West Indies closed out the dead-rubber third ODI against India at the PCA International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh on October 3 with their highest-ever successful ODI chase, running down 352 with five wickets and 10 balls to spare behind an unbeaten 162 from captain Shai Hope. It was not enough to deny India the series, which India won 2-1 after taking a 2-0 lead in Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati, but it gave the tourists a genuinely historic consolation.
India had slipped to 4 for 2 inside the first three overs before KL Rahul anchored a recovery with an unbeaten 129 off 80 balls — the second-fastest century of his nine ODI hundreds — and Rohit Sharma added a fighting 92 off 85 balls, including 10 fours and three sixes, to carry India to 351 for 7 in 50 overs. Jayden Seales was the pick of the West Indies bowlers with 3 for 62, but the total looked well beyond par on a ground that had already produced high-scoring cricket throughout the series.
West Indies' chase was built entirely around Hope, who faced 143 balls for his 162, striking 17 fours and three sixes while keeping wicket for the full 50 overs in the field beforehand. The innings broke a 33-year-old West Indies record for the highest score by a West Indies batter in a successful ODI run chase, previously held by Brian Lara's 153 against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1993. Hope also became the first wicketkeeper-captain in men's ODI history to score 150 or more in a single innings, with support from Amir Jangoo's 67 and a late flourish from Gudakesh Motie to get West Indies home.
The series result was already settled before a ball was bowled at New Chandigarh, with India having sealed the series behind Shubman Gill's record-breaking 223 in Guwahati. That context made West Indies' chase no less remarkable: a record run chase, a national individual-score record broken, and a rare individual milestone for a player captaining and keeping wicket through the same innings, all inside a match with no bearing on the series outcome.
For India, the series win extends a dominant home run in ODI cricket, even if the bowling attack's performance at New Chandigarh — conceding 352 in a successful chase — will be a point of honest review before the tour moves into five T20Is starting October 6 in Lucknow. For West Indies, Hope's innings is the standout individual performance of the tour and a platform his side will want to carry straight into the T20I leg, even with a different squad and format ahead.
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