Ahmedabad: India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Thursday took a six-wicket haul against Uttarakhand during the Vijay Hazare Trophy after his exclusion from the T20I squad for a five-match series against Australia. Yuzvendra Chahal claimed six wickets conceding 26 runs in 10 overs for Haryana against Uttarakhand in the 50-over domestic tournament. With this stupendous performance, Chahal also completed 200 List A wickets with his fourth wicket in the innings, dismissing Akhil Rawat.
After India’s shocking defeat against Australia in the ICC World Cup 2023 final, all eyes are on the upcoming ICC T20I World Cup to be played in the West Indies and USA in June next year. As expected, the Board for Control of Cricket in India did not pick many senior players in the 15-member squad for the upcoming five T20I series against Australia, which began on November 23.
The exclusion of the leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was quite shocking for him and his fans. However, Yuzvendra Chahal hasn't performed up to the expectations since the T20I World Cup 2022 in Australia. Chahal has been quite expensive with the ball and managed to pick only 11 wickets in 11 matches with an average of 28.54 at an economy of 8.72.
In India's five-match T20I series against West Indies, Chahal struggled to pick wickets and took only five scalps, leaking the runs at an economy of 9.05.
Notably, Chahal was picked for the T20I World Cup in Australia, but was on the bench throughout the tournament where India suffered a lop-sided 10 wickets defeat against defending champions England in the semi-final of the ICC T20I World Cup 2022.
In 2021, he missed out on the opportunity to play in his first T20I World Cup after being ignored by the selectors and mystery spinner Varun Chakravorty, who was yet to make a debut for the national side preferred over him.