Piyush Chawla known as The Champion Bowler is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India national cricket team.
19 Facts About Piyush Chawla
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Piyush Chawla has played for the India under-19 team and the Central Zone.
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Piyush Chawla is seen as a leg-spinning all-rounder in domestic cricket.
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Piyush Chawla spent his childhood in Moradabad, and learnt early essentials of cricket at Sonakpur Stadium under the guidance of his first coach Mr Badhruddeen, who has coached Indian National cricketer Mohammad Shami, and young talents like Shiva Singh and Aryan Juyal.
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Piyush Chawla was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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Piyush Chawla dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to end with three for 49, but the Seniors still won by three wickets.
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Piyush Chawla has been known by Kiran More since the age of 15 and at only 17 has potentially got a great cricketing future in front of him.
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Piyush Chawla proved himself again when he took 4 wickets in 8 overs conceding only 8 runs in the U-19 World Cup final of 2006.
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Piyush Chawla played his first ODI with India on 12 May 2007, against Bangladesh.
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Piyush Chawla's debut was highly successful, with him taking 3 wickets.
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In 2009, Piyush Chawla signed for Sussex County Cricket Club for a month, as cover for Yasir Arafat who was with Pakistan.
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Piyush Chawla was selected for 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies.
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Piyush Chawla was a member of the ICC Cricket World Cup-winning Indian squad in 2011.
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Piyush Chawla returned to play his third Test, after 4 years, against England at Nagpur in December 2012, where the hosts had fielded four spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, debutant Ravindra Jadeja and Chawla.
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Piyush Chawla returned to English county cricket in August 2013 when he joined Somerset as their overseas player for the last five weeks of the season.
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Piyush Chawla played in the IPL for the Kings XI Punjab team from 2008 to 2013.
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Piyush Chawla was sold for US$900,000 to KXIP in 4th Edition of IPL.
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On 12 February 2014, Piyush Chawla was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 425 lac in IPL 7 auction.
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In February 2021, Piyush Chawla was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.