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Five best-ever bowling figures in T20 cricket

Deepak Chahar is the first Indian to pick up a hat-trick in T20Is.

By: LakshmiPS

Paceman Deepak Chahar returned the best-ever Twenty20 international bowling figures of six for seven to help India clinch the series 2-1 against Bangladesh in Nagpur on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Chahar finished the match with a hat-trick.

Top five T20I bowling figures (bowler, figures, team, opposition, ground, date):

D. Chahar    3.2-0-7-6  India       Bangladesh  Nagpur        Nov 10, 2019

A. Mendis    4-2-8-6    Sri Lanka   Zimbabwe    Hambantota    Sep 18, 2012

A. Mendis    4-1-16-6   Sri Lanka   Australia   Pallekele     Aug 8, 2011

Y. Chahal    4-0-25-6   India       England     Bengaluru     Feb 1, 2017

R. Herath    3.3-2-3-5  Sri Lanka   New Zealand Chattogram    Mar 31, 2014

(AFP)

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