1. Unmukt Chand was born on 26 March 1993 and is a former Indian cricketer.
35 Facts About Unmukt Chand
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Unmukt Chand is a right-handed top order batsman who currently plays for the Los Angeles Knight Riders in Major League Cricket, and the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League.
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Unmukt Chand was born in a Kumauni Rajput family to Bharat Chand Thakur and Rajeshwari Chand, who were both teachers.
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Unmukt Chand is originally from Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand.
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Unmukt Chand moved from DPS Noida to Modern School, Barakhamba Road in the 9th standard.
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Unmukt Chand scored 499 runs during his first stint with the Delhi U-19 team.
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Unmukt Chand played in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level.
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Unmukt Chand was named the captain of the Delhi U-19 team and the North Zone U-19 team.
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Unmukt Chand then went on to become the captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the quadrangular series that was held in Vishakhapatnam, India.
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Unmukt Chand scored an unbeaten 122 against Sri Lanka and two fifties against Australia and West Indies.
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Unmukt Chand ended the tournament with 336 runs from seven outings, just one behind Australia's Cameron Bancroft.
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Unmukt Chand participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy later that season.
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Batting at three, Unmukt Chand scored an impressive 94 against England in the semi-final to help India win the match by 63 runs.
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In June 2012, playing in the ACC Under-19s Asia Cup, Unmukt Chand rose to the occasion with 116 against Sri Lanka in the semi-final, before scoring 121 against Pakistan in the final.
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Unmukt Chand won the Man of the Match award in both games.
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Unmukt Chand was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 286 runs from 3 matches.
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On 26 August 2012, Unmukt Chand led the India U-19s to victory in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.
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On 3 March 2013, Unmukt Chand scored 116 for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Assam to show his knack for scoring big hundreds in tournament finals.
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Unmukt Chand made his IPL debut in 2011 for Delhi Daredevils but is mostly recognised for incident in 2013 when he got clean bowled for a first ball duck by Brett Lee in the season opener against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Unmukt Chand was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals during the IPL 7 Auction.
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Unmukt Chand was picked up by the Mumbai Indians in the 2015 season, where he won his first IPL title, despite not playing in most of the games.
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Unmukt Chand scored 321 runs at an average of 35.66 with a strike rate reaching 140 for Delhi, where was the highest run-scorer.
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Unmukt Chand scored back-to-back centuries, first against Kerala where he scored 105 off 67 balls, and then against Gujarat, scoring 125 off just 63 deliveries.
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Unmukt Chand made his MiLC debut on 14 August 2021, where he was bowled for naught off 3 deliveries.
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Unmukt Chand topped the runs scorers list for 2021 in the competition with 612 runs from 16 innings as he led his team, the Silicon Valley Strikers, to the championship title.
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Unmukt Chand transferred over to the Atlanta Lightning for the 2023 season.
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Unmukt Chand made his BBL debut for the Melbourne Renegades on 18 January 2022, becoming the first Indian male to play in the Big Bash.
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Unmukt Chand was signed by the Los Angeles Knight Riders in the player draft, ahead of the inaugural Major League Cricket season.
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Unmukt Chand became the first Indian to feature in the Bangladesh Premier League.
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Unmukt Chand started commentating during the 2020 U-19 Cricket World Cup finals.
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Unmukt Chand has commentated for Star Sports, covering the Caribbean Premier League.
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Unmukt Chand joined the Big Bash League as a Hindi commentator.
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Unmukt Chand was one of the commentators in the 2022 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup.
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Unmukt Chand has penned his memories of the U19 WC into a book, The Sky is the Limit.
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The book chronicles Unmukt Chand's rise as a cricketer, from his childhood days to the World Cup victory and how he came to represent his country, lead his team to victory - complete with a captain's match-winning knock - and bring home the coveted trophy.