Unwarranted Record! Yuzvendra Chahal Registers Costliest ODI Bowling Figures By An Indian Spinner In ODI

India vs Australia: On Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australian batsmen smashed Chahal for 5 fours and as many sixes in his 10 overs. Apart from this, he also bowled 3 wides and a no-ball. This is the third time Chahal has given 80 or more runs in an innings.

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Indian cricket team's star leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has registered an unwarranted record to his name during the first ODI between India and Australia in the Sydney Cricket Ground. Chahal has now become the Indian spinner to concede most runs in an One-Day-International.

Ind vs Aus: Yuzvendra Chahal becomes the Indian spinner to concede most runs in an ODI

In this list, only Vinay Kumar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are ahead of Chahal. The young leggie was hammered for 89 runs during his 10-over quota against Australia.

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Before this, the very same was earlier too held by Chahal himself as in 2019, he had become the Indian spinner to concede most runs in an ODI. He then broke Piyush Chawla's record. Chahal had conceded 88 runs in his 10 overs in an ODI against England in 2019. While Chawal had conceded 85 runs in 2008 against Pakistan at the Dhaka cricket stadium.

On Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australian batsmen smashed Chahal for 5 fours and as many sixes in his 10 overs. Apart from this, he also bowled 3 wides and a no-ball. This is the third time Chahal has given 80 or more runs in an innings.

Which bowler holds the record for conceding most runs by an Indian bowler in ODIs

Team India's star seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the record of conceding the most runs in an ODI innings for India. In 2015, he gave away 106 runs against South Africa at Mumbai. After this, Vinay Kumar's name is the next in the list and he holds the second spot. In 2013, he conceded 102 runs in his 10 overs against Australia.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's name is also at number three in this list. In 2017, he gave 92 runs in 10 overs against New Zealand at Kanpur ground. Now in this list, Yuzvendra Chahal has come at number four. While Chahal also occupies the number five.

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The record of conceding the most runs in an innings is named after Australian fast bowler Mick Lewis. He gave away 113 runs in 10 overs he bowled against South Africa in the year 2006.

Lewis did not play for Australia again after that. Pakistan's Wahab Riaz is the second in this list. He gave 110 runs against England. Afghanistan's Rashid Khan is at number three with 110 runs.

India vs Australia 2020: Australia beat India by 66 runs in Sydney, take 1-0 lead in 3-match series

Australia has defeated India by 66 runs in the first One-Day-International at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. With this victory, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Batting first, Australia set a mammoth target of 375 runs for victory in front of India.

In response, Team India could score only 308 runs. Hardik Pandya played the highest innings of 90 runs for India. Opener Shikhar Dhawan also played a brilliant innings of 74 runs. The second match of the series will now be played in Sydney on Sunday.