THERE’S HOPE!

HYDERABAD, India (CMC) — West Indies Captain Shai Hope produced another scintillating knock while Keemo Paul came up trumps with the ball as the regional side carved out a 24-run win over host India here in the fourth T20I on Wednesday.

Shai Hope’s latest century, his fourth of the trip, helped to propel the men in maroon to 247 for three while Paul’s five-wicket haul, supported by Gudakesh Motie’s restrictive spell, sent the series into a decider in Bengaluru as India could only manage to get 223 on the newly laid Hyderabad pitch.

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Put in to bat, Hope combined with Jewel Andrew to get things going quickly against an unchanged India side. The teenager immediately set the tone, crunching a clean six off Arshdeep Singh’s second ball.