Mumbai: Deepak Chahar was at his destructive best against West Indies in the third T20I picking up three important wickets in just his first two overs. He went on to finish with a spell of three wickets in three overs, giving out just four runs.
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first. There were some changes to the squad which included KL Rahul in place of Rohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar in place of Khaleel Ahmed and Rahul Chahar in place of Ravindra Jadeja.
Deepak Chahar impressed with the new ball as he managed to get the wicket of Sunil Narine in his first over itself. He then went on to take two more wickets in his second over by removing the dangerous duo, Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetmyer.
His bowling figures created a new record – the best bowling figure by an Indian bowler against West Indies in T20Is. Another record created was of the second-best economy rate against West Indies in T20Is (1.33). Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the title in this department with an economy rate of 1.00.
Here’s a list of players with the best bowling figures against West Indies in T20Is.
| Player | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Ground | Date |
| Deepak Chahar | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | Providence | 06-Aug-19 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3.25 | Kolkata | 04-Nov-18 |
| Navdeep Saini | 4 | 17 | 3 | 4.25 | Lauderhill | 03-Aug-19 |
| Amit Mishra | 4 | 24 | 3 | 6.00 | Lauderhill | 28-Aug-16 |
| Ashish Nehra | 4 | 35 | 3 | 8.75 | Bridgetown | 09-May-10 |
Deepak Chahar was adjudged the man of the match in the third T20I. He said,” The atmosphere was pretty good, I tried to swing the ball as the weather was conducive for doing so, also tried to bowl around the full-length area because of the moisture,”
“The wicket was good and so was the weather. I assessed the conditions and I bowled more in-swingers than out-swingers. It was difficult to play against the ball coming into the batsman as compared to the one going away. I usually bowl with old balls in nets, that’s how I prepare myself. When the ball is swinging, I don’t use many variations. I was assessing the conditions on the first ball of every over,” he further added.
