Indian ace spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been in his best form for Haryana in the opening encounter of the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT). Yuzvendra Chahal claimed a six-wicket haul to completely bamboozle Uttarakhand on Thursday. The right-arm spinner went on to scalp six wickets after giving just 26 runs in 10-over spell. With this feat, Yuzvendra Chahal also went past 200 wickets in List A cricket. Thanks to his efforts with the ball, Haryana bowled out Uttarakhand for just 207 in 47.4 overs in their opening match of the VHT.
Yuzvendra Chahal also scalped his fifth 5-wicket haul during the Haryana vs Uttarakhand Vijay Hazare Trophy match. To note, 121 of Chahal’s wickets in List-A format have come for team India. Chahal also recorded his second-best figures in the format in the VHT match on Thursday with his best figure being 6/24.
Chahal has also represented India in 80 T20Is as he has scalped 96 wickets at an average of 25.09. Despite such decent numbers in the 20-over format, the Haryana-born spinner was still ignored for the upcoming IND vs AUS T20 series.
No Chahal in IND vs AUS T20s
As stated above, Yuzvendra Chahal is not part of the upcoming IND vs AUS T20I series. The home team has opted for three spinners in the squad with Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel being named in the squad for the series. While Yuzvendra Chahal was ignored from the team, Kuldeep Yadav has been rested after the hectic World Cup.
Meanwhile, the first match of the IND vs AUS series will be played on November 23 (Tuesday). The series opener will be played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
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