Chahar creates history in T20 Cricket |
Indian Pacer Deepak Chahar took a sensational six-wicket haul, including a hat-trick while Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul scored entertaining half-centuries as India defeated Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final T20I to win the Paytm series 2-1 on Sunday. Pacer Deepak Chahar bowled a magical spell of fast bowling as he took 6 wickets at the expense of 7 runs in his 3.2 overs. This is the best figures registered in a T20 match on Sunday besides becoming the first Indian to take a hat-trick in the shortest format. Put into bat, Iyer who got 62 off 33 and Rahul who got 52 off 35, smashed sublime half-centuries to propel India to 174 for five. Chasing a challenging 175, Bangladesh suffered early setbacks as Chahar had opener Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar caught off successive balls to leave the visitors at 12 for two. Naim, and Mohammad Mithun (27) shared a 98-run stand for the third wicket to bring their team back into the contest. With 50 needing off the last 30 balls and six wickets in hand, Bangladesh crumbled under pressure and they lost five wickets for 20 runs to blow it all away. The visitors were all out for 144 in 19.2 overs.
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