India wins 3rd T20 to take series 2-1

February 2, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 2.1K Reads

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India defeated England by 75 runs in the third and last match of the series to win the series 2-1. Yuzvendra Chahal shined with the ball as his figures of 25-6 is the best by an Indian bowler in T20 history.

England won the toss once again at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Banglalore and invited India to bat first. On the back of a solid partnership between Suresh Raina(63) and MS Dhoni(56) India posted a total of 202 on the board. Yuvraj played a little cameo of 27 runs off juist 10 balls with 3 sixes and one four.

England could manage only 127 runs with just three batsman getting to double digit score. Jason Roy(32), Joe Root(42) and Eoin Morgan(40) were the only Englishmen to reach double digit score. England were once 119-2 but they lost their remaining 8 wickets for just 8 runs. Bumrah too continued his good works as he finished with the figures of 14-3.

Yuzvendra Chahal was awarded both Man of the Match and Player of the series.

Match Summary:

India 202 for 6 (Raina 63, Dhoni 56)

beat

England 127 (Root 42, Chahal 6-25, Bumrah 3-14)

by 75 runs