Hope and Rutherford’s 120-run stand: How West Indies won from 58 for 3

West Indies were 58 for 3 in 5.1 overs after Mayank Yadav’s early wickets.

Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford then added 120 runs for the third wicket.

Hope scored 102 not out off 45 balls and Rutherford 84 off 37.

Romario Shepherd finished with 34 off 13 balls.

West Indies reached 252 for 4 in 18.3 overs.

West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first.

India made 249 for 5 in their 20 overs.

Sanju Samson scored 82 off 41 balls, with nine fours and four sixes.

Samson’s 21-ball fifty ties Virat Kohli’s mark for India’s joint-fastest T20I fifty against West Indies, according to Outlook.

Ishan Kishan made 43 off 22 balls, and Shreyas Iyer made 40 off 18 balls.

Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 44 off 18 balls, and Abhishek Sharma made 20 off 12 balls.

Roston Chase took 3 for 24 in four overs for West Indies, and Shamar Springer took two wickets for 64 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav took 1 for 53 in four overs for India.

West Indies chased 250 to win, reaching 252 for 4 in 18.3 overs.

Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 102 off 45 balls, with nine sixes and six fours.

It was Hope’s second T20I century.

Sherfane Rutherford made 84 off 37 balls.

Hope and Rutherford added 120 runs for the third wicket.

Romario Shepherd made 34 off 13 balls, and Rovman Powell made 24 off 13 balls.

Mayank Yadav took early wickets and reduced West Indies to 58 for 3 in 5.1 overs.

It is West Indies’ highest successful chase in T20Is and the second-highest successful chase in the format’s history, according to Outlook.

The five-match series is level at 1-1 after two matches.

India won the first T20I in Lucknow on October 6 by eight wickets, with Shreyas Iyer scoring an unbeaten 102 off 42 balls.

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