WI vs IND: Shai Hope's Numbers Against India Are Good: Aakash Chopra

Shai Hope has been praised by Aakash Chopra for disproving his detractors by striking a century in his 100th One-Day Internationals for the West Indies.

At the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Sunday, July 24, the hosts posed a daunting 312-run target for Team India with Hope scoring 115 runs off 135 deliveries. The Men in Blue, however, were able to complete the chase and win the series before the decisive game, negating the impact of the knock.

Shai Hope Showed His Might With The Bat: Aakash Chopra

In a video posted on his YouTube account, Chopra discussed the West Indies innings and praised Hope for reaching a key milestone, elaborating:

“Shai Hope – he became the 10th player to score a century in his 100th ODI. The start was decent, Shai Hope did play a little slow and there was some criticism that he was playing for himself. “He was in very bad form coming into this series, runs were not coming from his bat.

“But eventually class will come through, if the player is good, he will score runs the day after if not today or tomorrow. He scored a century and showed that the guy has the might, his numbers against India are very good in any case.”

Further commenting on the game, Chopra said, “Brandon King was made to fall on his knees by Yuzi Chahal for a duck. Nicholas Pooran – was brilliant, took the team to a huge total. In fact, he was covering up for Shai Hope till the time he was batting.”

Before the game on Sunday, Shai Hope had only amassed 52 runs in his previous six ODI innings. In ODI cricket, the wicketkeeper-batter had a stellar record against India, scoring 855 runs at a remarkable average of 47.50 in 22 games.

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