Rahul Desraj Chahar (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He made his international debut for India in August 2019.[1]
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| Full name | Rahul Desraj Chahar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1999 Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Deepak Chahar (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only ODI (cap 237) | 23 July 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 81) | 6 August 2019 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 8 November 2021 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–present | Rajasthan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022--present | Punjab Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 December 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life and personal life
editRahul was born in Hindu Jat family to Desraj Singh Chahar and Usha Chahar. His paternal uncle, Lokendra Singh Chahar is his cricket coach who trained him and his cousin Deepak Chahar together. Rahul started playing cricket at the age of 8 years after watching his elder cousin brother Deepak Chahar. He started off as a fast bowler but later realised his actual talent was in spinning the ball. His cousin brother, Deepak is also an Indian international cricketer.[2][3][4] And his cousin Malti Chahar is a Bollywood actress. Rahul got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Ishani in 2019[5] & got married in March 2022.[6][7]
Domestic career
editRahul made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[8] He made his List A debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.[9]
In February 2017, Rahul was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiant team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs.[10] He made his Twenty20 cricket (T20) debut in the 2017 Indian Premier League on 8 April 2017.[11] In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.[12]
Rahul was the leading wicket-taker for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with twenty dismissals in nine matches.[13] In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[14]
In August 2019, Rahul was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[15][16] In February 2022, he was bought by the Punjab Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[17]
International career
editIn July 2019, Rahul was named for India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies.[18] He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 6 August 2019.[19] In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England.[20] The following month, he was added to India's squad ahead of the first Test.[21]
In June 2021, Rahul was named in India's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[22] He made his ODI debut on 23 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[23] In September 2021, Chahar was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[24]
References
edit- ^ "Rahul Chahar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy: After Deepak Chahar, 'doosra' in household as Rahul Chahar takes nine wickets". The Indian Express. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Big brother, little brother - The Chahars' India dream". Cricbuzz. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ Acharya, Shayan. "IPL 2019: A brotherly gathering". Sportstar. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Rahul Chahar gets engaged to long-time girlfriend". cricketcountry. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Rahul Chahar ties the knot with Ishani Johar in a grand wedding ceremony in Goa". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Rahul Chahar ties knot with fiance Ishani in destination wedding in Goa; pictures surface". SportsTiger. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group B: Rajasthan v Odisha at Patiala, Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C: Madhya Pradesh v Rajasthan at Chennai, Feb 25, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Indian Premier League, 4th match: Kings XI Punjab v Rising Pune Supergiant at Indore, Apr 8, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Rajasthan: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "MS Dhoni out of West Indies tour, Hardik Pandya rested". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "3rd T20I, India tour of United States of America and West Indies at Providence, Aug 6 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "India's squad for first two Tests against England announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Knee injury rules Axar Patel out of first England Test". Crickbuzz. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Colombo (RPS), Jul 23 2021, India tour of Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "India's T20 World Cup squad: R Ashwin picked, MS Dhoni mentor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
