Chahar picked up 13 wickets from 11 games in this edition of IPL for MI but was benched during the end-stage. Chahal, with 18 wickets in 15 games, was the second-highest wicket-taker in the RCB team.
Chahar is currently in Abu Dhabi training in the Mumbai Indians camp ahead of the second half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
Chahar, who has played three T20Is for India, was named in the ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series.
In an exclusive interview with India TV Cricket, Mumbai Indians bowler Rahul Chahar, talked about his IPL team and the impending limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka
The presence of India's Test stars in England for the five-match series starting August implies that BCCI will have to opt for a second-string side for the Sri Lanka series, offering the fringe players an opportunity to make their case for World T20.
Chahar bagged 11 wickets in seven matches to finish fourth in the wicket-takers' list in the tournament truncated due to Covid-19 pandemic.
The IPL 2021 just about provided enough - having reached the half-wark mark in the league stage with 29 completed games - to learn how India's T20 World Cup hopefuls fared in the competitions.
Mumbai Indians, who have a top-level pace battery, featuring the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult, are looking to use Chahar as a wicket-taking option.
Chahar has taken 11 wickets in nine games with a decent economy rate of 7.40.
A historic IPL 2020 match that went down to two nail-biting Super Overs to finally see KXIP get the better off MI with slimmest of margins.
CSK will be hoping for the timely recovery of Deepak, who played 34 matches for CSK in his IPL career and has an impressive record in T20 powerplays.
The game between Reliance 1 and Bank of Baroda saw Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya and Shikhar Dhawan returning to action.
With the T20I World Cup scheduled for next year, it was said that Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are facing tough competition to get a spot in the shortest format.
Rahul Chahar became the second player to make his T20I debut in the series against West Indies after Navdeep Saini.
While Deepak made his T20 debut for India last year against England in July, Rahul may get a chance to prove himself in the three-match T20I series against India.
Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a double-century while Rahul Chahar shined with the ball as India A defeated Sri Lanka A.
Top News
