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India beat England in third T20, clinch series

India beat England

February 01, 2017 | 08:17 PM
The Indian team celebrates its victory against England at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed six wickets to demolish England and hand India a 75-run series-clinching win in the final Twenty20 international in Bengaluru on Wednesday.Chahal recorded his T20 best of 6-25 to help skittle out England for 127 in 16.3 overs. The visitors, chasing 203, lost eight wickets for eight runs in the space of 18 deliveries.The Virat Kohli-led side won the three-match rubber 2-1.ScoresIndia V. Kohli run out (Jordan) 2L. Rahul b Stokes 22S. Raina c Morgan b Plunkett 63M.S. Dhoni c Rashid b Jordan 56Y. Singh c Buttler b Mills 27R. Pant not out 6H. Pandya run out 11Extras (b4, lb3, w8) 15Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 202Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kohli), 2-65 (Rahul), 3-120 (Raina), 4-177 (Yuvraj), 5-191 (Dhoni), 6-202 (Pandya)Bowling: Mills 4-0-32-1 (4w), Jordan 4-0-56-1 (2w), Plunkett 2-0-22-1, Stokes 4-0-32-1 (2w), Ali 4-0-30-0, Rashid 2-0-23-0To bat: A. Mishra, J. Bumrah, Y. Chahal, A. NehraEnglandJ. Roy c Dhoni b Mishra 32S. Billings c Raina b Chahal 0J. Root lbw b Chahal 42E. Morgan c Pant b Chahal 40J. Buttler c Kohli b Bumrah 0B. Stokes c Raina b Chahal 6M. Ali c Kohli b Chahal 2L. Plunkett b Bumrah 0C. Jordan st Dhoni b Chahal 0A. Rashid not out 0T. Mills c Kohli b Bumrah 0Extras (lb2, w3) 5Total (all out; 16.3 overs) 127Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Billings), 2-55 (Roy), 3-119 (Morgan), 4-119 (Root), 5-119 (Buttler), 6-123 (Ali), 7-127 (Stokes), 8-127 (Jordan)9-127 (Plunkett), 10-127 (Mills)Bowling: Nehra 3-1-24-0, Chahal 4-0-25-6, Bumrah 2.3-0-14-3 Mishra 4-0-23-1, Pandya 2-0-17-0, S. Raina 1-0-32-0Toss: EnglandResult: India won by 75 runsSeries: India clinched the three-match series 2-1
February 01, 2017 | 08:17 PM