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Shai Hope Smashes Records With Blistering Century Against India
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News18•14-10-2026, 20:56
Shai Hope Smashes Records With Blistering Century Against India
- •Shai Hope scored a magnificent 102 off just 50 balls against India in the fourth T20I in Hyderabad.
- •He became the first captain to score three fifty-plus scores in an away T20I series.
- •Hope is the first West Indies batter to score three T20I centuries and two in the same series.
- •He broke the record for the most runs and most sixes by any batter in a T20I series against India.
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Shai Hope became the first captain to score three fifty-plus scores in an away T20I series and the first West Indies batter to score three T20I centuries. He also set records for the most runs (261) and most sixes (20) in a T20I series against India.
Shai Hope scored his century off just 45 balls during the second T20I match in Ranchi on October 9, 2026. This knock equaled Jacob Bethell's record for the fastest T20I century against India.
During the tour, Shai Hope surpassed Chris Gayle's record for the most ODI centuries by a West Indies batter against India by securing his fifth ODI hundred. He also broke Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis's record for the most T20I centuries for the West Indies.
