Yuzvendra Chahal is an Indian cricketer who mainly plays ODI and T20 matches. He is one of those players who soon strengthened his position in the national team. Shifting his career from chess to cricket, Yuzvendra became a devoted cricketer.
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Biography/Wiki
Yuzvendra Chahal was born on 23 July 1990 in Jind, Haryana, India. He started playing chess at the age of 7. However, he found it difficult to find sponsors, so he quit the game and focused on cricket. Initially he started playing cricket as a medium fast bowler but later turned into a leg spinner.
family
parents and siblings
Her father, KK Chahal is a lawyer and her mother, Sunita Devi is a homemaker.
Parents of Yuzvendra Chahal
He has two older sisters, both settled in Australia.
Yuzvendra Chahal with his sisters
Relationships, wife and children
On August 8, 2020, he got engaged to his girlfriend Danashri Verma on YouTube.
Yuzvendra Chahal with his wife Danashri Verma
Later, they got married on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
Wedding photo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Danashri Verma
Career
He played chess at the national level and participated in youth championships.
Yuzvendra Chahal is playing chess
After retiring from chess, he started playing cricket at the domestic level. He is the first player to represent India in both chess and cricket. Yuzvendra made his first-class debut in November 2009 against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. Since 2009, he has been playing for Haryana in Ranji Matches. In 2013, he started his IPL career playing for Mumbai Indians. In 2016, he was selected in the Indian cricket team’s 14-man squad to tour Zimbabwe. He made his international debut against Zimbabwe on 11 June 2016. He also made his T20 debut against the same team.
On 1 February 2017, against England, he became the first Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in a T20 match.
case/girl
Yuzvendra was reportedly in a relationship with Indian actress and model Tanishka Kapoor.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s rumored girlfriend Tanishka Kapoor
Salary / Net worth
He gets Rs 15 lakh for a Test match, Rs 6 lakh for an ODI match and Rs 3 lakh for a T20 match. In IPL 2014, RCB bought him at his base price of Rs 10 lakh. In IPL 2018, he was sold for Rs 6 crore.
Interesting facts
- Due to his thin body appearance, his friends called him “One Hadi (Bone)”.
- He represented India at the 2003 World Chess Cup in Greece with a career overall ranking of 1946.
- According to him, playing chess helps him to be more patient, control his temper and is able to read a batsman’s mind.
- Australian leg spinner Shane Warne is his idol.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Warne
- He was picked by Mumbai Indians in the initial 3 years of his IPL career but played only one match for them.
- He and Australian footballer Mitchell Starc are very good friends.
- His hobbies are playing chess, golf, traveling.
Yuzvendra Chahal is playing golf
Categories: Cricket
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