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IND vs ENG | Yuzvendra Chahal surpasses Jasprit Bumrah to turn out to be India’s highest T20I wicket-taker

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Image Source : GETTY Yuzvendra Chahal 
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Friday grew to become India’s highest T20I wicket-taker. He achieved the feat in the course of the five-match collection opener towards England on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 
After a promising begin from England’s opening pair of Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, Chahal supplied India with the primary breakthrough, trapping the latter in entrance of the center within the eighth over. With the dismissal, his sixtieth in his profession, he surpassed Jasprit Bumrah to turn out to be India’s main wicket-taker within the format. 

Bumrah stands second with 59 wickets in 50 video games whereas Ravichandran Ashwin stands third with 52 wickets in 46 video games. Overall, he stands 18th within the all-time checklist headed by veteran Sri Lankan pacer Laith Malinga (107 wickets), and ninth amongst spinners headed by Shahid Afridi (98 wickets). 
After being put to bat first, India misplaced three wickets within the PowerPlay with KL Rahul dpearting for simply 1 and Virat Kohli registering his third T20I duck. With 22 on board from the primary six overs, it was India’s second-lowest PowerPlay rating in T20I historical past. 
Shreyas Iyer, together with an ably supporting Rishabh Pant  then seemed to stabilise India’s innings. Iyer scored his highest T20I rating of 67 runs at a strike fee of 133 earlier than Jofra Archer struck twice within the dying overs to limit India to 124 for seven.