Delhi: West Indies defeated India in the fourth T20 match played in Hyderabad on Wednesday and leveled the series 2-2. Chasing the target of 248 runs, the Indian team disintegrated under the pressure of a big score. Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma and Nitish Reddy played good innings, but India could not reach the target in front of the lethal bowling of Keemo Paul.

Earlier, Shai Hope had scored a brilliant century to take West Indies to a huge score of 247/3.

West Indies made huge score with Shai Hope's century

Batting first, West Indies made an aggressive start. Shai Hope and Jewel Andrew put pressure on the Indian bowlers. Andrew hit a six off Arshdeep Singh, while Hope continued her excellent form and scored runs rapidly.

West Indies scored 79 runs for one wicket in the powerplay, which was their highest powerplay score in T20 International cricket against India. Akshar Patel gave India the first success by dismissing Jewel Andrew, but after this Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell also scored quickly.

With the contribution of Hetmyer and Powell, West Indies crossed 200 runs. Sherfane Rutherford also batted aggressively, while Hope completed his century on the last ball of the innings. He remained unbeaten after scoring 102 runs on 50 balls. West Indies scored 247 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 248 runs for India.

Sanju Samson gave a fast start to India

Sanju Samson gave an aggressive start to the Indian team chasing the target of 248 runs.

He scored runs quickly in Roston Chase's over and along with Abhishek Sharma, India's score reached 50 runs in three overs.

However, after this the West Indies bowlers made a comeback. Kemo Paul shocked India by taking a wicket in his very first over. Soon after this Ishan Kishan was also out. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs in 24 balls, while Shreyas Iyer could only score 16 runs in 11 balls.

Naman Dheer was out on the first ball.Due to continuous fall of wickets, India's run pace slowed down and the pressure of setting a big target kept increasing.

The partnership between Tilak Verma and Nitish Reddy also did not work.

Tilak Verma and Nitish Reddy raised India's hopes in the middle order. Both of them batted fast and made a partnership of 70 runs in 5.2 overs. However, West Indies stopped India's comeback by dismissing both at the right time.

Kemo Paul bowled brilliantly and took five wickets, while Gudakesh Moti kept the pressure on the Indian batsmen with economical bowling.

In the death overs, West Indies bowlers not only stopped the runs but also took important wickets and ended India's hopes of victory.

West Indies won by defending the target for the first time in India

With this win, West Indies successfully defended the target for the first time in a T20 international match in India. Earlier, he had failed in this matter six times.

After the victory in Hyderabad, the five-match T20 series is level at 2-2. Now the series will be decided in the last match to be held in Bengaluru on 17th October.