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Varun Chakravarthy sent back Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone with just a ball separating the two dismissals.
IND vs ENG, 1st T20I: Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone (AP)
Varun Chakravarthy produced a double-wicket over in the first T20I of the five-match series, between India and England, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
The spinner from Tamil nadu, who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), sent back Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone with just a ball separating the two dismissals.
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It was the eight over England’s innings after India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to field first.
On the third ball of the over, Varun went a bit wide of the crease and served the wrong’un on a length and on off stump, turning the ball bnack in. Brook stayed back and managed to get leg side of the ball, trying to create some room but the ball angled in taking the inside edge and went onto the pads before eventually crashing onto the stumps.
On the fifth ball of the over, Varun Chakravarthy bowld it on the in-between length and around off. TGhe delivery was a big wrong’un as Livingstone backed away a fair bit past the leg stump, looking to bring out the cover drive. He was beaten on the angle and the ball castled into the leg stump.
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Varun Chakravarthy could have got the wiket of Jacob Bethell as well but the England batter was stumpped by Sanju Samson only to be saved by the third umpire following a DRS call.
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(With inputs from Agencies)
