India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Shai Hope 162* as West Indies chase 352, India win 2-1

West Indies chased down 352 to beat India by five wickets in the third and final ODI at New Chandigarh on Saturday 3 October, with captain Shai Hope unbeaten on 162 off 143 balls. It is the West Indies' highest successful chase in ODI history and their first ODI win over India since 2023, though India had already taken the India vs West Indies series and finish it 2-1.

India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: the scorecard in brief

Result: West Indies won by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare (ESPNcricinfo scorecard).

How Hope did it

Hope kept wicket for all 50 overs of India's innings and then batted through the chase, hitting 17 fours and 3 sixes, Telangana Today reported. Jangoo's 67 kept the required rate in reach in the middle overs, and Keemo Paul's 44 off 35 took the game away from India at the end.

The records, as listed by NewsBytes:

• 352 is the West Indies' highest successful ODI chase, beating 328 against Ireland in 2019.
• West Indies are only the third team to chase 350 or more against India in ODIs, after Australia (359 in 2019) and South Africa (359 in 2025).
• Hope's 162* is the highest score in a successful chase against India, passing Tillakaratne Dilshan's 160.
• It was Hope's 21st ODI hundred.

Nine catches were dropped across the match, equalling the ODI record, Telangana Today reported.

India's side of it

Rahul's unbeaten 129 came off 87 balls with 10 fours and 6 sixes, and Rohit Sharma's 92 took him past 10,000 ODI runs as an opener in 202 innings, quicker than Sachin Tendulkar's 214, NewsBytes reported. After the match, Shubman Gill said India's fielding and death bowling needed to improve, ESPNcricinfo reported.

Why it matters for Pakistan fans

India conceding 352 at home, with nine drops in the match, is the kind of result Pakistan's analysts will keep. The two sides meet at the 2027 World Cup on 10 October next year: every Pakistan fixture and the time in PKT is on our World Cup 2027 schedule page.

Pakistan's own next assignment is closer: the T20I series against Sri Lanka starts in Rawalpindi on Friday 9 October at 8pm PKT. Online ticket sales opened on 3 October, with seats from Rs 300 (how to buy), followed by the home tri-series with England from 18 October (schedule).