Team India's star leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is celebrating his 34th birthday today on 23 July. He celebrated his special day with his wife Dhanashree Verma. However, his cricket career has been full of ups and downs. The selectors kept moving him in and out of the team, but he never complained about it.
Yuzvendra Chahal is a government official
Chahal's cricket journey started at a young age. He got success after facing many struggles. Everyone knows that Yuzvendra Chahal is a cricketer but very few people know that he is also an inspector in the Income Tax Department.
Top five career records
Best bowling stats in T20Is
Yuzvendra Chahal has many records in T20I cricket. The most memorable record among them is of India's best bowling in T20 International. In the year 2017, the Indian team took 6 wickets for 25 runs against England.
Fastest Indian spinner to take 50 ODI wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal has become the fastest Indian spinner to take 50 wickets in ODIs. He achieved this feat in his 24th ODI match and broke Ajit Agarkar's record in the process.
Highest wicket-taker in a T20I series
Along with Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal is the only Indian bowler to take 14 wickets in a T20 International series. He made this record on 18 January 2019 against Australia.
Best bowling figures for India in ODIs
Yuzvendra Chahal took 6 wickets for 42 runs against Australia in the year 2019. During this, he became the bowler to achieve the second best bowling figures for India in ODIs.
First Indian spinner to take 6 wickets in T20I
Yuzvendra Chahal has created history by taking 6 wickets in T20I cricket. In 2017, Chahal took 6 wickets against England and became the first Indian spinner to take 6 wickets in T20 International.