India completely outplayed the West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series in Hyderabad on Friday. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 94 while KL Rahul (62) also scored a half-century as India chased down a tough target with eight balls to spare. After the match, Yuzvendra Chahal was seen interviewing Rahul and congratulated the 27-year-old for going past 1,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter to share a video of the conversation between the duo on Saturday. In the video, Chahal asked Rahul, now that you have reached 1000 runs, do you know how many runs you are ahead of me in T20Is? Rahul came up with a savage response to the leg spinner’s question as he said, “I am 999 runs ahead of you.”
Here is the video of the same:
CHAHAL TV: @klrahul11 opens up to @yuzi_chahal post #TeamIndia's 6-wicket victory against West Indies 😁😎 – by @RajalArora
Full Video here 👉👉https://t.co/kJDFtJdUYB pic.twitter.com/IqKU5Jfuqm
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 7, 2019
Talking about the game on Chahal TV, Rahul said, “We saw in the first innings that when the batsmen were set on the wicket, it got easier to score runs. Both teams managed to score 200 plus so I cannot complain about the wicket. Initially, I got two-three boundaries in the second over of our innings and that gave me confidence. But unfortunately, Rohit got out a bit early, then Virat came in and it was important to form a partnership. Luckily, Virat stayed till the end and it all paid dividends.”
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Chahal also achieved a huge milestone while playing in the first T20I against West Indies. In his four overs, Chahal gave away 36 runs at an economy of 9 and picked up two wickets as Windies posted a total of 207 in 20 overs.
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In doing so, Chahal took his total tally of T20I wickets to 52, which is the joint-highest by an Indian bowler in the shortest format, along with Ravichandran Ashwin. But while Ashwin had taken 46 matches to reach the mark, Chahal achieved it in his 35th T20I match.
