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.
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Yuzvendra Chahal has equalled Ravichandran Ashwin for most wickets as Indian bowler.
Yuzvendra Chahal took a funny jibe at teammate Rohit Sharma after the latter interviewed Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav after the pink ball Test.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the third Indian to achieve the feat and 32nd overall.
Rohit Sharma feels Yuzvendra Chahal's ability to outthink the batsman is what makes him different from others.
Rohit Sharma also said that good timing, and not big muscles, is what is essential to hitting the kind of massive sixes that he strikes.
Yuzvendra Chahal (2/28) and Washington Sundar (1/25) played a big role in stemming the run flow after Bangladesh got off to a bright start by reaching 60 for no loss in seven overs.
Yuzvendra Chahal defended Rishabh Pant after his wicketkeeping blunder in the second T20I and also talked about how he prepared during his time outside the Indian team.
Such was Rohit's dominance during the 118-run opening stand that it managed to overshadow Shikhar Dhawan's (31 off 27 balls) wretched form.
India suffered a seven-wicket loss against a new-look Bangladesh in the opening match of the three-game T20I series in New Delhi on Sunday and Chahal insisted that the team will look to start afresh.
Shreyas then said that Dube hits the bigger sixes between the two. Chahal then asked Dube if his sixes are bigger than his own, which brought a laugh from the left-hander.
Chahal would be hoping to reclaim his place if he gets to play in India's first T20I against Bangladesh on Sunday. He sits on 46 wickets going into the game.
The 29-year-old leg-spinner is a regular in Team India's limited over set-up but he is yet to play a Test match in international cricket but he surely is keeping an eye on the ongoing series.
Netizens also lauded Rohit's effort, who was batting on 115 when bad light stopped play on the first day in Visakhapatnam.
Ganguly said that he is not concerned with India's results in the shortest format of the game going into the World T20 next year.
Chasing 240, Chahal walked into bat after Dhoni fell in the 49th over against New Zealand in the rain-affected semi-final which India lost by 18 runs.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have failed to find a place in India's T20I squad for two consecutive series against the West Indies and South Africa.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy kickstarts today as a number of Team India regulars, including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal will be in action.
Team India legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal engaged in a fun banter with teammate Rohit Sharma's wife on a picture she shared on the social media.
Aakash Chopra feels that if India decide to compromise on its wicket-taking ability, then they have to score more in T20Is.
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