Yuzvendra Chahal out to strike big in maiden T20 World Cup after being overlooked in 2021

Yuzvendra Chahal, the best Indian leg-spinner and one of the best in the world in the current generation, is a part of his first T20 World Cup after missing out on selection in the 2021 edition.

While he has been India’s frontline spinner in shorter formats of the game for quite a while, his being dropped from the squad last year came as a surprise to the fans and experts alike.

“It felt like you have been preparing for an IAS-like exam for two years, but the exam couldn’t happen. And it was not in your hands. So I believe if something is not in my hands, I should not think about it, because if I keep thinking about it, it will affect my current matches.

“It obviously felt bad. I was completely down, as I was never dropped in last five years. I didn’t feel like having dinner that night. But my wife helped me a lot to get through it,” Chahal explained his emotions on the RCB Podcast.

Nevertheless, there were no further surprises, and Chahal was named in the squad for the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup. Though he is yet to play his first World Cup match as Ravichandran Ashwin was selected ahead of him in the opening match against Pakistan.

What an emotional game tonight.
The pride we play for.
A stunner of a performance by Virat kohli.
We march on together