Yuzvendra Chahal one wicket away to become India’s top wicket-taker in T20Is

Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will be just one wicket away from overtaking his teammate and pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the top wicket-taker for India in T20Is when he steps in the ground to face the West Indies on Sunday.

In the second T20I on Friday, Chahal got West Indies opener, Kyle Mayers, out. Currently, he has 66 wickets in 52 matches, while Bumrah has taken an equal number of wickets in 55 matches.

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As Bumrah is rested for the three-match T20I series, Chahal has the chance to overtake and pacer and put some distance between the two of them as well.

Chahal made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in June 2016 in Harare. However, it was in a T20I series against England later in the season when he got himself a fixed spot in the squad.

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In the second T20I, which was his first match of the series he went wicketless. While in the third T20I, he picked six wickets for 25 runs, then the best figures by an Indian bowler in the shortest format of the game.

In November 2019, pacer Deepak Chahar broke Chahal’s record by taking 6 wickets for 7 runs against Bangladesh in Nagpur.

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The 31-year-old picked five wickets in two matches in the recent three-match ODI series against the West Indies. He received player of the match in the second T20I for taking 4 wickets against 49 runs.

India dismissed the West Indies for 176 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.

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Chahal has picked one wicket each in the two matches of the ongoing T20I series.

On Friday, India beat the West Indies by eight runs to take a 2-0 lead and secure the series win. The hosts will now be looking to seize another clean sweep on the visitors after winning the ODI series by 3-0.

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Third India versus West Indies T20I will be played on Sunday, February 20, 2022. The match will be played at 7.00 pm IST at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.