Nagpur: India defeated Bangladesh by 30 runs to clinch the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series in Nagpur on Sunday.
Deepak Chahar was the star of the night as he claimed his first-five wicket haul in T20Is. In the process, Deepak Chahar also picked up a hat-trick to become the first Indian bowler to achieve this milestone in the shortest format. Deepak Chahar finished the match with magical figures of 6/7. Shivam Dube, playing his third T20I, also picked up three wickets as India bowled out the visitors for 144.
With the bat, Shreyas Iyer (62) went on to score his maiden half-century in T20Is and KL Rahul returned to form with a fluent knock of 52.
Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and asked the hosts to bat. India were off to a poor start as Shafiul Islam knocked over Rohit Sharma in the second over. Shikhar Dhawan was looking good but in a bid to accelerate, he threw his wicket away for 19 runs.
K.L. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer then put on 59 runs for the third wicket to steady the innings for India. In the process, both batsmen scored half-centuries.
Late flourish from Manish Pandey helped India post 174 for five in their 20 overs.
This post was published on November 11, 2019 6:34 pm