Out of favour leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is about to function for Haryana within the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy following his non-selection within the Indian group for the five-match T20I series against Australia. Chahal will bolster Haryana’s squad which is studded with IPL (Indian Premier League) stars like Harshal Patel and Rahul Tewatia amongst others.
The non-selection of the 33-year-old leggie got here throughout as a shock to many however a mean outing within the not too long ago held Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy may need value him a spot within the facet. Chahal represented Haryana within the premier T20 event however bagged simply 11 wickets in seven video games at an financial system charge of 5.82.
Seven out of these 11 wickets got here against Mizoram and Meghalaya and he could not seize sufficient wickets whereas taking part in against sides like Mumbai, Hyderabad and Baroda. However, the spin wizard was at his miserly finest in these video games and proved extraordinarily troublesome to attain against.
Chahal took to the social media platform ‘X’ previously Twitter to share an image of him along with his teammates on the eve of Haryana’s marketing campaign opener to be performed against Uttarakhand on the ADSA Railways Cricket Ground in Ahmedabad.
Notably, Chahal is India’s main wicket-taker within the shortest format of the game. He has bagged a complete of 96 scalps in 80 T20I matches for the Men in Blue at a mean of 25.09. Though he has proved a bit costly and conceded runs at an financial system charge of 8.19, his potential to take large wickets at essential junctures has helped India win quite a few video games.
With the Indian selectors giving the younger leggie Ravi Bishnoi a possibility within the series against Australia, Chahal want to put just a few stellar performances on exhibition within the Vijay Hazare Trophy to regain the belief of the choice panel.