By Admin 
West Indies’ Shai Hope got the pleasure of scoring a century after 8 years. He played an inning of 103 runs in the second innings against India in the Delhi Test. This is his third century in his Test career of 43 matches. In fact, his last century in red-ball cricket came against England in 2017. Shai Hope made a partnership of 177 runs with John Campbell, due to which West Indies was able to score 390 runs in the second innings.
Century came after 8 years and 43 days
Shai Hope made his Test debut against England in May 2015. The first and second centuries of his Test career came in the same match, when he scored 147 runs in the first innings and 118 not out in the second innings against England in August 2017. After that, Shay Hope’s century drought continued for 58 innings.
Now after 8 years and 43 days, he has ended the century drought in the Delhi Test against India. He played an innings of 103 runs playing 214 balls, in which he hit 12 fours and 2 sixes. With this century, he has become the player to score the eighth most centuries for West Indies in international cricket. Hope has now scored 22 centuries in 236 international matches, leaving behind Richard Richardson who had scored 21 centuries.
created an unwanted record
Shai Hope has also completed 9,000 runs in his international cricket career in this match. Now he has scored 9094 runs in 236 international cricket matches. Amidst so many achievements, an unwanted record has also been added to his name. Shai Hope has become the West Indies batsman who has played the most innings between any two Test centuries. This century of Hope came after 58 innings. Earlier this record was in the name of Jermaine Blackwood, who had taken 47 innings between any two centuries.
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