Chahal sends England back home empty handed with a brilliant sixer!

Indian bowler Yazvendra Chahal 2ndR is lifted by his teammates for his six wicket haul against England during the third T20 cricket match between India and England at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday PicAFPBengaluruIndia rode on Yuzvendra Chahals brilliant show to thrash England by 75 runs in the third and final T20 International cricket match to clinchthe series 21 here todayLegspinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed 625 a record haul by an Indian bowler in T20Is as the visitors ended their dismal India tour with another heartbreaking defeatThe young legspinner Chahalscripted a dramatic collapse as England lost 8 wickets for a mere 8 runsAs a fulltime captain Kohli recorded series wins against England across all formatsChahals performance was the firstever fivewicket haul in T20 International by an Indian and the third best figuresby any bowler with the first two slots being taken by SriLankan Ajantha MendisBatting first the former Chennai Super Kings Suresh Raina 63 45 balls and Mahendra Singh Dhoni 56 35 balls lit up the Garden City with halfcenturies while YuvrajSinghs final flourish 10ball27 enabled the hosts to reach acompetitive 202 for 6In reply England were cruising along at 118 for 2 whenthey committed absolute harakiri with atrocious shot selection with wickets falling like nine pins as they were all out for 127 in 163 oversA competent national level chess player during his school days Chahal wouldnt have even in his dreams planned suchperfect moves as the visitors with lousy shots made it tadeasyChahal got good support from last match hero Jasprit Bumrah 314 in 23 overs as England middleorder collapsedin a heap like a pack of cardsFive England players failed to open their accounts as Chahal was on a rampage taking five wickets in the 14th and16th over of the innings This was after he removed opener SamBillings in the second over of the England inningsJoe Root 42 and Eoin Morgan 40 had raised visions of a series win with 64run stand for the 3rd wicketBut the 14th over turned out to be a turning point as Chahal removed Root and Morgan off successive deliveries Morgan attemped a slog sweep and was smartly caught bydebutant Rishabh Pant in the deep Root who had crossed overwas out next ball trying to pull a straighter one as Englandslumped to 119 for 4Jos Buttlers wild slog was pouched by Kohli in the next over off Bumrah and England were all but out of the matchIt became worse when Chahal came for his final and the16th over of the innings Ben Stokes Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan threw their wickets as the runrate was climbingsteeplyBumrah finished the formality in the very next over as India completed another emphatic series win under CaptainInspirational KohliIndias M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh during the 3rd T20 between India and England at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday PicPTIEarlier seasoned campaigners Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck brilliant half centuries to help India post a mammoth 2026 against England in the third and final Twenty20 International at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on WednesdayRainas 45ball 63 helped the hosts set the tone for the massive total before southpaw Yuvraj Singh 27 and former skipper Dhoni 56 finished things off in style as India recovered from the early loss of captain Virat Kohli after being sent into batIndia were off to a dismal start losing Kohli 2 to a silly runout in the second over of the match before onedown Suresh Raina joined opener Lokesh Rahul 22 in the middle and the rightleft duo added 61 runs for the second wicket in no timeRaina especially was the more aggressive of the two as he dispatched pacer Chris Jordan for two sixes in the last over of the mandatory field restrictionsJust when the hosts looked set for a huge total allrounder Ben Stokes cleaned up Rahul with a length ball after the righthander hit two fours and a six in his 18ball knockThe fall of Rahul brought in Dhoni who played a few deliveries to get used to the wicket with Raina at the other end taking full advantage of the dropped chance off legspinner Adil Rashid to bring up his careers fourth halfcentury with a brilliant six off the leggieRaina and Dhoni continued to torment the English bowlers as India crossed the threefigure mark in the 13th over before pacer Liam Plunkett returned for a second spell to end the lefthanders 45ball knock laced with two boundaries and five huge hits over the fenceWith India comfortably placed at 1203 the stage was set for new man Yuvraj Singh 27 and Dhoni to step on the gas for a good totalThe Ranchi stumper took the mantle of the scoring bringing up his careers maiden T20I halfcentury off 32 deliveries before the Punjab southpaw showed his class to dispatch Jordan for a four and three sixes in the 18th over to take India to 1773Yuvrajs breezy innings however ended on the first ball of the 19th over when he misjudged a slower delivery from Mills to be caught behind by stumper Jos Buttler His 10ball cameo included one four and three sixesYuvrajs wicket brought in 19yearold Pant 6 not out who played second fiddle to Dhoni as Jordan ended the 35yearolds brilliant effort on the second ball of the last over of the inningsDhoni who consumed 36 deliveries for his knock laced with five fours and two sixes got a top edge to be caught by Rashid at short fine legAllrounder Hardik Pandya 11 then added 11 runs with Pant to take India past the 200run markFor the visitors all the pacers Mills Jordan Plunkett and Stokes took one wicket apieceBrief ScoresIndia 202 for 6 in 20 overs Suresh Raina 63 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 56 Liam Plunkett 122England 127 all out in 163 overs Joe Root 42 Eoin Morgan 40 Yuzvendra Chahal 625 Jasprit Bumrah 314