The West Indies skipper, Shai Hope’s love affair with India continued in the fourth T20 game of the IND vs WI tour, as he scored his fourth century in Hyderabad on Wednesday. He produced a stunning unbeaten century, reaching the milestone with a six off the last ball. Exposing the frailties in the host’s bowling, the Hope led West Indies side piled up 247 runs on the 14th of October, and went on to win the game later that evening
Hope’s Hundred Rampage
Hope brought up his third T20I ton in style, with two sixes on the final two deliveries of the innings, scoring 102 not out in 50 balls, with four boundaries and nine sixes. With a strike rate of 204, skipper Shai gave Hope to his team with a score of 247/3 in 20 overs.
Over the course of 74 T20Is and 72 innings, Hope has made 2,004 runs at a strike rate of 141.82, with three centuries. With his century in Hyderabad, Shai Hope surpassed Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis for most T20I tons by a West Indies batter. He also became the fourth Windies batter to enter 2000-club, alongside Rovman Powell (2400), Nicholas Pooran (2275) and Brandon King (2028).
Shai Hope Levels with Virat Kohli
Hope also levelled with Virat Kohli against England, 2021 at home), Suryakumar Yadav (against NZ at home, 2026) and Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan (against Sri Lanka, 2026 at home) for most fifty-plus scores in a bilateral T20I series, with three each, among Test-playing teams.
He also joined Phil Salt two against WI away from home, 2023), Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma (two against South Africa away from home, 2024), Mohammed Ihsan of Spain (two against Croatia in 2025 at home) as the fifth batter to register two T20I tons in a bilateral series.
Shai Hope Leads Rung-Getting Charts
Across all international cricket this year, Hope has made 1,336 runs in 29 matches and 30 innings at an average of 55.66, with a strike rate of 92.01, with five centuries and seven fifties. Hope is enjoying a magnificent run in India, being West Indies’ leading run-getter and the overall second-highest run-getter in ODIs with 278 runs in three matches, with two centuries and a best score of 162 not out in the final ODI at Assam.
With 261 runs in four innings and matches in the T20I leg, including two centuries and a fifty, Hope is the leading run-scorer in T20Is. Overall across seven innings, the WI skipper has made 539 runs at an average of 134.75, including four centuries and a fifty.