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Background :

Yuzvendra Chahal, an Indian leg spin bowler who competes for the Indian cricket team in white ball cricket, was born on July 23, 1990. In addition, Yuzvendra Chahal now competes for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and Haryana in domestic cricket. Yuzvendra Chahal’s bowling style is right-arm leg break. Yuzvendra Chahal was the second player in T20I history to record a six-wicket haul and the first Indian. Yuzvendra Chahal was the first concussion replacement to be honoured as man of the match in a cricket match on a global scale. Yuzvendra Chahal had competed internationally for India as a chess player. Yuzvendra Chahal married Dhanashree Verma in the year 2020.

Career :

Yuzvendra Chahal, an Indian cricketer, made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in June 2016, where Yuzvendra Chahal took his first wicket in ODIs by dismissing Richmond Mutumbami. In the second match, Yuzvendra Chahal impressed with three wickets for 26 runs and played a key role in his team’s eight-wicket victory. Yuzvendra Chahal’s bowling performance earned him his first international man of the match award. Yuzvendra Chahal also made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe in the same tour and claimed his first T20I wicket by dismissing Malcolm Waller. Yuzvendra Chahal achieved a significant milestone on 1 February 2017, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is, finishing with figures of 6/25 against England. Yuzvendra Chahal also holds the record for the best bowling figures as a leg-spinner in T20I history. In 2017, Yuzvendra Chahal took the most wickets (23) in T20Is by any bowler. Yuzvendra Chahal’s impressive performances continued, and Yuzvendra Chahal became the first Indian bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in T20Is against England. On 18 January 2019, Yuzvendra Chahal achieved his second ODI five-wicket haul by taking 6/42 against Australia, which were the joint best figures by an Indian bowler against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). In April 2019, Yuzvendra Chahal was selected for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he ended with 12 wickets. Chahal reached the milestone of 50 wickets in T20Is for India during a match against Bangladesh in November 2019. Yuzvendra Chahal made history on 4 December 2020, as Yuzvendra Chahal replaced Ravindra Jadeja as a concussion substitute in the first T20I against Australia and was named the man of the match. This made Yuzvendra Chahal the first concussion substitute to win the man of the match award in an international cricket fixture. Yuzvendra Chahal was later excluded from the Indian squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup, which garnered significant attention and reactions. In February 2022, Yuzvendra Chahal achieved his 100th wicket in ODI cricket during the opening match against the West Indies.

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Mumbai Indians first acquired Yuzvendra Chahal in 2011. Yuzvendra Chahal played in every game of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 but only one IPL game throughout three seasons, a match against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 24. In the Final against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 for 9 in 3 overs, assisting Mumbai to hold onto their score of 139 and win the match. Yuzvendra Chahal was purchased by the Royal Challengers for his basic price of 10 lakh during the 2014 IPL player auction. Yuzvendra Chahal participated in all 14 league games during his first stint with RCB. Yuzvendra Chahal was nominated for the Emerging Player of the Year award despite having only 12 wickets overall; Yuzvendra Chahal ultimately lost to Axar Patel. Yuzvendra Chahal developed as a player over the course of the next two seasons, taking 44 wickets and becoming an essential part of the RCB machine. Yuzvendra Chahal surpassed Vinay Kumar in the 2018 tournament to take the most wickets for the Bangalore franchise.Prior to the 2018 auction, RCB only kept Kohli and AB de Villiers, but Chahal was acquired by the Bangalore franchise via the RTM (right to match) for INR 6 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals in February 2022 at the mega auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition. Yuzvendra Chahal recorded a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul against the Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match on April 18, 2022. During the inaugural game of the 2023 Indian Premier League against the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yuzvendra Chahal became the first Indian to record 300 wickets in T20s.