West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20 international in Hyderabad on 14 October 2026, making 247 for 3 and bowling India out for 223, to level the five-match series at 2-2, according to Cricinfo’s scorecard and match report. Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 102 off 50 balls, and Keemo Paul took 5 for 41, according to Cricket World and other reports.
Hope became the first West Indies player to score three T20 international hundreds, and Paul became the first West Indies bowler to take multiple five-wicket hauls in T20 internationals, according to the reports. It was also the first time West Indies won a T20 international in India while defending a total, after six failed attempts, according to the same account.
India’s chase was led by Sanju Samson, who scored 56 off 23 balls, according to the reports. India were bowled out for 223, 24 runs short of West Indies’ 247 for 3, which is the reported margin. The reports reviewed do not give the other scorers or the bowling figures of the other West Indies bowlers.
Scoring has been high through the series. India won the first game by eight wickets after bowling West Indies out for 171, West Indies won the second by six wickets chasing India’s 249 for 5, India won the third by 14 runs, scoring 223 against 209 for 7, and West Indies won the fourth, according to ESPN’s results listing.
West Indies also won the third one-day international of the tour on 3 October, chasing India’s 351 for 7 with 352 for 5, although India took the ODI series 2-1, with Shubman Gill scoring 334 runs and being named Player of the Series, according to reports that IndiaX24 has carried.
The decider is on Saturday, 17 October, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, according to Cricinfo’s preview. The preview says both sides are braced for a high-scoring game, and ThePrint’s headline says India will try to mend their batting flaws against West Indies and win the series. The reports reviewed for this article do not give the ground’s T20 record.
Weather could play a part. A Sunday Guardian report forecasts rain and thunderstorms in Bengaluru on Saturday, and a Yahoo Sports preview asks whether dew will be a factor, with the toss potentially worth more than usual. The forecasts are for the day and the reports reviewed do not give hourly details or say what happens to the series if the match is washed out.
A Yardbarker headline mentions Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Kuldeep Yadav as possible inclusions in India’s XI for the decider. That is a prediction by the outlet and not a team announcement.
The individual numbers show how fast the scoring was. Hope’s 102 off 50 balls is a strike rate of 204, and Samson’s 56 off 23 balls is a strike rate of about 243, both calculations by IndiaX24 from the reported figures. If West Indies’ target of 248 was set over 20 overs, India needed to score at about 12.4 runs an over, although the reports reviewed do not give the number of overs bowled.
IndiaX24 will report the toss, the teams and the result of the decider.
Image: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, venue of the fourth T20I (file photo). Photo by Phanidharvaranasi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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