Published: Feb 01, 2017, 11:17 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 02, 2017, 02:37 PM (IST)
After brilliant fifties from Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni, and a late onslaught from Yuvraj Singh in the Indian innings, it was time for the bowlers to step up and demolish the English batting. England 119 for 2 collapsed to 127 in their attempt to chase down 203. With this win, India have pocketed the series 2-1. England were always in the chase but a dramatic collapse made them lose the series decider by 75 runs, which is India’s 2nd biggest victory in T20Is in terms of runs. It was the wicket of skipper Eoin Morgan that triggered the collapse. After Morgan’s wicket, Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took the game- changing wicket of Joe Root on the very next ball. Morgan and Root had added 64 for third wicket.
From there on, England fell like ninepins. Chahal’s six wickets proved to be decisive and he became the first Indian to take five or more wickets in a T20I. This is also the best third best bowling figures by any bowler in T20Is. The record for the first two best bowling figures is held by Ajantha Mendis.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah also picked three wickets and now has 33 wickets in T20Is. He now has only a wicket less than Ashish Nehra, who has 34 and Ravichandran Ashwin with 52 leads the Indian bowling charts in T20Is. Besides Chahal, Amit Mishra also played a crucial role in the match by conceding only 23 runs, claiming the important wicket of Jason Roy.
The victory was surely a huge one and the collapse was quite surprising. Social media went berserk after India’s win and we bring you some of the best tweets.
Seems like I have missed some madness in the #T20
— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) February 1, 2017
Superb performance by team India, Chahal ne to kamal kar diya! @yuzi_chahal #INDvENG
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 1, 2017
Congratulations India.
Test, One Day, T-20 sab me England ko Dho daala.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai.— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 1, 2017
On the bright side, Yuzi Chahal is old school – loves the game, loves a laugh (may enjoy a beverage) and is 8 stone wet through. Top lad!
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) February 1, 2017
#INDvENG Wtf……!!
— Hal-Al Butcher (@abutch58) February 1, 2017
Congrats Team India on winning the seriesGd 2 see lot of players contributing in this winSpecial performance by @yuzi_chahal #IndvsEng
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 1, 2017
Way to go team India!! What a win! Aced all three formats of the game. #IndvEng
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 1, 2017
A nice wrap of the series. Well done team India @BCCI. #INDvENG
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) 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
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
Fantastic to see @imVkohli give credit to the seniors @msdhoni , @YUVSTRONG12 & Nehra ji True sign of a v.good leaderWell done chikoo
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 1, 2017
England played good cricket in India. Times when the real push was required 2seal matches,they missed it.The difference btwn 2teams #INDvENG
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) February 1, 2017
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Both Man of the Series and Man of the Match award bagged by Chahal. He finished with eight wickets in the series.
