Ind beat Aus in 1st T20I: India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was adjudged the man of the match for his three-wicket haul as India beat Australia by 11 runs in Canberra. His fiancee Dhanashree quickly took to Instagram to share her happiness with her fans. She shared two pictures of Chahal on her Insta stories wrote “So Proud of You, My Man of the Match”.
Chahal who replaced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as concussion substitute in the first T20I against Australia had said he was informed 10-15 minutes before the second innings that he will play the rest of the game.
Chahal took the field in the second innings after Jadeja was hit on the helmet in the last over of the India innings and the BCCI medical team decided to assess the player before allowing him to get on with proceedings. The leg-spinner said he was mentally prepared to cash in on the opportunity as he watched from the dugout the way Adam Zampa bowled and he wanted to replicate that for India.
“I have played so many games and was mentally fit. 10-15 minutes before the start of the innings, I got to know I will play. The way Zampa bowled, I tried to do the same as well. It was a little harder to score in the first innings. 150-160 is a good score on this wicket. I bowled according to my plans,” Chahal said after the match.