Yuzvendra Chahal is an emerging Indian cricketer and tremendously attacking leg- spinner. He is very much popular for his right-arm leg break googly. Along with an outstanding bowler, he is also a right-hand batsman. Mostly he puts the batsmen in his team in a fix with his amazing bowling expertise, exact hits, and skiddy bowling performances.
Yuzvendra Chahal is an extraordinary product of the era of Twenty20. A normal leg-spinner, who doesn’t turn the cricket ball a lot, Yuzvendra Chahal has more confidence in constant line and length to dismiss the batsmen. An earlier under-12 year’s World Chess championship contestant, Yuzvendra Chahal plays for his state Haryana in Ranji Trophy. He is the only sportsman in India, who got the opportunity to represent India in both chess and cricket. How amazing is that!! So, let’s know about Chahal, his biography, family, career, interesting facts, and many more…
Family:
Yuzvendra Chahal was born on 23rd July 1990 in a Hindu Family, Haryana. K K Chahal is his father, who is an advocate and Sunita Devi is his mother, who is a homemaker. Chahal has two elder sisters and both are settled in Australia. They belong to a middle class, Hindu caste; Jat family. Now, Chahal’s family lives in Patiala Chowk, Jind. In his childhood, Yuzvendra was very thin & skinny, that’s why his friends used to call him ‘single haddi’. Yuzi, Tilli are his nicknames.
Education Background:
As we are aware, each fan and supporter of Yuzvendra Chahal needs to know a lot of insights regarding Yuzvendra Chahal’s instruction, debut, realities, and so forth.
So, Let’s look at:
Yuzvendra Chahal completed his schooling in DAV Public School, Jind. He finished his education qualification by doing graduation. From Mahatma Gandhi College of Health Science, Haryana, he has done his graduation.
Early Life:
When Yuzvendra Chahal was only seven years old, he inclined towards chess and started playing chess. In his early days, he participated in numerous competitions, but couldn’t find any sponsors to go ahead with chess and choose as a career. In the year 2012, he had played chess in U-12 National Chess Championship. At the Chess World Cup, 2003, Yuzvendra Chahal represented India.
Along with playing chess, Yuzvendra Chahal also used to play cricket and when he couldn’t get any sponsor for chess, he decided to concentrate on cricket. His name is still listed on the official website of the World Chess Federation. Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record of being the only sportsperson of India to represent his country in both chess as well as cricket.
Career:
Along the Years
| Year | Age | Achievement |
| 2009-10 | 19 | Debut in Ranji Trophy for Haryana |
| 2011 | 20 | Debut in Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians |
| 2016 | 26 | One Day International Debut |
| 2016 | 26 | Twenty20I Debut |
Teams: Haryana, North Zone, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, India AT20, India A, India.
ODI career
Yuzvendra Chahal played his first One-day International match on 11th January 2016 at Harare Sports Club against the team of Zimbabwe. In his first match, he was able to take only 1 wicket, giving 27 runs in his 10 overs. In the second match, he bowled economically and took three wickets and helped India to win the match by 8 wickets. Till his 40 matches, he has already taken 71 wickets incorporating his two times five-wicket hauls at an economy rate of 4.8. On 18th January 2019, he claimed his best figure by taking 6 wickets for 42 runs against the team Australia.
IPL career
In the year, 2011, Yuzvendra Chahal initiated his career in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Mumbai Indians franchise. But, he was able to get only one match that year. However, after that, he had taken 2 wickets while giving only 9 runs in 3 overs in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. He achieved that in the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and helped his team Mumbai Indians to defend the total score of 139 runs and lift the champion title. It was the most memorable performance of Chahal in IPL. It was the Champions League only when he got so much name & fame and become so much popular. He helped the Mumbai Indians teams to win the title in the final match against RCB with a spell of 3-0-9-2, although in the next two years with Mumbai Indians, his dry run continued and he managed to play only in one match.
In the 2014 Indian Premier League auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Yuzvendra Chahal with his basic price of Rs. 10 lakh. After that in 2018 Indian Premier League auction, RCB again selected him but this time with a huge amount of Rs.6 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal is a top spinner for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he bowls outstandingly at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, their home ground. The stadium turned into batting heaven due to its short limits, which isn’t less than a bad dream for spinners. So far, Yuzvendra Chahal has played 84 IPL matches and managed to take 100 wickets at a brilliant economy of 7.78 and an average of 23.18.
T20I career
After a mesmerizing performance of Yuzvendra Chahal in the Indian Premier League (IPL), he was able to earn his Twenty20 international cap. On 18th June 2016, he played his first Twenty20 international match at Harare Sports Club against Zimbabwe. After a splendid performance in Zimbabwe, Chahal was incorporated in the Indian team against the team of England at home. In this match, he claimed six wickets for 25 runs, which is the second-best figure for a bowler in a Twenty20 tournament. For this action, Yuzvendra Chahal became the best leg-spinner in the history of Twent20 Internationals. In T20Is format, he was the top wicket-taker in the year 2017, in which he took 23 wickets. So far, Chahal has claimed 45 wickets in 29 games at an average rate of 19.93.
Yuzvendra Chahal – Chess
Cricket isn’t the only ability of Yuzvendra Chahal. At the World Chess Championship, he also represented India. Along with this tournament, Chahal also represented India in numerous age-group levels in chess. Also, he won the title of Under-12 champion in the year 2002 National Children’s chess. In the year 2013, he represented India in the Under-12 Asian Youth Championship category at Kozhikode. He was among the top 20 players and also the part of the Indian Under-16 chess team and played for India in the World Youth Championships, held in Greece. But after that, he couldn’t find any sponsors. With no other option, Chahal had to leave Chess and continued with cricket. Yuzvendra Chahal is also listed on the official website of the World Chess Federation.
Yuzvendra Chahal career statistics
ODI Debut
Zimbabwe v India on 11th June, 2016 at Harare Sports Club, Harare,
T20 Debut
Zimbabwe v India on 18th June, 2016 at Harare Sports Club
Records
- Maximum Twenty20 wickets in the year 2017 – 23
Awards and Achievements
- ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year (India) (6 wickets by conceding 25 vs the team of England)
- ICC Test team of the year
- ICC ODI Team of the year
Some lesser-known facts about Yuzvendra Chahal:
- Yuzvendra Chahal’s father Mr. K K Chahal named him after Yajuvindra Singh, who claimed the joint record of having 7 catches with the great Greg Chapell.
- The bowling idol of Yuzvendra Chahal is the Australian Cricketer Shane Warne.
- Even now, the name of Chahal is registered on the FIDE’s website or on the official website of the World Chess Federation.
- His first wicket in T20I and ODI were Malcolm Waller and Richmond Mutumbami respectively. In the respective formats, both the players were playing the role of the wicket-keeper batsman.
- He considered himself a shy person but he has his own channel called ‘Chahal TV’, where he usually takes interviews with his teammates.
- In the year 2017, when India played a T20 match against the team of England, Yuzvendra Chahal took 5 wickets haul and became the first Indian bowler to do so in a Twenty20 match. In that match, his figure was 6/25 in just 4 overs.
- In 2017, Chahal took the maximum T20 wickets, i.e. 23.
- He has joint with the bowling legend Ajit Agarkar of creating a history of best bowling figures (6/42) by any bowler of India against the team of Australia in Australia soil.
- The Duo Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are known as ‘Kulcha’.
- Chahal is a self-declared prankster. In an interview, when he asked to describe his personality, he says “I am a very funny type of person who likes to keep the environment around me light and comfortable. I am a complete child at heart, always ready to do a prank.”
- Chahal is a great movie lover and his dream date is the Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif. Once he said, “I like Katrina Kaif a lot, especially her smile, it feels like her beautiful smile appeals the most to me.”
- As per his consideration, the wicket of Kevin Pietersen, the captain of Delhi Daredevils is the most prized wicket.
- Apart from chess and cricket, Yuzvendra Chahal is also a football player. He supports Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid as his most favorite football player.
- Chahal represented India in the 2003 Chess World Cup with a career rating of 1946.
- He thinks that chess always helps him to have more control over his temper, more patient, and helps to read the mind of a batsman.
- Although Chahal was picked for the Mumbai Indians franchise in the starting 3 years of his career in IPL, he played just one game for them.
- He considers Australian cricketer Mitchell Strac as his very good friend.
- Playing chess, golf, and traveling to different places are his hobbies.
Annual Income Of Yuzvendra Chahal:
Let’s discuss Yuzvendra Chahal’s earnings per year
Yuzvendra Chahal earn:
- Rs 6 Lac in a single match of One Day International
- Rs 3 Lac in every match in Twenty20I
- Rs 15 Lac in every Test Match
- Rs 6 Cr minimum in every IPL season
So from the figure, you can realize the annual income of Yuzvendra Chahal, which is nearly Rs 8.3 Cr.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s Favourites :
Let’s know about Yuzvendra Chahal’s likes.
Yuzvendra Chahal hobbies: Playing chess, Travelling, Golf
Yuzvendra Chahal favorite actors: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Kumar
His favorite actresses: Katrina Kaif.
Favorite Cricketer: Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen,
Favorite Food: Butter Chicken, Rajma-Chawal
Favorite Color: Black
Yuzvendra Chahal Luxury New House as well as Cars Collection:
Now, Yuzvendra Chahal and his family live in Jind, Haryana, India.
Yuzvendra Chahal has luxurious BMW 3 Series cars.
Yuzvendra Chahal Controversy News:
- On Instagram, a 20-year-old girl, whose name is Niluni had uploaded her pictures in her story. Chahal found her image beautiful, so he replied to the picture “Nice one” and Niluni took a screenshot of that reply and wrote, “Why some of the cricketers that idk with 1Million of followers messaging me so randomly.” After reading that message, Chahal replied “Sorry, that message was sent by my friend,” He further said “Sorry” for that message.
Yuzvendra Chahal Contact Details:
Yuzvendra Chahal’s Social Profiles:
- Official Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/tossco9.yuzi23/
- Twitter Handle: https://twitter.com/yuzi_chahal
- Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/yuzi_chahal23/
