West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the 4th T20I at Hyderabad on Wednesday night. Shai Hope’s unbeaten 102 off 50 balls and Keemo Paul’s 5/41 did the damage. The five-match series is level 2-2. The decider is on Saturday, October 17, in Bengaluru.
Updated: October 15, 2026, 10:25 AM IST
Quick Read
- West Indies posted 247/3, powered by Shai Hope’s 102* off 50 balls (4 fours, 9 sixes) and Sherfane Rutherford’s 49* off 26.
- India managed 223 all out in 19.3 overs despite Sanju Samson’s 56 off 22; Keemo Paul took 5/41.
- The series is 2-2; the 5th T20I in Bengaluru on October 17 will decide it. Hope’s hundred broke Chris Gayle’s record for most T20I tons by a West Indian.
The match, in short
India won the toss and chose to bowl first. It went wrong fast.
Hope opened up after a steady start and never looked back. His 102* came off just 50 balls — four fours, nine sixes. Rutherford (49* off 26) and Shimron Hetmyer (33 off 12) kept the pressure on, and West Indies finished at 247/3.
India’s chase started with a bang. Sanju Samson hammered 56 off 22 balls, and India raised their fifty in three overs. But Keemo Paul broke the game open in the fifth over, removing Samson and Ishan Kishan. A 70-run stand between Tilak Varma (43 off 25) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (41 off 20) gave India hope, but Paul kept striking. India were bowled out for 223 in 19.3 overs.
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Hope breaks Gayle’s record
This was Hope’s second century of this T20I series — and his fourth hundred of the entire India tour, per the Daily Jagran and the Statesman. He had already made two hundreds in the ODI leg.
With this knock, Hope went past Chris Gayle’s record for the most centuries in T20 internationals by a West Indian, the Hindustan Times reported. That is the kind of line that puts a knock in the history books, not just the scorecard.
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Keemo Paul’s five-for turns the chase
The chase looked gettable while Samson was hitting. Then Paul changed everything.
His figures — 5/41 — included the wickets of Samson and Kishan in one over, and then Nitish Reddy and Prince Yadav off back-to-back balls late in the innings, per webindia123’s report. The Hindustan Times noted it was Paul’s first five-wicket haul in T20I cricket.
The 18th over, from Shamar Springer, was the quiet killer: just five runs conceded when India needed over 17 an over. The asking rate did the rest.
How the series got to 2-2
This has been a wild series. West Indies pulled off a record chase in Ranchi earlier, before India bounced back with a 14-run win in Indore, per Pragativadi’s series recap. Hyderabad has now swung it back to level.
Both teams have won twice. Neither has held the series lead twice in a row. That is the setup.
The decider: what to watch in Bengaluru
The 5th T20I is on Saturday, October 17, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Winner takes the series.
For India, the questions are clear: the bowling has no answer for Hope, and the middle order folded once Samson fell. For West Indies, it is simpler — ride Hope, let Paul bowl at the death, and dare India to chase another mountain.
Chinnaswamy’s short boundaries and flat pitch usually mean runs, and plenty of them. India’s quicks will have to find something in the new ball, because once Hope is set here, the stands are in the firing line. Pragativadi’s series recap called India the world champions — champions have to bounce back. West Indies just need to repeat Hyderabad’s plan: Hope for as long as he can stand, Paul at the death, and fielding that backs both.
One caution for India: Hope has now scored hundreds in both T20Is and ODIs on this tour. He is not a one-format problem. He is the whole problem.
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FAQ
Who won the 4th T20I between India and West Indies?
West Indies won by 24 runs. They scored 247/3 in 20 overs; India were all out for 223 in 19.3 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
How many runs did Shai Hope score?
Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 102 off 50 balls, with 4 fours and 9 sixes. It was his second century of this T20I series — and it broke Chris Gayle’s record for the most T20I hundreds by a West Indian.
When and where is the series decider?
The decider — the 5th T20I — will be played on Saturday, October 17, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The series is level 2-2, so the winner takes it.
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