Today (24 December) is the birthday of Piyush Chawla, who was a part of India’s World Cup winning team. India won the World Cup 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In this tournament, Piyush got a chance to play in three matches, in which he took 4 wickets. He has played for a total of 22 teams so far. It includes the main team of India as well as other domestic and IPL teams. On the occasion of Piyush Chawal’s birthday, know some interesting things about him…
Bowling all-rounder Piyush Chawla bowls in legbreak style. He is a leg spinner and also makes a lot of variations while bowling. Chawla has taken 32 wickets in the 25 ODI matches played so far for Team India. He has taken 7 wickets in three test matches. Along with this, he has taken 4 wickets in 7 international T20 matches. Chawla made his debut in Mohali Test against England in 2006. He played his first ODI for India in 2007 against Bangladesh.
An interesting fact related to Piyush Chawla is that along with playing for Team India, he has also played cricket matches for a total of 22 teams. These include India A, India B, India Green, India Red, Gujarat, Air India, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Along with these, he has also played for foreign domestic teams.
Piyush is currently a part of the Gujarat team. He had performed well against Assam on 5 November this year. This bowling all-rounder scored 21 runs and also took two wickets. Piyish did not return to Team India after 2012. He played his last T20 International match against England on 22 December 2012. His last ODI match was against Netherlands, played on 9 March 2011 in Delhi.
