Chahar does the trick

Nagpur, November 10 

Deepak Chahar took a sensational six-wicket haul, including a hat-trick, after entertaining half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, as India defeated a self-destructing Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final T20 International to win the series 2-1 here today. 

Pacers Deepak Chahar, who registered the best figures in a T20 match besides becoming the first Indian to take a hat-trick in the shortest format, and Shivam Dube shared nine wickets to secure India’s first T20 series win at home this season. 

Heavy late evening dew rendered the spinners ineffective but Chahar and Dube rose to the occasion.  

Iyer (62 off 33) and Rahul (52 off 35) had earlier smashed sublime half-centuries to propel India to 174/5 after Bangladesh opted to field. Chasing the target, the visitors were all out for 144 in 19.2 overs.

With 50 needed off the last 30 balls and six wickets in hand, Bangladesh had a great opportunity to win the series but they crumbled under pressure. 

Rookie opener Mohammad Naim (81 of 48) played a blinder to take Bangladesh deep into the game before they lost five wickets for 20 runs to blow it all away. — PTI

Scoreboard

India

•                                         Runs Balls 4 6

• R Sharma b Shafiul                       2 6 0 0
• S Dhawan c Mahmudullah b Shafiul 19 16 4 0
• KL Rahul c Das b Al-Amin     52 35 7 0
• S Iyer c Das b Sarkar             62 33 3 5
• R Pant b Sarkar                       6 9 0 0
• M Pandey not out                      22 13 3 0
• S Dube not out                       9 8 0 0

Extras: (w 2) 2

Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 174

FOW: 1-3, 2-35, 3-94, 4-139, 5-144 

• Bowling O M R W
• Al-Amin Hossain 4 0 22 1
• Shafiul Islam 4 1 32 2
• Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 42 0
• Aminul Islam 3 0 29 0
• Soumya Sarkar 4 0 29 2
• Afif Hossain 1 0 20 0

Bangladesh

• Runs Balls 4 6
• L Das c Sundar b Chahar 9 8 2 0
• M Naim b Dube 81 48 10 2
• S Sarkar c Dube b Chahar 0 1 0 0
• M Mithun c Rahul b Chahar 27 29 2 1
• M Rahim b Dube 0 1 0 0
• Mahmudullah b Chahal 8 10 0 0
• Afif Hossain c & b Dube 0 1 0 0
• A Islam b Chahar 9 9 1 0
• S Islam c Rahul b Chahar 4 6 0 0
• M Rahman c Iyer b Chahar 1 3 0 0
• Al-Amin Hossain not out 0 0 0 0

Extras: (lb 3, w 2) 5

Total: (all out; 19.2 overs) 144

FOW: 1-12, 2-12, 3-110, 4-110, 5-126, 6-126, 7-130, 8-135, 9-144 

• Bowling O M R W
• Khaleel Ahmed 4 0 27 0
• Washington Sundar 4 0 34 0
• Deepak Chahar 3.2 0 7 6
• Yuzvendra Chahal 4 0 43 1
• Shivam Dube 4 0 30 3

Man of the match: Deepak chahar

Man of the series: Deepak chahar