Initially a chess player who represented India at junior national championships, Yuzvendra Chahal has now become one of the most bankable and impactful leg-spinners in international cricket. With his attacking leg-spin, Chahal has won matches for his teams singlehandedly. Even though he didn’t get early breakthroughs, he made the best out of the opportunity whenever he got one. During National Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2009, Chahal claimed 34 wickets to conclude as leading wicket-taker in the tournament. Despite being bought by Mumbai Indians for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2011, he didn’t get much chances to play with the league powerhouse camp. The Haryana spinner got the best of his career with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), for whom he ended up being the highest wicket-taker in 2015 and 2016. All this IPL success with RCB helped Chahal impress the team selectors and he made his international debut on June 11, 2016, playing Zimbabwe in an ODI match at Harare. Subsequent to this, he made his T20I debut on June 18 on the same venue.
Read MoreThis definitely came as a surprise even to his fans given that he has so far managed just 49 runs in 52 ODIs for India while scoring five runs in 42 T20Is.
While the quarantine period has been hard for sportspersons across the globe, Chahal has made the most of the time to become an internet sensation with his hilarious TikTok videos.
Ashwin (365 wickets from 71 games), Lyon (390 wickets in 96 Tests) and Pakistan's leg-break bowler Yasir Shah (213 wickets in 39 Tests) have won innumerable games for their countries in longest formats only to be found wanting in ODIs and T20s.
Ahmed also feels the likes of Chahal and Kuldeep have benefitted immensely from former captain MS Dhoni's advice from behind the stumps.
The picture made fans emotional as they filled the comment section with replies conveying that they miss the former Indian cricketer.
Chahal however did keep his teammates Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at the top of the list while not specifying the positions.
Chahal, a former national under-12 champion, participated in the fund-raiser. He had taken part in an online blitz event on April 5.
During a live session on Instagram, Gayle told Chahal that he is very annoying on social media and he is going to block him for his Tik Tok videos.
Indian captain Virat Kohli in a live chat with his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and South African batting great AB de Villiers on Instagram asked the latter to check out Chahal's TikTok.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Suresh Raina couldn't stop praising AB de Villiers, saying that the love for him in India makes it feel like he was born in this country.
Earlier in the evening, Anushka shared a video on Instagram wherein she portrayed the role of an enthusiastic fan and called out Kohli asking him to hit a six.
Chahal admitted that his complaint now is the lack of cricket, whereas earlier it was that the players were getting little down time between matches and series.
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal returned with 'Chahal TV' on Tuesday.
Yuzvendra Chahal, known for his witty style on social media, once again brought his hilarious side to the fore as he trolled IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.
A former national Under-12 chess champion, India cricketer Chahal has the distinction of having represented the country at the World Youth Chess Championships, and is listed on the World Chess Federation (FIDE) website.
Cricketers have been making do with interacting with fans and with each other on social media with almost all professional matches coming to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday trolled teammate Yuzvendra Chahal during their Instagram live last evening over the latter's question on Mumbai Indians.
Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shared a Tik-Tok video on Thursday which turned into a meme fest on Twitter.
Hardik Pandya last played an ODI against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final in Manchester and his last international game was a T20 against the Proteas in Bengaluru in September last year.
South Africa has been the better side in the contest between the two nations. At least that is what numbers reveal.
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