Shai Hope's 162 takes West Indies to 352, their highest ODI chase

Shai Hope made an unbeaten 162 off 143 balls and West Indies chased down 352 to beat India by five wickets in the third one-day international at New Chandigarh on Saturday.

India had posted 351 for 7 in 50 overs. West Indies reached 352 for 5 in 48.2 overs, with 10 balls left. It is the highest successful chase in West Indies one-day history, passing the 331 for 5 they made against Ireland at Malahide in 2019. It is also their first ODI win over India since 2023, and it stopped India taking the series 3-0.

Hope kept wicket for all 50 overs of the Indian innings, then opened the chase. He was still there at the end, having batted through a niggle. The 162 is the highest score by a West Indies batter against India in ODIs. Desmond Haynes's 152 not out at Georgetown in 1989 had stood as the mark. Hope went past it in the same innings in which he finished the game.

The chase did not start cleanly. John Campbell was out in the fifth over. Hope and Amir Jangoo then put on 109. West Indies were 78 for 1 at the end of the powerplay. Jangoo made 67, his third ODI half-century, before he was run out. Sherfane Rutherford made 24 and was soon gone. Hope added a further stand of 56 and kept the rate in reach. Keemo Paul and Matthew Forde fell. Gudakesh Motie made 19 off 14. Hope stayed. The winning runs came with him unbeaten.

India's total had looked like a defence. The innings slipped to 4 for 2. Rohit Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad then added 137. Sharma made 92 off 85 and fell eight short of a hundred. The recovery carried India to 351 for 7, a score that on most Indian grounds in October would have been enough. Hope's innings said it was not.

The series context is the other number. India had won the first two games. A clean sweep was the home side's to take. West Indies arrived at Mullanpur without it, and left with a chase that resets their own record book. Hope's double duty, 50 overs with the gloves and 48.2 overs with the bat, is the sort of workload captains talk about and rarely complete at this score.

For the bowling group that defended 351, the lesson is in the partnerships rather than in a single over. The 109 with Jangoo took the game away from the new ball. The later 56 kept it there after the run-out. India will look at the fifth-over wicket and at the failure to break Hope once Jangoo was gone. West Indies will look at a target of 352 and a captain who did not come off.

The next assignment is not this series. The record, though, travels. Any West Indies chase from here is measured against 352 for 5 at New Chandigarh, and any innings against India is measured against 162 not out. Haynes held the second of those marks for 37 years. Hope took it on a Saturday night when the required rate still had 10 balls of room.