Concussion sub Chahal's 3-wicket haul helps India win first T20I

Indias concussion substitute Yuzvendra Chahal who came in for Ravindra Jadeja during Australias innings picked three for 25 in his four overs to help India beat Australia by 11 runs in the first T20 International at the Manuka Oval on FridayThis was Indias sixth win over Australia in 10 T20Is on Australian soil The win helped India take 10 lead in the threematch T20I series India had earlier lost the ODI series 12Three wickets apiece for Natarajan and Chahal as TeamIndia take a 10 lead in the threematch T20I seriesyuzi_chahal is adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant figures of 325AUSvIND pictwittercomXjHiaixOnumdash BCCI BCCI December 4 2020Chahal 325 who took the field as Jadeja could not play as a bowler in Australias innings after taking a hit on his head off Mitchell Starcs short ball during his unbeaten knock of 23ball 44 took the important wickets of skipper Aaron Finch Steve Smith and Matthew Wade to dent the Aussie chase of 162The Australians had got off to a good start but Chahal removed Finch and Smith in his first two overs He came back to get rid of Wade as the Aussie middleorder batsman looked for a big hit in the face of a rising required run rate T Natarajan 330 was the other successful bowler as he picked the wickets of Glenn Maxwell DArcy Short and Mitchell StarcThe decision to bring in Chahal for Jadeja who just before getting hit on his head was already limping did not please Australia coach Justin Langer who was seen discussing the issue with match referee David BoonEarlier a well compiled half century from KL Rahul and the late onslaught from Jadeja helped India post 161Put into bat India didnt have a great start as they lost a wicket early in the innings Shikhar Dhawan was undone by an outswinger in the third over bowled by Mitchell Starc and went back to the pavilion after scoring just oneSkipper Virat Kohli who came into bat next then stitched a little partnership with Rahul and took the Indian score to 48 Just when the scoring rate seemed to be going up Mitchell Swepson got the prized scalp of Kohli who was caught amp bowled by the legspinner at his individual score of 9However Rahul continued his good run and kept scoring boundaries whenever the Australian bowlers erred and along with Sanju Samson took the Indian innings forward Samson during his stay at the wicket played beautiful shots and made 23 off 15 before he was caught at covers while trying to hit a boundary against Moises HenriquesNext batsman Manish Pandey 2 off 8 didnt stay long at the crease and was sent back to the dressing room by Adam ZampaRahul who was till then holding one end up soon became the second scalp of Henriques who had the India wicketkeeperbatsman caught in the deep by Sean Abbott Rahul smashed five fours and a six during his 40ball inningsStar allrounder Hardik Pandya scored 16 off 15 before getting caught at longoff by Steve Smith while trying to go for a maximum against HenriquesHowever Jadeja who has been among the runs in recent times provided India the muchneeded impetus and scored 44 off just 23 balls with the help of five fours and a six to help the team end their innings at 1617Henriques was the pick of the Australian bowlers as he returned with figures of 322 Starc took two wickets while Zampa and Swepson picked one wicket apieceBrief scores India 1617 KL Rahul 51 Ravindra Jadeja 44 Moises Henriques 322 beat Australia 1507 in 20 overs A Finch 35 M Henriques 30 Y Chahal 325 T Natarajan 330Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever