19.6
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, SIX, 100 for Shai Hope. 2nd 100 this series. 4th on this tour. His unreal run with the bat continues. He raises his bat and waves to all corners of the RGIS as he walks off. Sherfane Rutherford goes and hugs him. The West Indies camp are all up and clapping in delight with beaming smiles on their faces. He should’ve been out here but Tilak has lost it in the lights at long-on and allows the ball to go through his fingers. Should’ve caught that and immediately Tilak gestures that he didn’t pick it in the lights. He went to his left and then maybe the ball dipped on him. Lands flush on the cushion and that will go down as a drop. Won’t matter to Hope and West Indies as they celebrate. Forde with a towel on his face and he doesn’t care. He is grinning from ear to ear as they welcome back their skipper. What a way to end the innings. 10 needed to get to a hundred off 2 balls. Out comes the fresh bat – maybe a new one – from the bubble-wrap and then Hope smashes consecutive sixes to reach there. What a series he is having. And what a turnaround in his T20 fortunes as well. This is the new Hope who’s here to stay and slay in this format. West Indies end with 247
19.56
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, SIX, change of bat and change of luck. A juicy low full-toss on middle, Shai Hope gets forward and lofts over long-on. Height and the distance as the fielder watches it sail over. Tilak the man
19.3
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 1 run, very full just outside off, Shai Hope gets forward to drive and doesn’t time it to long-off. Just one
18.4
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Shai Hope sinks on his back knee and lofts to sweeper cover. He had to reach out there. Didn’t time that at all
18.34
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, misses the yorker and pays the price. Shai Hope has a look at the toe of his bat. He stays back and flicks the middle-stump low full-toss into the gap wide of long-on and deep mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes
18.1
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, direct-hit and Shai Hope was gone. He gave up there. Full outside off, he gets forward to drive to extra-cover and takes on Shreyas, who misses
16.2
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, full and just outside off, Shai Hope gets forward to loft, loses timing and shape. On the bounce to long-off where Tilak is there
16.14
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, length and disappears. It’s short of length and angling into the right-hander on middle and leg, Shai Hope gets forward and clears his front leg, heaves and long-on is straight. Well wide of mid-on. Starts the over well
15.6
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 1 run, good yorker length delivery on leg-stump, tailing back in, Shai Hope gets forward and clears his front leg to flick to deep square-leg. Just 8 off the over
15.3
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 1 run, just in front of Tilak at long-on. Full on middle, Shai Hope doesn’t get under it. He gets forward and lofts, lucky that he didn’t hole out
14.3
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, fullish around off and Shai Hope can’t get under it, heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single
13.6
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 2 runs, much better from Nitish Kumar Reddy! Yorker length on the leg stump; Shai Hope soft-hands it to the mid-on region and collects two more. 12 off this over
13.5
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 2 runs, goes full outside off at 126.2kph, Shai Hope leans across and times the drive to sweeper cover for a couple of runs
13.46
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, SIX, nah, can’t bowl that length at that pace! Shai Hope swivels across and hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket for a maximum
13.3
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, 2 runs, 128kph, it full and tailing into the pads, Shai Hope whips it to the right of long-on and has all the time in the world to come back for two
13.2
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, no run, now drops a full toss on the stumps, Shai Hope misses out as he mistimes the drive to the same fielder at extra cover
13.1
Nitish Reddy to Shai Hope, no run, starts with a harmless length delivery outside off, Hope stands tall and punches it straight to the fielder at extra cover
12.3
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, 1 run, tries for a slower yorker but ends up bowling a full toss on the stumps, Shai Hope pushes it straight down the ground only for a single
12.2
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, no run, comes round the wicket and bowls a wide low full toss, Shai Hope reaches out and mistimes it to cover as the bottom hand comes off
11.66
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, SIX, 22 runs off the over! This is floated around off and Shai Hope backs away and has enough width to loft it over deep extra cover for half a dozen
11.1
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 1 run, darts it into the pads at 96.1kph, Shai Hope tucks it to the left of short fine leg and gets to the other end
10.5
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, Mayank Yadav continues with his back of a length, this one is at 138.3kph and Shai Hope pulls it along the ground to deep mid-wicket
10.4
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX, Shai Hope can do no wrong in India! The West Indies captain is at it again, bringing up yet another half-century on this tour. Picks up the length delivery – 141.6kph – and smokes it down the ground for a maximum. Just a raise of the bat and he is ready to go again
10.1
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, 138.6kph and banged into the surface, Hope mistimes the pull as it drops in front of the man at deep mid-wicket
9.6
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 1 run, good length and flat on off, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and makes room to punch to long-off. Another excellent over this
9.5
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 2 runs, just darts these. On a good length on leg-stump, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and nudges it in front of deep backward square-leg. Mayank the man and they come back for two
8.5
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, full and right up there, some tail back in as well, Shai Hope does well to get the legs out of the way and drive it straight down the ground
8.5
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, wide, tennis-ball bounce as Prince Yadav digs it in short. Way over the head of Shai Hope who lets it go and takes the wide
8.1
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, short of length and tight on off, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on
7.5
Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, 1 run, full on middle and leg, Shai Hope gets forward to drive to long-on
7.4
Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, FOUR, such a poor delivery and with short fine up, that was begging to be hit. It’s short and down leg, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and helps the pull to the deep backward square-leg fence. Naman put his hand up for the fielder to get across but he had no chance there
7.2
Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, 1 run, good length and just outside off, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and nudges it through the vacant mid-wicket
7.16
Naman Dhir to Shai Hope, SIX, tossed up full on middle and leg, Shai Hope gets forward and bends his back leg. Lofts and it has the legs to clear the wide long-on fence. Just cleared the fence
6.3
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 1 run, flat back of a length on off, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and punches to the right of backward point. Prince the fielder and they take a quick single
6.1
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 1 run, full on off, Shai Hope gets forward to drive to sweeper cover
5.2
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, 1 run, Naman Dhir at extra-cover dives to his right and saves three. Superb effort. It’s a low full-toss outside off, Shai Hope gets forward and drills it so hard, Dhir dives to his right and saves three. Appreciated by the crowd
5.1
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, no run, the attempted yorker. It’s a low full-toss and angling back into off, Shai Hope gets forward and drives to extra-cover. One hand came off the bat and it’s straight to the fielder
5.1
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, wide, slower-ball and well wide outside off, left alone and wide called
4.6
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, 1 run, flat and quick again, on middle-stump, good length and Shai Hope goes on the back foot and tucks it wide of mid-on. Shreyas slides to his right to keep it to one
4.56
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, SIX, into the top-tier at long-on. He was not tossing it up so far. But this time he does so. It’s full on off, Shai Hope has it easy as he gets forward and swipes it way back over the long-on fence. That was right under the bat and there for the lofted hit
4.4
Axar Patel to Shai Hope, no run, flat good length just outside off, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and whips it to mid-on. Sends Shimron Hetmyer back
3.4
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, good length on off and middle, Shai Hope goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep mid-wicket
3.3
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, FOUR, long half-volley and four. As soon as the ball left the bat and was into the gap – Tilak at extra-cover started running to Shreyas to have a word. It’s a full delivery outside off, Shai Hope gets forward and opens the face of the bat to get it between backward point and point. Right into the gap. Again such good timing
3.26
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX, that’s the class of Shai Hope. And a man in form. It’s a fullish delivery on middle-stump, Shai Hope gets forward and doesn’t try to overhit. He holds his shape as he lofts and the ball just clears the straight fence. Right off the middle of the bat
3.1
Prince Yadav to Shai Hope, no run, fullish just outside off, Shai Hope gets forward and times the cover-drive but straight to the fielder at extra-cover. High elbow and well-timed but no gap
2.4
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, full and tailing back into middle, late shape back in, Shai Hope gets forward to flick and it’s off the thick inside half of the bat to deep mid-wicket
2.3
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, no run, beaten. It’s a short of length delivery on middle, Shai Hope comes down the track and makes room to go over extra-cover, misses
2.24
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, leg byes, FOUR, poor line and that’s four as well. But off the pad. It’s sliding down leg. Length delivery and Shai Hope flicks and misses, off the pad and runs away fine. West Indies off to a flier here
2.16
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, SIX, the free-hit is smashed for six and into the top-tier at deep mid-wicket. A slower-ball off-cutter on a good length on leg-stump, Shai Hope backs away and tonks it miles. Such a sweet hit. Mayank Yadav just shakes his head as he walks back
2.1
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, no ball, another pacy bouncer but down leg. Over the head of Shai Hope who bends under it. Sanju Samson does well as he goes to his left to take it. Called a no-ball as Morne Morkel has a wry smile on his face. A free-hit coming up now
2.1
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 5 wides, what pace and bounce. But that’s his enemy this time. Searing bouncer on the stumps, Sanju Samson had no chance as Shai Hope ducks. He needed to be 12 feet tall there Samson. Bonus runs these for West Indies
1.1
Arshdeep Singh to Shai Hope, 1 run, from round the wicket. Angle in, length delivery and Shai Hope gets forward to nudge it in front of mid-on. Easy single
0.1
Mayank Yadav to Shai Hope, 1 run, short of length and extra bounce on off, Shai Hope closes the face of the bat and nudges it to deep backward square-leg to get off the mark. Handled the bounce well there
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