County Championship | Rahul Chahar’s 10-wicket haul spoils show for Hamphire as they lose despite first innings lead

Chahar was representing the Surrey County Cricket Club, which was led by English opener Rory Burns. The first innings of the match was disappointing for the Brown caps, who were bowled out for 147, and Hampshire managed to get a 101-run lead as they ended the innings on a score of 248. Though Chahar managed to get a couple of wickets in the innings, he had a slightly expensive outing with an economy of 3.24. While it seemed like the game was going Hampshire's way, a half-century from Ralphie Albert and three 40-run cameos from Burns, Dom Sibley, Ben Foakes, and Dan Lawrence ensured that their team got a sliver of hope and gave Hampshire a target of 181.

There was a moment in the game where Hampshire was running away with the game, with the openers putting on 61 runs for the first wicket. However, Chahar singlehandedly took the game away from them and ended with figures of 8/51 in the second innings. With Chahar’s eight-wicket haul and Lawrence contributing with a couple of wickets, Hampshire were bowled out for 160, and Surrey won the game by 20 runs.