Yuzvendra Chahal, who celebrates his birthday on 23rd July, is one of the top leg-spinners in the world currently. His exploits in domestic cricket and IPL have made him the first-choice spinner in the Indian cricket team. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
1) Chahal was born in Jind, Haryana in 1990. His father, KK Chahal, is an advocate. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
2) Yuzvendra Chahal represented India at the World Youth Chess Championship in Greece. He was crowned as the Under-12 champion in the 2002 National Children’s chess. Chahal represented India in the Asian Youth Championship (Under 12 category) at Kozhikode. He is listed on World Chess Federation's official site. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
3) Chahal had to quit Chess as he couldn't find any sponsor for him. He needed Rs 50 Lakhs to make a career. He now plays Chess, but only as a hobby. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
4) The leg-spinner came into the limelight when he became the highest wicket-taker in the National Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2009. He took 34 wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
5) On 1 February 2017, Chahal became the first bowler for India to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is, ending with figures of 6\/25 against England. He was also the first leg-spinner to pick up a fifer as well as 6 wicket haul in a T20I and recorded the best bowling figures by a leg-spinner in T20I history. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
6) Yuzvendra Chahal was the first concussion substitute to win a man of the match in international cricket. It was against Australia in a T20I match in 2020, when Ravindra Jadeja got injured in the first innings. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
7) In 55 ODIs, Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 94 wickets, while in 48 T20Is, he has 62 scalps. His wicket column in 31 first-class matches read 84. Chahal has taken 150 wickets in 102 List-A matches. <\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/07\/yuzvendra-chahal-interesting-facts-trivia-and-records.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for Yuzvendra Chahal - Interesting Facts, Trivia, And Records About 'Tilli'", "alt_title": "Yuzvendra Chahal", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Happy Birthday Yuzvendra Chahal - Interesting Facts, Trivia, And Records About 'Tilli' On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Some interesting facts, trivia, and records about Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, who celebrates his birthday today. ", "seo_keywords": "Today Cricketer Birthday, Yuzvendra Chahal", "tag": "", "tagging": "Today Cricketer Birthday,Yuzvendra Chahal,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "yuzvendra-chahal-interesting-facts-trivia-and-records", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "4020", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-07-20 18:08:32", "updated": "2021-07-23 10:16:22", "img_from": "Image Source: AFP", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Yuzvendra Chahal, Chahal, Chahal Birthday, India, Chess", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "1", "google_feed": "1", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "21", "jio_date": "2021-07-23 10:16:22", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-07-23 10:16:22", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/yuzvendra-chahal-interesting-facts-trivia-and-records-80098" }