Yuzvendra Chahal is a well-known Indian cricketer and a former chess player. He has represented India internationally in Cricket and chess.
The talented cricketer is a leg-break bowler and has taken some great wickets in international Cricket and IPL. He has been impressive in the shortest format as well as the ODIs. With his current form, he will surely make it big in international Cricket. Here are a few facts about the right-arm leg spinner.
- Yuzvendra Chahal is listed on the official site of FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs/World Chess Federation). He is the only player representing India in chess and Cricket.
- According to Chahal, chess helped him tremendously in maintaining the temperament and reading the mind to execute a plan on a cricket field.
- Chahal started as a medium pacer but eventually shifted his focus to leg spin and has since become a master of the craft.
- He shot to the limelight and attracted attention when he took 34 wickets in the National Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2009, ending the tournament as its leading wicket-taker.
- Chahal made his first-class debut for Haryana in 2009 against Indore.
- Yuzvendra Chahal made his IPL debut with Mumbai Indians in 2011.
- An avid movie buff, Chahal’s dream date is Katrina Kaif.
- Apart from Cricket and chess, Chahal is a fan of soccer. He supports Real Madrid, and Cristiano Ronaldo is his favorite footballer.
- On February 1, 2017, Chahal became the first Indian bowler to have claimed a five-wicket haul in T20 Internationals in the third T20 against England.
- He is a confessed prankster.
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