Yuzvendra Chahal took a career-best 6/25 as Virat Kohli-led India thrashed England by a whopping 75 runs to win the T20I series 2-1.
Chasing a mammoth 203 to win the series, the visitors did not have the best of starts as Sam Billings departed even without opening his account. A 47-run partnership between Jason Roy and Joe Root followed by a 64-run stand between the latter and Eoin Morgan was setting the match for a tense finish before they lost their remaining eight wickets for only 8 runs to surrender the match meekly. Chahal was the wrecker-in-chief as the leggie became only the second bowler after former Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis to bag six wickets in T20 internationals.
Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored his first T20 International fifty to help India post an imposing total of 202/6. The hosts suffered a huge setback early on when their skipper Virat Kohli was run-out for only two before a 61-run partnership between KL Rahul (22) and Suresh Raina (63) steadied the ship. With the platform set for a good score, Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh fired on all cylinders to help their team score a mammoth total. Dhoni was dismissed by Chris Jordan after scoring 56 off only 36 balls while Yuvraj Singh scored 27 from only 10 deliveries.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
Way to go team India!! What a win! Aced all three formats of the game. #IndvEng
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 1, 2017
Outstanding bowling @yuzi_chahal so proud of you.. 6/25 ??????simply mind blowing..keep it going.. God bless you?? @BCCI Ind vs Eng
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 1, 2017
This is Chahl's Sunil Joshi moment #INDvENG
— Nishith (@Nicks103) February 1, 2017
Yo Bangalore's traffic so powerful that it can force English batsmen to get out early to catch their flight on time. #INDvENG
— shashank (@bakaitman) February 1, 2017
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He hasn't bowled a spell, he has cast a spell. Well done Chahal ??? #INDvENG
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) February 1, 2017
20 overs ki match mein 5 wickets lene ki pehal kar di hai Chahal ne. well done team India on the series win @BCCI #IndvEng
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 1, 2017
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Congrats Team India on winning the series?Gd 2 see lot of players contributing in this win?Special performance by @yuzi_chahal ? #IndvsEng
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 1, 2017
It's all over #England blown away . Deadly #chahal 6 for 25 does the trick. #India wins all 3 formats – Test, ODI's and T20's. Well done
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) February 1, 2017
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India now the 1st T20I side to win a 3 match series for the third time after losing the opening game.
Australia have done it twice#IndvEng— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 1, 2017
Buttler didn't make the trip to India, did he?#IndvsEng
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) February 1, 2017
Chahal should be given tax relaxation till 50 lakhs per annum.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) February 1, 2017