Top 5 Bowling performances by India bowlers in T20Is

2. Deepak Chahar: 6-7 in the final against Bangladesh

The best-ever figures in the T20 internationals is held by Deepak Chahar. Bangladesh were touring India and it was the third and final T20 match between the two nation. Chasing 176 to win the series, Bangladesh were cruising at 110-2 in 12 overs and looked on course to shock the hosts. But then came Chahar. The 27-year-old Chennai Super Kings seamer ripped through visitors’ batting line-up to end the match with 6-7 in just 3.2 overs, including a first-ever T20 hat-trick.

1. Irfan Pathan and RP Singh vs Pakistan: T20 World Cup Final 2007

We have a tie here. Chahar’s best-ever figures could easily be ranked-1 in this list, but the stakes of the 2007 T20 World Cup final makes Irfan Pathan and RP Singh‘s contribution as the most telling one by any Indian bowler in the T20s. And not to mention it was against Pakistan.
When Imran Nazir went ballistic and hit Srisanth all over the park, Singh controlled things at the other end. He ended with 3-26 in four overs.
While Irfan Pathan was a sort of “containing bowler” for India in 2007 T20 World Cup. He was the most economical bowler for Dhoni and India in the final with 3-16 in four overs, sending captain Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and Yasir Arafat to the pavilion.