Shai Hope's unbeaten century helps West Indies draw first blood in the first ODI

Shai Hope played a blistering kck and anchored West Indies run chase with a century in first One Day International against India at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. He had opened innings for Windies and ensured that he stayed right till end to take Windies over line. 

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West Indies draw first blood 

Chasing a target of 288, West Indies looked in trouble when Sunil Ambris was trapped in front of wicket by Deepak Chahar. However, that was only relief for Men In Blue as y were made to toil for wickets by duo of Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope who hit bowlers to all corners of ground and were involved in a 218-run stand for second wicket. Both of m went on to score tons and by time Hetmyer was dismissed for 139, momentum was already shifted in favour of visitors and re was looking back for m from reon. Meanwhile, Hope continued to playing his attacking shots and was ably supported by wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran. Hope finished unbeaten on 102- a kck which included seven boundaries and a maximum as West Indies drew first blood in three-match series.

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India post 287/8

Earlier, after being asked to bat first by West Indian skipper Kieron Pollard, India were in trouble after losing wickets of KL Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli in seventh over. Things got even more difficult when Rohit Sharma was sent back for 36 after which youngsters Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant added 114 runs for fourth wicket. Iyer scored 70 while Pant scored 71. Kedar Jadhav, who was making a comeback also chipped in with a 35-ball 40 as India posted 288/8 in ir 50 overs. Sheldon Cottrell, Keemo Paul, and Alzarri Joseph starred with ball for Caribbeans with two wickets each.

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