New Delhi: Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal made a brilliant debut for Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the One Day Cup, a 50-over domestic white-ball tournament in England. Chahal took five wickets and bowled five maidens in his 10 overs spell.
Chahal decimated Kent’s batting line-up to bundle them out for 82 runs in 35.1 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal bowled with great discipline and got the wicket of Jaydn Denly and Beyers Swanepoel on LBW. After that Chahal dismissed middle-order batter Ekansh Singh while Grant Stewart and Nathan Gilchrist were caught.
Chasing the target of 83 runs, the visitors got the job done easily in just 14 overs. Northamptonshire lost their last six matches and failed to book the quarterfinal berth. They finished eighth in the nine-team Group A.
After the One-Day Cup match, Chahal will also play five matches in the County Championship Division Two for Northamptonshire. The club announced the signing of Chahal just a few hours before their match against Kent. He joined Prithvi Shaw at the club. The Indian opener is in great form and has scored 344 runs in eight matches. Ajinkya Rahane is also playing for Leicestershire in the one-day cup.
Chahal is aiming to make a comeback in the Indian Cricket team as he was ignored for the Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka series. He was part of the T20 World Cup 2024 winning team but didn’t get a chance to play any match.
Yuzvendra Chahal: 10-5-14-5
A magnificent Northamptonshire debut from the Indian leg-spinner. In his last eight overs his figures were 8-5-4-5!
Watch every ball of his unplayable debut spell here. pic.twitter.com/kP6GLh02Wp
— Metro Bank One Day Cup (@onedaycup) August 14, 2024
Chahal not picked for Duleep Trophy
Chahal is not part of any of the four squads for the first round of the Duleep Trophy, which will start India’s domestic red-ball season. The Duleep Trophy will begin on September 5 in Anantapur and M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Shumban Gill (Team A), Abhimanyu Easwaran (Team B), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Team C) and Shreyas Iyer (Team D) have been named as the skippers of the four teams.
Yuzvendra Chahal made a sensational debut for Northamptonshire and took five wickets against Kent in the one-day cup. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
