Hope’s hundred arrives on the final delivery
Shai Hope reached an unbeaten 102 from 50 balls in the fourth India–West Indies T20I at Hyderabad on 14 October, completing his century with a six off the final ball of the first innings. West Indies finished at 247/3. It was his second hundred in this T20I series, following his century in Ranchi.
The innings figures agree across the Cricbuzz scorecard and ESPN match centre: four fours, nine sixes and a strike rate of 204.00. These numbers belong to the Hyderabad innings; they should not be confused with the earlier 102 not out he made while chasing in Ranchi.
Two closing sixes take him past 100
Hope was still short of a hundred with two balls left in the innings. He struck Nitish Kumar Reddy for six at 19.5 and again at 19.6 to complete the milestone. India Today’s first-innings account and ESPN’s commentary both record the final delivery carrying over the boundary after Tilak Varma got his hands to the ball at long-on.
The late finish mattered to the team total as well as the personal landmark. The 20th over produced 19 runs and West Indies closed on 247. Hope’s scoring was not a slow accumulation rescued by one shot: nine sixes across 50 deliveries show the sustained boundary threat that India had to contain.
Rutherford’s unbeaten 49 gives the finish its shape
Sherfane Rutherford ended on 49 not out from 26 balls, with four fours and three sixes. He and Hope added an unbeaten 91 for the fourth wicket after Rovman Powell’s dismissal at 156/3. ESPN’s partnership record and India Today’s report corroborate the stand.
That partnership supplied a stable end to an innings already moving quickly. Shimron Hetmyer’s 33 from 12 balls had accelerated the earlier phase, while Hope remained available to bat through to the last over. Rutherford’s contribution deserves separate attention: the closing total was built by two batters, not by the century alone.
Ranchi and Hyderabad: the same score, different jobs
In the 9 October Ranchi chase, Hope also finished on 102 not out. That innings came from 45 balls as West Indies pursued 250 and reached 252/4. In Hyderabad he used 50 balls while batting first. The identical final score does not make the two innings interchangeable.
Ranchi required West Indies to keep pace with a known target. Hyderabad required them to build a total before knowing how India would respond. The comparison explains the different match situations without claiming a new all-time record or treating the second hundred as a repeat of the same news story.
The century sets up a win; Paul completes the other half
West Indies ultimately won and drew the series level at 2–2. Hope’s hundred established the target, but India still needed to be stopped. Keemo Paul took five wickets, including three in the 19th over, to break the chase. The Keemo Paul five-wicket report examines that decisive bowling phase.
The completed Hyderabad result report places both contributions in the series context and covers Arshdeep Singh’s late departure. Neither tonight’s century nor a batting position proves anything about selection for the final match. Team announcements remain the right source for that information.
Reading the century in international-cricket context
This performance belongs to a national-team T20I, not an IPL franchise match. Readers comparing those labels can use the international cricket formats and account guide, which explains the distinction and Vedik Exchange’s separate account terminology.
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