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Out of style With a strong County tenure, India’s spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has demonstrated his abilities in the game’s longest format. Chahal, who was playing for Northamptonshire, took just one wicket in the first two matches before mounting an incredible resistance.
In the next two games, the leg-spinner struck out eighteen batters, with a career-best inning total of 5/45. Chahal has not yet made his Test debut, despite being an established match-winner for India in white-ball cricket. He stated that he wished to make his case for India’s next Test series in England the following year after his outstanding performance in that country.
India are set to play a five-match Test series in England in June-July next year.
“County cricket is tough cricket. It gave me an opportunity to showcase my skills against a very good standard of cricket. With India touring England next year, I wanted to show how good I am,” Chahal told Times of India.
Notably, Chahal was a member of the Indian squad that won the 2024 T20 World Cup. He also played a part in captain Rohit Sharma’s well-known and unusual walk to the stage to accept the trophy, which went viral on social media.
In an interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rohit disclosed that Kuldeep Yadav and Chahal, the spin combination, had proposed the unusual stroll as a way to immortalise the occasion.
When PM Modi mentioned Rohit’s distinctive walk saying, “I noticed two extreme things in which I could see emotion. When you are going to collect the trophy…”
To this, Rohit added, “It was such a huge moment for all of us. We all have been waiting for this for years. So, the boys told me ‘Don’t go just like that, do something different’.”
The Prime Minister jokingly asked, “Was it Chahal’s idea?”. Rohit replied “Chahal and Kuldeep” with a laugh around the room.