Cricket is a team game and hence every player's contribution is required for victory or defeat. Sometimes a player wins the match single-handedly, but on most occasions, victory is achieved only when more than one player performs well. A scene of this was seen in Dubai where a batsman made a record by scoring the first century, but apart from that, no other batsman of the team could do anything and despite this memorable century, that batsman had to see the defeat of his team. This batsman is Shay Hope, who scored the first century of the new season of ILT20 but still his team Dubai Capitals lost.

On Monday, January 13, the fourth match of the third season of ILT20 was played between Dubai Capitals and MI Emirates. MI batted first here and its batsmen together took the team to a big score. The explosive half-century innings of captain Nicos Puran and English batsman Tom Banton had a big contribution in this. While Banton scored 74 runs in 52 balls, captain Puran looked more dangerous and scored a quick 59 runs in just 29 balls. His innings included 2 fours and 6 outrageous sixes. On this basis the team scored 187 runs after losing 7 wickets.

Dubai had a strong start but it happened on the strength of Shay Hope alone.

West Indies ODI captain Hope started thrashing the bowlers as soon as he arrived. He completed his half-century in 32 balls. He single-handedly took the team's score forward and remained a thorn in the side of MI. Hope completed his second T20 century in 58 balls, while this was also his first century of this season in ILT20. However, he was out on the very next ball. He scored 101 runs in 59 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes.

Hope kept fighting alone from the beginning, where he did not get the support of any other batsman.

Even after his dismissal in the 16th over, the situation remained the same and the team could score only 161 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this way he had to face defeat by 26 runs. That means Hope scored more than half of Dubai's total 161 runs. After that, the second highest score by the team was only 16 runs. Obviously the team had to lose and this is what happened.

Even after his dismissal in the 16th over, the situation remained the same and the team could score only 161 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this way he had to face defeat by 26 runs. That means Hope scored more than half of Dubai's total 161 runs. After that, the second highest score by the team was only 16 runs. Obviously the team had to lose and this is what happened.