ON THIS DAY: Yuzvendra Chahal’s sensational performance of 6 wickets against England

England lost 8 wickets for 8 runs on this day in 2017.

Five years back on this day Chahal’s stunning performance of taking 6 wickets by just conceding 25 runs in four overs led to the downfall of England’s 8 wickets in just 8 runs.

The 3rd T20I against England in Bengaluru was the series decider as the 3-match T20 series was levelled at 1-1. Chahal’s dominating performance throughout the series not only helped the team to win the third T20 but also made them the series champions along with gaining the Man of the Match award in the last game and the honourable achievement of Man of the Series.

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England lost 8 wickets within 8 runs in the 3rd T20 as 119-3 surprisingly and fortunately for team India changed the fate in their favour as Chahal’s brilliant spin turned down the scores to 127-10 in some moments.

The match was exciting for the Indians fans as on this day the viewers and fans revive some interesting memories of Virat opening with KL, Rishabh making his debut, Suresh Raina’s coming back in the Indian squad and scoring 63 runs with prime-time veteran MS Dhoni scoring his half-century and also Yuvraj in the playing XI.

Chahal has been selected for the upcoming white-ball series against West Indies where team India will be hosting 3 ODIs in Ahmedabad and 3T20Is in Kolkata and Chahal, is part of the squad for both formats. Along with Chahal, the duo-partner Kuldeep Yadav comes back to the team India squad after a very long time and Bishnoi gets his maiden call-up in team India.