After sitting out in the ODIS, Chahal makes chance count

The leg-spinner shows his value by taking two wickets in the opening T20I

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NEW DELHI: Yuzvendra Chahal has spent the past week soaking in the idyllic surroundings of the Caribbean. Despite being in the squad for the three one-dayers that India won 2-1, Chahal simply bided his time on the sidelines with Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel being the spinners preferred.

The start of the T20I series at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, rightly paved the way for Chahal's inclusion. The 33-year-old leg-spinner is a certified T20 great-his tally of 187 wickets in 145 matches is the most by a bowler in the IPL.

And he immediately stamped his imprint on the first T20I on Thursday as West Indies finished on 149/6 after opting to bat. Handed the ball by skipper Hardik Pandya in the fifth over of the innings after openers Brandon King and Kyle Mayers took the hosts to 29/0, the wily leggie trapped the latter off his very first delivery.