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This Day That Year: Indian spinner created record in T20Is

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  The young Indian leg spinner who represented the country in Chess, Yuzvendra Chahal created a massive record during the final T20I match against England played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 1 st February 2017. England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Virat Kohli was run-out by Chris Jordan. KL Rahul and Suresh Raina steadied the innings putting on 61 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Suresh quickfire 63 off 45 balls, the career-best score of 56 by MS Dhoni, and Yuvraj Singh superb cameo of 27 from 10 balls helped Men in Blue post 202 for 6 in 20 overs. Chahal struck in his first over itself by getting the wicket of Sam Billings. With the partnership between the experienced duo of Eoin Morgan and Joe Root were going strong, Chahal got the important breakthrough dismissing England captain Morgan. Morgan and Root added 64 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Chahal created panic among the visitors batting-line up by ...

IPL Match 3: Royal Challengers Bangalore starts the tournament with an easy win

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  Royal Challengers Bangalore started the 2020 edition of the IPL with a convincing win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 3 rd match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Monday. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner won the toss and decided to field first. Devdutt Paddikal and Aaron Finch started cautiously in the first over against Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Paddikal looked impressive with his stroke play putting pressure on SRH bowlers. Paddikal smashed T Natarajan for three boundaries in the 4 th over. Mitchell Marsh was bought into the attack and had to hobble off due to an injury. His opening Aaron Finch struggled to time the ball but hit a six off Vijay Shankar’s bowling from a free hit. At the end of six overs, Royal Challengers Bangalore made 53 for 0. After the power play over, Rashid Khan was bought into the attack but Paddikal and Finch played with intent. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 75 for 0 at end of the first strategic timeout. Paddikal reached his ...