 overs
- Shai Hope
- 102 not out off 45 balls
- Sherfane Rutherford
- 84; sources differ on balls faced, reporting 34 or 37
- Leading bowling figures
- Mayank Yadav 3/36; Roston Chase 3/24
- Series standing
- Teams level 1-1
