Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami was on a roll today as he dismissed two players with two yorkers on the first and third ball of his third over, while yet another batter was run out after the ball hit his pads and he tried to scamper a single on the second ball of the same over. This meant that the Indian team picked a team hattrick and brought Scotland from 81-6 to 81-9.
The Scots eventually got all-out on 85 as Jasprit Bumrah took out Mark Watt with a perfect yorker in the 18th over. With just 86 to get, the Indian team would look to chase down the total in less than or equal to 43 balls to get their net run rate above Afghanistan and New Zealand.
Earlier in the evening, Virat Kohli won the toss for the first time in this series and decided to bowl first. Scotland were cautious initially but Bumrah broke through in the third over and got the Scot skipper Kyle Coetzer. Post that wicket kept falling regularly and they were reduced to 29-4.
Michael Leask and Calum MacLeod tried to build a partnership but Ravindra Jadeja was too good for them to counter. Eventually, with the help of Jadeja’s 3-15, Shami’s 3-15, Bumrah’s 2-10 and Ravichandran Ashwin’s 1-29 India managed to get the opposition all out. George Munsey top-scored with 24 for the men in purple.
Courtesy of the two wickets, Bumrah has now become the leading wicket-taker in T20Is for India. He overtook Yuzvendara Chahal, who has 63 wickets n 38 innings. Bumrah now has 64 wickets in 52 innings.