Chahal spell spearhead’s Indian victory
An excellent bowling display by Yuzvendra Chahal and great
batting display helped India trash England by 75 runs in the third and deciding
T20 played at M Chinaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru just few moments. It was a brilliant batting display by Indian
batsmen with Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni scoring half centuries.
England won the toss and elected to bowl first. India lost
an early wicket of captain Virat Kohli for 2 runs. KL Rahul and Suresh Raina
played with positive intent scoring 53 runs in the first six overs. Suresh
Raina looked in great touch hitting the England bowlers. KL Rahul and Suresh
Raina put on 61 runs for the second wicket. MS Dhoni came at number 4 and put
up another crucial partnership of 65 runs for the third wicket. Suresh Raina
completed his half century in 39 balls. Suresh Raina was dismissed for 63 in 45
balls. Yuvraj Singh scored a quick fire 27 off 10 balls while MS Dhoni scored
his first half century in T20 cricket. MS Dhoni scored 56 off 36 balls. In the
last five overs India scored 70 runs which helped them to score 202 for 6 in 20
overs.
Chasing a massive target of 203, England got off to poor
start losing the wicket of Sam Billings in the second over. Jason Roy and Joe
Root played with aggressive intent putting on 43 runs for the second wicket. At
the end of first six overs England scored 55 runs for 1. After the powerplay
overs Amit Mishra took the wicket of Jason Roy. Eoin Morgan and Joe Root put
pressure on the Indian bowling line up putting on 64 runs for the third wicket.
Yuzvendra Chahal picked the wickets of Eoin Morgan and Joe Root in one over
which changed the course of the game. England lost their last 8 wicket for 8
runs and was dismissed for 127 runs in 16.3 overs. India won the match by 75
runs and took the series 2-1.
Yuzvendra Chahal was named the man of match and also man of
the series. This completes the whitewash for the Indian team in test matches,
ODI and T20 series against England.
India 202 for 6(Suresh Raina 63, MS Dhoni 56) beat England
127 in 16.3 overs( Joe Root 42, Yuzvendra Chahal 6/25) by 75 runs

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