Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Shai Hope Continues Hot Form With Quick Half-Century Against India
Shai Hope is the captain of the West Indies cricket team.
He had been batting very well against India in the one-day matches.
He scored 104 runs in one game and 162 not out in another.
West Indies won that last one-day game by chasing a target of 352 runs.
India still won the one-day series, two games to one.
In the first T20 match, Hope scored 52 runs from 37 balls.
He hit six fours and two sixes.
Axar Patel got him out after he reached his half-century.
The teams are playing a five-match T20 series.
West Indies captain Shai Hope scored 52 from 37 balls in the first T20I against India.
Hope hit six fours and two sixes before Axar Patel dismissed him after he reached 50.
The T20I was played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday.
In the preceding ODI series, Hope scored 104 in the second match and an unbeaten 162 in the third.
West Indies won the third ODI by chasing 352 with five wickets remaining, but India took the series 2-1.
- Who
- West Indies captain Shai Hope and India; Axar Patel dismissed Hope.
- What
- Hope scored 52 from 37 balls in the first T20I, extending his strong batting form from the ODI series.
- When
- Tuesday; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
- Why
- Hope was continuing his scoring form as West Indies began a five-match T20I series against India.
West Indies’ batting performance
India’s series results
ODI series outcome
West Indies’ batting performance
Hope’s innings helped West Indies win the third ODI, completing a successful chase of 352 with five wickets in hand.
India’s series results
India won the ODI series 2-1 after victories in the first two matches.
- T20I score
- Shai Hope made 52 runs from 37 balls, including six fours and two sixes.
- Dismissal
- Axar Patel dismissed Hope shortly after he reached his half-century.
- ODI second match
- Hope scored 104 from 94 balls.
- ODI third match
- Hope scored an unbeaten 162 from 143 balls.
- ODI series result
- India won the three-match series 2-1.
- West Indies chase
- West Indies chased India's target of 352 in the third ODI, winning with five wickets in hand.
- T20I series
- The first match was part of a five-match T20I series.