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India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI: Shai Hope Scripts A Thrilling Tie

Visakhapatnam (October 25, 2018): Centurion Shai Hope hit a last-ball boundary to help West Indies tie the second one-day international against India despite Indian skipper Virat Kohli´s dazzling 157 on Wednesday.

Needing five runs on the final ball to chase down West Indies´ target of 322, Hope — who made a total of 123 — got four off Indian paceman Umesh Yadav as the tourists ended on 321-7 in their 50 overs.

Earlier Kohli became the quickest batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs on his way to his second successive century and help India amass 321-6 after electing to bat first. The hosts lead the five-match series 1-0.Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav claimed three wickets in what turned out to be the second tied game between the two sides.

The West Indies were in trouble at 78-3 when Hope infused life into their chase and put on 143 runs for the fourth wicket with Shimron Hetmyer, who exploded  94 runs off 64 deliveries.

The left-handed Hetmyer, who came into the match on the back of his 106 in the West Indies´ opening loss, smashed four fours and seven sixes to unsettle the Indian bowlers.Hetmyer though fell short of what would have been his fourth ODI ton after top-edging one of Yuzvendra Chahal´s leg spinners to get caught by Kohli at cover.

Hope then kept his calm to put together another 47-run crucial partnership with skipper Jason Holder to nearly pull off the victory for the West Indies.

Hope, who registered his second ODI ton, kept chipping away despite some tight bowling by the Indian pacemen and Holder´s run out.

But the day belonged to Kohli who reached 10,000 runs in his 205th innings as he surpassed fellow batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who first crossed the 10,000-run mark in 259 innings in 2001.“It was a great game of cricket, great to be part of it. Full house and credit to the West Indies team as well, they showed great heart,” said Kohli, adding Hetmyer and Hope had put on a “beautiful partnership”.

“The way (the) two teams played it was a fair result,” Kohli added.

“Personally, I´m pretty proud of my innings and my milestone.”

Kohli´s fresh heroics came at the back of his 140 in India´s opening win on Sunday.

India is leading the series so far by 1-0, as they won the first ODI by  8 wickets.

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