Piyush Chawla

Piyush Chawla (pronunciation ; born 24 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India national cricket team. He has also played for the India under-19 team and the Central Zone. He is seen as a leg-spinning all-rounder in domestic cricket. He spent his childhood in Moradabad, and learnt early essentials of cricket at Sonakpur Stadium under the guidance of his first coach Mr Badhruddeen, who has also coached Indian National cricketer Mohammad Shami, and young talents like Shiva Singh(India U-19) and Aryan Juyal(India U-19). Piyush Chawla completed his schooling at Wilsonia College.

Piyush Chawla

Chawla during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Piyush Chawla
Born	24 December 1988 Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India (2006–2012)
Test debut (cap 255)	9 March 2006 v England
Last Test	13 December 2012 v England
ODI debut (cap 167)	12 May 2007 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	9 March 2011 v Netherlands
ODI shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	Gujarat
2008–2013	Kings XI Punjab
2008–2013	Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team (squad no. 11)
2009	Sussex
2013	Somerset
2014–2019	Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 11)
2020	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 3 25 131 131 Runs scored 6 38 5370 1,571 Batting average 2.00 5.42 31.96 21.52 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 6/36 0/8 Top score 4 13* 156 93 Balls bowled 492 1,312 26122 6487 Wickets 7 32 438 208 Bowling average 38.57 34.90 32.63 25.78 5 wickets in innings 0 0 20 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0 Best bowling 4/69 4/23 6/46 6/46 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 58/– 36/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 April 2016

Career

He first played for India U-19 against the England U-19 team in 2004–05, claiming 13 wickets from two Under-19 Tests at a bowling average of just above 12. He also played in the 2005–06 home series against Australia U-19, where they won the five-match limited overs series 4–1, taking eight wickets.

In the 2005–06 Challenger Trophy, Chawla was selected to play for India B. Although he only bowled three of a possible ten overs in the first match of the series, conceding 21, he picked up two wickets in the next match against India A, and as India B reached the final against the Seniors, he took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar – bowled with a googly – in an effort described by Cricinfo as "impressive". He also dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to end with three for 49, but the Seniors still won by three wickets. Two weeks later, he made his first class debut for Central Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, and scored 60 in a 92-run eighth-wicket stand with Harvinder Singh. He also finished with match bowling figures of 27.2–3–100–6, admittedly only getting one of the top five batsman once. He has been known by Kiran More since the age of 15 and at only 17 has potentially got a great cricketing future in front of him. He proved himself again when he took 4 wickets in 8 overs conceding only 8 runs in the U-19 World Cup final of 2006. He also made 25 (n.o.) runs.

Chawla at fielding practice

This resulted in his selection in the Indian Test squad for the first Test against England in Nagpur, in March 2006, and was selected for his debut in the second Test against England in Mohali, making him the second youngest Test debutant for India after Sachin Tendulkar. It was in this Test that he claimed his sole wicket of Andrew Flintoff (0/45 from 9 overs, and 1/8 from 5.1 overs).

He played his first ODI with India on 12 May 2007, against Bangladesh. His debut was highly successful, with him taking 3 wickets. In the second ODI with Ireland, he was equally impressive with three wickets.

He returned to test after two years in April 2008 against South Africa, where he took 2/66 (wickets of opener Neil McKenzie and AB de Villiers), but bowled only four wicketless overs in the second innings.

In 2009, Chawla signed for Sussex County Cricket Club for a month, as cover for Yasir Arafat who was with Pakistan. In his first County Championship match against Worcestershire, he took a total of 8 wickets in the match, and came in at number 9 in the first innings, and scored 102* from only 86 balls.

Chawla was selected for 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies. He was also a member of the ICC Cricket World Cup-winning Indian squad in 2011.

He returned to play his third Test, after 4 years, against England at Nagpur in December 2012, where the hosts had fielded four spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, debutant Ravindra Jadeja and Chawla. Chawla took 4/69 in the 1st innings. Chawla returned to English county cricket in August 2013 when he joined Somerset as their overseas player for the last five weeks of the season.[2]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Gujarat in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 32 dismissals in six matches.[3] He was also the leading wicket-taker for Gujarat in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches.[4]

IPL career

Chawla played in the IPL for the Kings XI Punjab team from 2008 to 2013. He has had a successful time at Punjab. After IPL 4 he had taken 57 in 55 matches and only 5 players had better record at the time. He was sold for US$900,000 to KXIP in 4th Edition of IPL.

On 12 February 2014, Chawla was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 425 lac in IPL 7 auction. In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[5] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[6]

References

1. "Player profile: Piyush Chawla". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. "Somerset include Chawla in Edgbaston squad". Somerset County Cricket Club. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
3. "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Gujarat batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
4. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Gujarat: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
5. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
6. "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

External links

• Piyush Chawla at ESPNcricinfo