Yuzvendra Chahal career and achievements
Yuzvendra Chahal is an Indian cricketer and attacking leg spinner, who is well known for his right-arm leg break googly. He is also a right-hand batsman. He often puts the batsmen in a fix with his commendable bowling skills, accurate hits, and skiddy bowling action. Here is the detailed account of Yuzvendra Chahal career and achievements:
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- Chahal was born on 23rd July 1990 in Jind, Haryana and plays for Indian national side and for Haryana in domestic leagues.
- He is also a former chess player and has represented India in chess at various levels internationally.
- In fact, he was part of the Under-16 Indian chess team and has represented India in chess along with cricket. He is the only player to have represented the nation in both the sports.
- Yuzvendra Chahal (in 2019) along with Ajantha Mendis (in 2003-04), are the only two players in the history to have taken a 6 wicket haul in the T20I.
- 2017 ended pretty well for Chahal as he was the leading wicket-taker taking 23 wickets in 11 matches in the world.
- When it comes to bowling and baffling batsmen, Chahal likes to lure batsmen with his throw hence also called leg break bowler.
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Yuzvendra Chahal career and achievements:
IPL:
- He came into the limelight during the IPL 2011, when he helped MI win the IPL title against RCB with 2 wickets for 9 runs in 3 overs. He was later picked up by the RCB in IPL 2014.
- He also went onto win the Man of the Match award against Delhi Daredevils in the 2014 edition of IPL.
- As of IPL 2019, he is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, after he represented Mumbai Indians for three years.
ODIs:
- He became the first Indian player to take 5 wickets against England in the T20I and gradually reached the figures of 6/25 in 4 overs in 2017.
- He finished with 3 wickets and scored 25 runs helping India win against Zimbabwe and won the Man of the Match award in his second ODI.
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Here are some of the cricketing statistics of Yuzvendra Chahal*:
Bowling averages
Batting and fielding averages
Career statistics
Recent matches
*source: ESPN Cricinfo
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