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Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal

Initially a chess player who represented India at junior national championships, Yuzvendra Chahal has now become one of the most bankable and impactful leg-spinners in international cricket. With his attacking leg-spin, Chahal has won matches for his teams singlehandedly. Even though he didn’t get early breakthroughs, he made the best out of the opportunity whenever he got one. During National Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2009, Chahal claimed 34 wickets to conclude as leading wicket-taker in the tournament. Despite being bought by Mumbai Indians for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2011, he didn’t get much chances to play with the league powerhouse camp. The Haryana spinner got the best of his career with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), for whom he ended up being the highest wicket-taker in 2015 and 2016. All this IPL success with RCB helped Chahal impress the team selectors and he made his international debut on June 11, 2016, playing Zimbabwe in an ODI match at Harare. Subsequent to this, he made his T20I debut on June 18 on the same venue.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Things look really bad now but we can turn our fortunes around: RCB skipper Virat Kohli
Cricket | Apr 03, 2019, 12:28 PM IST
The RCB fielders dropped a number of catches and Kohli said they can't afford to commit such mistakes if they want to finish on the winning side.
With just ten games in hand, we are running out of time: RCB bowling coach Ashish Nehra after fourth straight loss
Cricket | Apr 03, 2019, 11:26 AM IST
The former India left-arm pacer, however, said RCB will find its mojo if it wins a few close encounters.
RR vs RCB | Purple cap would have felt better if we won: Yuzvendra Chahal laments yet another defeat
Cricket | Apr 03, 2019, 11:28 AM IST
Asked if things are getting more and more difficult for RCB after their fourth loss of the season, Chahal said it was important to stay positive.

RCB vs MI: I felt like Stuart Broad when Yuvraj Singh hit me for a hat-trick of sixes, reveals Yuzvendra Chahal
Cricket | Mar 29, 2019, 11:21 AM IST
On September 19, 2007, in a World T20 match in Durban, Yuvraj had scripted a carnage by walloping six sixes off Broad in an over during a 16-ball 58.
I'm sitting out of the ODI team only due to 'perception': R Ashwin breaks his silence on World Cup 2019 chances
Cricket | Mar 16, 2019, 08:26 PM IST
Ashwin has not played limited overs cricket since 2017 West Indies tour.
MS Dhoni in the 'driving seat' before throwing a fancy dinner for Team India in Ranchi
Cricket | Mar 07, 2019, 02:57 PM IST
In the evening Dhoni and his wife Sakshi threw a dinner party for the team at their farmhouse in Jharkhand's capital.

Kuldeep Yadav plays down claims of replacing R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in limited-overs cricket
Cricket | Mar 04, 2019, 03:46 PM IST
The wrist spinner duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been regular feature in India's ODI format confining finger spinner R Ashwin to the sidelines and relegating Ravindra Jadeja as the third specialist spinner.
2nd T20I: Australia's first-ever T20I series win against India and other records which could break in Bengaluru
Cricket | Feb 26, 2019, 08:47 AM IST
Here are the records which are up for grabs during the 2nd T20I to be played on February 27
1st T20I: 'I told Finch that if anyone can win it for us, it would be Cummins': Glenn Maxwell after the tense win
Cricket | Feb 25, 2019, 01:52 PM IST
Maxwell rued that he could have finished the game and said he still has a lot of work to do to secure a ticket to the World Cup.

It's high time, Pakistan should be taught a lesson, says Yuzvendra Chahal
Cricket | Feb 20, 2019, 07:07 PM IST
India are scheduled to play Pakistan on June 16 in the upcoming World Cup and the 28-year-old leg-spinner said it is for the BCCI to decide if India should boycott playing the arch-rivals in the tournament.
Finger spinners need to reinvent to remain relevant in ODIs: Harbhajan Singh
Cricket | Feb 05, 2019, 06:40 PM IST
Wrist spinners Kuldeep and Chahal have become India's preferred choices in the shorter formats over the last 18 months, while Jadeja and R Ashwin have gone down in the pecking order.
Yuzvendra Chahal breaks into top five among bowlers in ICC ODI rankings
Cricket | Feb 04, 2019, 04:14 PM IST
Chahal moved up one place to claim the fifth spot, while teammate Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped six places to attain the 17th spot.

ICC ODI rankings: India consolidate 2nd spot, New Zealand slip to fourth; Dhoni, Kedar, Boult move up
Cricket | Feb 04, 2019, 06:44 PM IST
In team Rankings, New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place.
India vs New Zealand: Rayudu, Pandya and Chahal help India seal 4-1 series win over Black Caps
Cricket | Feb 03, 2019, 04:53 PM IST
Ambati Rayudu scored 90 while Hardik Pandya smashed a 22-ball 45 and took two wickets as India beat New Zealand by 35 runs to take the five-match series 4-1.
Sachin Tendulkar lauds Team India's historic win over New Zealand, heaps praise on Kuldeep, Chahal
Cricket | Jan 27, 2019, 11:02 AM IST
It was a historic win for India as they claimed their biggest ever win on New Zealand soil and won their first ever match on Republic Day.

WATCH! Kuldeep Yadav opens up on bonding with spin-partner Yuzvendra on 'Chahal TV'
Cricket | Jan 23, 2019, 08:53 PM IST
Mohammed Shami was named 'Man of the Match' for his 3/19, but it was the two spinners that ripped through the New Zealand line-up in the 1st ODI in Napier.
Exclusive | Hats off to Virat Kohli for not abandoning MS Dhoni in the recent past: Sourav Ganguly
Cricket | Jan 21, 2019, 12:31 PM IST
Dada said that Dhoni's batting in Australia is really good news for the Indian team with the all-important World Cup to follow.
India vs Australia: Virat Kohli's side achieves historic feat in a tour of firsts
Cricket | Jan 18, 2019, 10:34 PM IST
India became the first visiting team to win a bilateral series across all the formats against Australia in Australia.
3rd ODI: Sachin Tendulkar in awe of India's 'trump card' Yuzvendra Chahal
Cricket | Jan 18, 2019, 02:13 PM IST
Tendulkar took to Twitter to laud Chahal for his outstanding performance, calling him India's 'trump card'. Take a look at what the Master Blaster had to say.
India vs Australia, 3rd ODI: Yuzvendra Chahal surpasses legends with magical spell at MCG
Cricket | Jan 18, 2019, 01:05 PM IST
Besides setting his own career best, he also now has the best figure of an Indian in Australia, overtaking players such as Ajit Agarkar and Ravi Shastri.