Yuzvendra Chahal breaks Mohinder Amarnath's 39-year-old record at Lord's

Yuzvendra Chahal was India’s standout bowler in the second ODI against England at Lord’s on Thursday, returning 4/47 from 10 overs. The wrist-spinner now holds the best bowling returns by an Indian in ODIs at the Home of Cricket, bettering Mohinder Amarnath’s 3/12 in a Player of the Match performance in the 1983 World Cup final against Clive Lloyd’s West Indies.

Chahal created an impact quite early in his spell, castling Jonny Bairstow, who missed a slog-sweep when on 38. He then had Joe Root and Ben Stokes missing the conventional and reverse sweep-shots respectively, to trap them leg-before, as England stumbled from a strong 72/1 to 102/5.

Amarnath, the holder of the record until Thursday, had dismissed Jeff Dujon and Malcolm Marshall, before trapping Michael Holding leg-before to mark one of India’s most glorious moments in the sport on June 25, 1983. 

Ashish Nehra (3/26) and Harbhajan Singh (3/28) take the third and fourth spot, having set up a 23-run win for India during their 2004 visit under Sourav Ganguly.

Madan Lal’s 3/31 in the 1983 final, that included the major scalps of Desmond Haynes, Sir Vivian Richards and Larry Gomes rounds off the top-five.

As for the team’s latest outing, India were dented early in their run-chase of 247, with Reece Topley, David Willey and Brydon Carse combining to remove Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant to reduce them to 31/4 by the 12th over.

India were 73/4 from 20 overs at the time of writing, with Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya at the crease.

The visitors are leading the three-match series 1-0, following their dominant 10-wicket win at The Oval on Tuesday.