Hope century and Paul five-wicket haul level West Indies series with India

West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on October 14, levelling the five-match series at 2-2. Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 102 to help set India a target of 248, and Keemo Paul took five wickets in the chase. The result sends the teams to Saturday's final match with the series at stake.

How Hope and Rutherford built West Indies' 247

Asked to bat, West Indies made 247 for three. Hope scored his 102 from 50 deliveries and reached his hundred with a six off the final ball of the innings. Sherfane Rutherford finished unbeaten on 49 from 26 balls; together, they added 91 runs in 43 deliveries. West Indies struck 16 sixes and received 18 extras, according to The Times of India.

Hope's innings was his second century of the series, fourth of the tour and third in T20 internationals, The Times of India reported. His late partnership with Rutherford took West Indies to a total that required India to score at more than 12 runs an over from the start of the chase.

Paul's five wickets disrupt India's chase

Paul finished with five wickets for 41 runs from his four overs. Sanju Samson hit 56 from 23 balls before Paul dismissed him in the fifth over; Paul also removed Ishan Kishan in that over. Those wickets interrupted India's early scoring and gave West Indies a way back after Samson's rapid start.

Gudakesh Motie dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 29 from 24 balls and Naman Dhir for a duck. India were later 130 for five, according to The Times of India, before Tilak Varma and Nitish Reddy added 70 for the sixth wicket. Varma made 43 from 25 balls and Reddy 41 from 20, but their partnership could not carry India to the target. India finished 24 runs short.

Final T20I scheduled for Bengaluru

The fifth and final T20I was scheduled for Bengaluru on Saturday, October 17, The Times of India reported. West Indies' victory in Hyderabad means the winner of that match will take the five-game series. For India, the deciding match follows a chase in which Samson's quick innings and the later Varma-Reddy stand were outweighed by Paul's wickets and West Indies' 247 for three.