Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal picked a nine-wicket haul in his second successive match of the English County Championship which helped Northamptonshire to defeat Leicestershire by nine wickets. Building on his 4/82 in the first innings, Chahal took 5/134, achieving a remarkable nine-wicket match haul as Northants dismissed Leicestershire for 316. This left an easy target of 137 in the Division Two County Championship.
Northants cruised to victory in just 30.3 overs, losing only Gus Miller (11) as a wicket. Skipper Luke Procter (68 not out) and George Bartlett (54 not out) comfortably guided the team to the target. Leicestershire, after resuming the final day on 69/4, recovered through strong batting from Scott Currie and Tom Scriven (48), with Currie reaching a century (120) before being dismissed by Chahal for his fifth wicket.
But Chahal was instrumental in breaking through Leicestershire's middle and lower order.
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He picked up the wickets of key players, including skipper Lewis Hill (14) with a well-pitched delivery that turned sharply, and Liam Trevaskis (2) with a catch at short leg. Despite conceding runs during an aggressive 110-run (141 balls) partnership between Currie and Scriven, including an expensive 19-run over, Chahal's persistence paid off as he eventually claimed Currie's wicket to have them reeling at 303/9.
Their innings lasted three more overs with Saif Zaib (2/61) dismissing Louis Kimber.
In the previous match, Chahal had claimed 5/45 and 4/45 in Northants' 133-run win over Derbyshire.
Chahal's last outing for India
Yuzvendra Chahal was the part of T20 World Cup 2024 winning team but he was unable to feature in the whole tournament as Rohit Sharma & Co. featured with Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. He last played for India in the ODI series against New Zealand at Holkar Stadium in Indore where he picked up two wickets. Rohit Sharma-led team India are currently featuring in the two-Test match series against Bangladesh.
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