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Ind vs WI (Second ODI): Shai Hope’s last-ball four brings a thrilling tie result
By Sandy - Oct 24, 2018 11:54 pm
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The centurion Shai Hope’s last-ball four resulted in a tie game in the second ODI of the five-match ODI series between India and Windies at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (Visakhapatnam) on Wednesday. In the reply of India’s 321/6, Windies managed to score 321/7 (50 overs), thanks to Hope’s last-ball four.

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Shai Hope

In the day/night ODI encounter, the Indian skipper Kohli decided to bat first after winning the toss. The in-form Indian opener Rohit Sharma lost his wicket on just 4 runs, while another in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan fell for 29 runs.

While both the openers were dismissed under the first powerplay, Kohli and Rayudu took the charge to control and shape the innings. They had an important third-wicket partnership of 139 runs that led the side towards the good total.

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Virat Kohli and Ambati Rayudu

At first, Kohli completed his half-century in 56 balls and then Rayudu hit his ninth ODI half-century 61 balls. Both carried their innings for further but Rayudu was finally restricted on 73 runs off 80 balls (8 fours) after the off-spinner Ashley Nurse bowled him.

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However, Kohli continued his innings and completed his 37th ODI century in 106 balls. The middle-order batsmen – MS Dhoni (20), Rishabh Pant (17) and Ravindra Jadeja (13) provided some help in the end, but Kohli continued his leadership batting till the end as he remained unbeaten on 157 runs off 129 balls (13 fours and 4 sixes). These innings helped the Indian team to put 321/6 on the board at the end of 50 overs.

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Virat Kohli

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Among the Windies bowlers, the 21-year-old international cricket debutant left-arm pacer Obed McCoy (2/46) and the off-spinner Ashley Nurse (2/71) took two wickets each. Also, Kemar Roach (1/67) and Marlon Samuels (1/36) took one wicket each.

In reply, Windies had a fine start but most of the top-orders failed to carry on their innings. Then comes up the fourth-wicket partnership between Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer, where it ran for 143 runs. Both the batsmen carried the long innings to chase the big target.

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Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer

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Hetmyer again played a great fast knock but just missed his deserving century as he scored 94 runs off just 64 balls (4 fours and 7 sixes). However, Hope continued his innings till the end of the game while the next batsmen fail to reach the 20-run marks.

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Shai Hope

The wicketkeeper-batsman Hope completed his second ODI century in 113 balls and led the game for the thrilling final over. In the final over, Windies needed 14 runs with four wickets in hands while the Indian pacer Umesh Yadav took the responsibility to restrict the visitors under the first innings total. After the 1, 4lb, 2, wicket, 2; Windies needed 5 runs to win but Hope finished the game with a four and match finished in a tie as Windies were 321/7 in 50 overs. At the end of the match, Hope remained not out on 123 runs off 134 balls (10 fours and 3 sixes). However, Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant batting performance. After this game, India is still 1-0 ahead, while the three matches are left in this series.

Among the Indian bowlers, the left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav (3/67) took three wickets while Mohammed Shami (1/59), Umesh Yadav (1/78) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/63) took one wicket each.

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