Twitter Reactions: Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Virat Kohli star in a thrilling tie
Umesh Yadav bowled an exceptional last over only to miss his mark off the last delivery.
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The action went down to the wire in Vizag as the thrilling game ended in a tie. With five needing off the last delivery, Shai Hope smacked a boundary off Umesh Yadav as there was no winner in the game and fittingly it was a sensational tie. Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Virat Kohli were the stars of the day as they just treated the crowd with a magnificent batting masterclass. India and Windies played out one of the most thrilling games of the year which swung right through.
Kieran Powell couldn’t back up his decent knock in Guwahati as he was sent back by Mohammed Shami early in the chase even as Chanderpaul Hemraj and Marlon Samuels were castled by Kuldeep Yadav. At 78/3, things looked grim for Windies and that is when Shai Hope joined hands with Shimron Hetmyer, the centurion of the last match. The flamboyant left-hander took the attack to the hosts’ bowlers and picked variations from the wrist-spinners beautifully.
He continued to play his big shots and amazingly connected to leave the full-house Vizag crowd worried. The duo added 143 runs in less than 20 overs and literally stunned everyone with a fightback. Hetmyer just tore apart the Indian bowling like he did in the previous game and raced into the 90s. But the youngster missed out agonisingly on a well-deserved century as he missed a long hop from Yuzvendra Chahal only to spoon a catch to Kohli. He scored 94 runs off just 64 balls and threatened to take the game away while he was there.
Meanwhile, Hope kept his calm and manoeuvred the ball cleverly to smartly control the innings. But Hetmyer’s wicket allowed India to come back in the game. Their spinners bowled well to build up dot balls and brought the equation down to 23 off last three overs. Hope got to his century in the process but had a bigger job to do in his hands.
A sensational 48th and 49th over from Chahal and Shami respectively, meant that Hope and Ashley Nurse had to score 14 runs to take Windies over the line. Umesh Yadav was entrusted to bowl the final over and he did extremely well to not concede a legal boundary. There were four leg-byes unfortunately as it came down to five runs off the final delivery and Hope just screamed the wide ball to a four to evade a diving fielder as the match ended in a tie.
Records galore in Kohli’s 157*
Earlier in the day, Team India opted to bat first and rode on a sensational inning from their skipper Virat Kohli. After losing their openers early, Ambati Rayudu and Kohli stitched a 139-run stand to rebuild the innings. While the former got out at the wrong time, his partner continued to play under the sapping heat and slammed his 37th ODI century.
In the process, he also reached the 10,000-run mark in his already illustrious career. Records galore during his knock and after reaching the three-figure score, the 29-year-old just unravelled his trademark strokes as the crowd was in his awe. His sheer dedication to stay in the middle until the end propelled India to 321 runs after 50 overs.
However, the score didn’t look enough when Hetmyer and Hope were going berserk. But a superb death bowling helped India claw their way back in the game and when they were favourites to clinch it, Hope shattered all the hopes to score a boundary and end it in a tie.
Here’s how Twitter reacted during the thrilling game:
642 runs and a tie in the end. West Indies must be very proud of their effort. Liked the calm composure of Hope at the crease which was complimented beautifully by the aggression of Shimron Hetmyer. #IndvWI
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 24, 2018
Great effort from the West Indies to tie this. Hope was brilliant and I really like the uncomplicated approach of Hetmyer. #IndvWI
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 24, 2018
Two tied games in the last four ODI for India. Thanks for keeping the format alive ππ #IndvWI
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 24, 2018
Many congratulations to Virat Kohli @imVkohli on 10.000 runs in the ODI series. You make us proud. pic.twitter.com/KZzMG2Uuou
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) October 24, 2018
Too easy for the King π # π ππΌ https://t.co/mYFV4bTKhK
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) October 24, 2018
Unstoppable, Immovable & Relentless!!! Runmachine @imVkohli at his very best… #Virat10k #Legend #KingKohli #GOAT #TeamIndia #INDvWI ππ pic.twitter.com/ejof6KWzTE
— Vijay Shankar (@vijayshankar260) October 24, 2018
These are just ridiculous stats! π https://t.co/wAaOHCXmZW
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) October 24, 2018
When India bats first we should assume India will be chasing. Then we will win.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) October 24, 2018
Today's match was like, 2 guys going after the same girl and in the end the girl says "Na tumhari, na tumhari…..mein sirf Rakesh ki".#INDvWI
— PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) October 24, 2018
Involved in Most Tied Matches in ODIs
Windies – 10
India – 9
Australia – 9
England – 8
Pakistan – 8#INDvWI— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) October 24, 2018
Loved how no one (from either side) knew quite how to react after the ball went to four at the end before MSD started smiling.
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) October 24, 2018
So near yet so far for the West Indies. They were cruising along at one stage but India pulled it back well and I would say are lucky to escape with a tie. Well done to the Windies for the wonderful effort #IndvWI
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 24, 2018
Hope all who had smirked would now agree West Indies plays the White ball game much better than red ball!! And also @imVkohli ran one short!! Sport for all of us!!
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 24, 2018
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