Rahul Chahar

Rahul Desraj Chahar (born 4 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in the domestic circuit . He made his international debut for the India cricket team in August 2019 against West Indies.[1]

Rahul Chahar
Personal information
Full nameRahul Desraj Chahar
Born (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999
Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break googly
RoleBowler
RelationsDeepak Chahar (cousin)
International information
National side
Only T20I (cap 81)6 August 2019 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016/17–presentRajasthan
2017Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 1)
2018 – presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 1)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 14 24
Runs scored 336 136
Batting average 12.40 11.33
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 84 30
Balls bowled 2,792 1,262
Wickets 63 42
Bowling average 26.44 24.52
5 wickets in innings 5 1
10 wickets in match 6 0
Best bowling 5/59 5/29
Catches/stumpings 4/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 August 2019

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[2] He made his List A debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.[3]

In February 2017, he was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiant team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs.[4] He made his Twenty20 cricket (T20) debut in the 2017 Indian Premier League on 8 April 2017.[5] In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.[6]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with twenty dismissals in nine matches.[7] In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[8] He won the Dream 11 Game changer award in the IPL 2019 after his outstanding performance.

In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[9][10]

International career

In July 2019, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies.[11] He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 6 August 2019.[12] In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England.[13] The following month, he was added to India's squad ahead of the first Test.[14]

References
  1. "Rahul Chahar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, Group B: Rajasthan v Odisha at Patiala, Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C: Madhya Pradesh v Rajasthan at Chennai, Feb 25, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. "Indian Premier League, 4th match: Kings XI Punjab v Rising Pune Supergiant at Indore, Apr 8, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Rajasthan: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  9. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  10. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. "MS Dhoni out of West Indies tour, Hardik Pandya rested". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. "3rd T20I, India tour of United States of America and West Indies at Providence, Aug 6 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. "India's squad for first two Tests against England announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  14. "Knee injury rules Axar Patel out of first England Test". Crickbuzz. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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