IND vs SL: Yuzvendra Chahal Overtakes Jasprit Bumrah To Become India’s Leading Wicket Taker In T20Is

Yuzvendra Chahal took 1 for 11 in three overs as India beat Sri Lanka by 62 runs within the first T20I in Lucknow. Within the course of, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead within the sequence courtesy of a medical efficiency from the Rohit Sharma led-team.

Sri Lanka, however, have lots to ponder heading into the second recreation on Saturday, February 26 in Dharmasala. Skipper Dasun Shanaka spoke concerning the crew being outplayed in all three departments of the sport by a much-stronger Indian outfit within the first recreation.

Yuzvendra Chahal Now Has 67 T20I Wickets To His Identify

In the meantime, Yuzvendra Chahal achieved a brand new report after his efficiency within the first recreation. He has now grow to be India’s main wicket-taker in T20Is with 67 wickets to his identify. The wicket of Shanaka was the 67th of his T20I profession.

Heading into this recreation, he was on half with Jasprit Bumrah with 66 T20I wickets and Shanaka’s wicket helped his edge previous his Indian teammate. Bumrah went wicketless within the recreation however nonetheless, he’s the second-highest wicket-taker for India within the format. Ravichandran Ashwin (61), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (57) and Ravindra Jadeja (47) make it to the highest 5 highest wicket-takers for India on this format.

Rohit Sharma spoke about Jadeja’s rise as a cricketer and particularly as a batsman within the post-match presentation. Jadeja bowled a spell of 1 for 28 off his three overs within the recreation. He received the important thing wicket of the skilled Dinesh Chandimal within the tenth over of the Lankan innings.

“Very proud of Jadeja’s return. We wish extra from him that’s the reason we requested him to bat increased. You will note that occuring increasingly more within the video games that he performs for India. I need him to bat up the order extra. He’s a really improved batter, so we’ll attempt to see if we are able to promote him going ahead” stated Rohit on Jadeja.

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