Born on July 23, 1990, Yuzvendra Chahal is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He is a leg break bowler and a utility lower-order batsman. He also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He got the Man of the Match award against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2014. He was the part of Indian Under-16 Chess team. He is the only player to represent India in Chess and Cricket. His name is listed in FIDE’s official site.
In 14 First Class Matches, Chahal has taken 26 wickets with a bowling average of 26.28, with best figures of 4/22, while in 17 List A matches, he has taken 21 wickets with a bowling average of 20.611, with 6/24 as his best figures and in 36 T20 matches, Chahal has taken 30 wickets with a bowling average of 16.66 and the best figures of 3/11. He is tipped to be among the best emerging cricketers of the Country. In 11 First Class matches, Chahal has scored 114 runs, with 38 runs as his highest score. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL-7. He mainly came into limelight when he earned man of the match in the ongoing IPL. He is also featuring himself in top wicket takers in the League.
Experts believe that if he keeps on going the way he is presently performing, ther is no way that he can’t get the national selectors nod to represent the county at the highest level.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who bagged man of the match award in an IPL match between Delhi Daredivils and Mumbai Indians on April 23, 2015?
2. For which team Venu Gopal Rao played in IPL-7?
3. Name the team that defeated JKP Tigers in their second match of the PPCPL?
4. Who is the president of J&K Olympic Association (JKOA)?
5. Who is Shahid Parvez?
Answers of the last week:
1. Ashish Nehra 2. RCB 3. Kashmir Steel Warriors 4. Dr SM Bali 5. Former Indian Test Cricketer and J&K Ranji Trophy team coach.
The best entry of this week was received from Ramesh Singh, Vijaypur, Samba.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu; Puneet Kumar, New Plots, Jammu; Sanjay Pardhan, Bahu Fort, Jammu; Sunil Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Jammu; Rampal, Mishriwala, Jammua and Chetan Bhat, Anand Nagar, Bohri, Jammu.