Shai Hope breaks MS Dhoni, Brian Lara’s record with twentieth ODI century

Shai Hope smashed his twentieth ODI century through the second ODI between West Indies and India on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, September 30. The West Indies captain additionally registered his fourth ODI hundred in opposition to India.

Hope’s century got here after he survived two chances earlier in the innings, with Kuldeep Yadav and Virat Kohli both unable to finish catches. He eventually made India pay for the missed opportunities before Kuldeep dismissed him for 104 off 94 balls.

Shai Hope scripts history, breaks Dhoni, Lara record with twentieth ODI ton

Hope reached his century in the 39th over when Brar bowled a low full toss. The West Indies captain used his wrists to flick the ball behind sq., sending it racing towards the boundary and citing his twentieth ODI century.

The century additionally took Hope past Brian Lara’s tally of 19 ODI tons of for West Indies. Solely Chris Gayle, with 25 centuries, now has extra ODI tons of for the Caribbean facet.

Most ODI centuries for West Indies

17: Desmond Haynes, 237 innings

11: Gordon Greenidge, 127 innings

Shai Hope’s newest hundred additionally created a brand new record amongst wicketkeeper-captains in ODI cricket. He now has seven centuries as an ODI wicketkeeper-captain, transferring past former India captain MS Dhoni.

Most ODI centuries by wicketkeeper-captains

Hope has been particularly productive in opposition to India, with 4 of his 20 ODI centuries coming in opposition to them. His different tons of have come in opposition to Bangladesh (3), England (2), Sri Lanka (2), Pakistan (2), South Africa (1), Afghanistan (1), Zimbabwe (1), Netherlands (1), Eire (1), Nepal (1) and New Zealand (1).

Kuldeep Yadav cleans up Shai Hope to get essential breakthrough for India

Shai Hope’s innings eventually ended in the fortieth over of the West Indies innings when Kuldeep Yadav produced the breakthrough India wanted.

Kuldeep bowled a googly that Hope failed to pick. The batter tried to slog it towards mid-wicket, but the ball took the top edge and went high towards third man, where Auqib Nabi accomplished a straightforward catch.

Hope walked again after scoring 104 from 94 balls, together with eight fours and three sixes. His dismissal was much like the style during which he was dismissed in the first ODI.

Kuldeep has additionally enjoyed success in opposition to Hope throughout their ODI conferences. The spinner has dismissed him five times in 15 innings, conceding 178 runs from 228 balls. Hope averages 35.60 in opposition to Kuldeep at a strike rate of 78.07.

It’s about placing your finest foot forward and discovering the precise options to win video games – Shai Hope

Before the match, Hope spoke to Ravi Shastri on the toss about West Indies’ choice to bat first. He acknowledged that the toss provided both teams an equal opportunity and stated his facet’s focus was on placing enough runs on the board for the bowlers to defend. He stated:

“Yeah, for sure. You already know, coin toss is a 50-50 probability, and no matter what occurs, we received to do well. So we have another opportunity right now to place some runs on the board and attempt to get a superb rating and provides our bowlers something to defend.”

Hope additionally mirrored on West Indies’ batting in the first ODI, where they made 295/7 after being well positioned for a better total. He felt the team wanted to identify its errors rapidly because of the short turnaround between the two video games.

“Yeah, most likely a bit extra runs than that, to be fair. However yeah, just about understanding and identifying the areas we have to enhance and discovering methods to get better at them as rapidly as we will.”

He added that the floor in Guwahati appeared good but may supply some assistance early in the innings.

“It appears to be like fairly good. I simply suppose it’ll most likely do a little bit to start out, but we simply see what a superb rating received to evaluate rapidly and then would be on the again finish.”

Source: cricketaddictor.com