England loses eight wickets for eight runs as India wins T20 series

By winning the third Twenty20 international, India also secured the series 2-1. England thus ended their subcontinental tour battered, befuddled and beaten in all three formats.

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden six-wicket haul turned things around for India as the hosts beat England by 75 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International to clinch the series 2-1 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Chasing a mammoth 203, India vs England were on track till the 13th over scoring 119/2, before Chahal's magical spell (6/25) put the visitors on the back foot as they surrendered meekly to lose their last eight wickets for just eight runs and end on 127.

England started well with opener Jason Roy (32) and Joe Root (42) putting on 47 runs for the second wicket before the latter combined with skipper Eoin Morgan (40) and added 64 runs for the third wicket to put them in a commanding position.

But thereafter it was Chahal all the way, who triggered a collapse by sending back Morgan and Root off consecutive deliveries before pacer Jasprit Bumrah (3/14) added to their woes by striking in the very next over to dismiss wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler for a duck.

England's batsmen were in such a hurry that it hardly took Chahal another over to take three more wickets of Ben Stokes (6), Moeen Ali (2) and Chris Jordan (0) and dash any hopes of a recovery.

Tottering at 127/9, Bumrah dismissed tail-ender Tymal Mills (0) to seal the deal in India's favour.

India's biggest wins in Twenty20 Internationals

MARGIN	OPPONENT	VENUE	YEAR
90 runs	England	Colombo RPS	2012
75 runs	England	Bangalore	2017
73 runs	Australia	Mirpur	2014
69 runs	Sri Lanka	Ranchi	2016
54 runs	Zimbabwe	Harare	2015

From 119/2 to 127 all out - England lost their last 8 wickets for only 8 runs in 19 balls. This is the second worst 8-wicket collapse for any team in international cricket across all three formats. New Zealand lost 8 wickets for only 5 runs in a Test match way back in 1946.

Worst 8 wicket collapses in international cricket

COLLAPSE	FOR	VS	VENUE	YEAR	FORMAT
5/8	New Zealand	Australia	Wellington	1946	Tests
8/8	England	India	Bangalore	2017	T20Is
8/10	New Zealand	Pakistan	Auckland	2001	Tests
8/10	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Sharjah	1986	ODIs
8/10	Australia	South Africa	Cape Town	2011	Tests
8/11	England	West Indies	Lord's	1979	ODIs

Young India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal initially became the first Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul and then went on write his name in the history books by finishing with figures of 6 for 25.

Chahal is now only the second bowler after Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis to snare six wickets in an innings in T20 Internationals.

Best bowling figures in Twenty20 Internationals

FIGURES	PLAYER	VS	YEAR
6/8	Ajantha Mendis	Zimbabwe	2012
6/16	Ajantha Mendis	Australia	2011
6/25	Yuzvendra Chahal	England	2017
5/3	Rangana Herath	New Zealand	2014
5/6	Umar Gul	New Zealand	2009

 Best bowling figures by an Indian in Twenty20 Internationals

FIGURES	PLAYER	VS	YEAR
6/25	Yuzvendra Chahal	England	2017
4/8	Ravichandran Ashwin	Sri Lanka	2016
4/10	Barinder Sran	Zimbabwe	2016
4/11	Ravichandran Ashwin	Australia	2014
4/12	Harbhajan Singh	England	2012

This was India's second highest total in T20Is batting first.

India's highest totals in Twenty20 Internationals (batting first)

TOTAL	VS	VENUE	YEAR	RESULT
218/4	England	Durban	2007	Won
202/6	England	Bangalore	2017	Won
199/5	South Africa	Dharamshala	2015	Lost
196/6	Sri Lanka	Ranchi	2016	Won
192/5	Pakistan	Ahmedabad	2012	Won
192/2	West Indies	Mumbai	2016	Lost

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