Shai Hope scored the 17th century of his ODI career.
The England team is currently on a tour of West Indies, where it is currently playing a three-match ODI series, the second match of which is being played on the grounds of Antigua. In this match, the host West Indies team got a chance to bat first, in which they got an excellent century from the bat of captain Shai Hope, on the basis of which the West Indies team managed to score 328 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. Hui. Shai Hope achieved two big feats on the basis of his century in which in one case he equaled the legendary player Desmond Haynes and in another case he went ahead of both Kohli and Babar.
Hope becomes the batsman who has scored the most centuries since 2020
This was the 17th century of Shai Hope’s ODI career. If seen so far in this new decade that started from the year 2020, Hope has become the player who has scored the most centuries, in which 9 centuries have been seen with his bat so far. At the same time, Hope has done the work of leaving behind Babar Azam in this matter, in whose name 8 century innings have been recorded during this period. The name of Team India’s star player Virat Kohli is also included in this list, who has played a total of 7 century innings during this period. Hope faced 127 balls in this match and hit 8 fours and 4 sixes, resulting in an innings of 117 runs with his bat.
Equaled Desmond Haynes in terms of centuries
For West Indies, Shai Hope has now jointly reached the third position in terms of scoring the most centuries in ODI cricket, in which he has equaled the legendary batsman Desmond Haynes, who also has a total of 17 century innings in ODI cricket. For West Indies, the record of scoring most centuries in ODI is in the name of Chris Gayle, who has played 25 century innings, while Brian Lara is at second place with 19 centuries.
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