Yuzvendra Chahal is an Indian Cricketer who especially plays ODI and T20 matches. He is one of some players who cemented their position in the National Team soon. Switching his career from Chess to Cricket, Yuzvendra has turned himself into a loyal cricketer.
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Biography/Wiki
Yuzvendra Chahal was born onĀ 23 July 1990 in Jind,Ā Haryana,Ā India. At the age of 7, he started to play chess. However, he faced difficulty to find sponsors, so he abandoned the game and focused on Cricket. Initially, he started playing cricket as a medium-fast bowler but later he turned into a leg spinner.
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father, K. K. Chahal is an advocate and his mother,Ā Sunita Devi is a housewife.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s parents
He has two elder sisters, both are settled in Australia.
Yuzvendra Chahal with his sisters
Relationships, Wife & Children
On 8 August 2020, he got engaged to his girlfriend Dhanashree Verma, a YouTuber.
Yuzvendra Chahal with his wife Dhanashree Verma
Later, they got married to each other on Tuesday, 22 December 2020.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma’s wedding photo
On 20 February 2025, the couple applied for a divorce officially. In March 2025, the Bombay High Court asked Chahal to pay Rs. Rs 4.75 Crore to her as alimony; he had already given her Rs. 2.37 crore out of the total. The court also quashed the six-month cooling-off period granted to the couple after they filed for divorce and ordered a family court to deliver its judgment on the divorce by 20 March 2025.
Career
He played chess at the National Level and participated in youth championships.
Yuzvendra Chahal playing Chess
After he left chess, he started to play cricket at the domestic level. He is the first player ever to represent India in both chess and cricket. YuzvendraĀ made his first-class debut in November 2009 againstĀ Madhya Pradesh in Indore. SinceĀ 2009, he has been playing for Haryana in Ranji Matches. In 2013, he started his IPL career, playing for Mumbai Indians. In 2016, he was selected to the Indian Cricket Team in a 14-man squad to the tour of Zimbabwe. He made his international debut against Zimbabwe on 11 June 2016. He also made his T20 debut against the same team.
On 1 February 2017, playing against England, he became the first Indian bowler to take a 5-wicket haul in a T20 match. Chahal debuted in the County Championship with Kent in September 2023; he claimed three wickets against Nottinghamshire in a Division One fixture. [1]Mid-Day In April 2024, he became the first player to take 200 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He became the costliest spinner to be sold in the history of the IPL auction in November 2024 when Punjab Kings bought him for Rs. 18 crore. On 30 April 2025, while bowling against CSK, Chahal achieved his second hat-trick in the IPL by dismissing Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, and Noor Ahmad with the last three balls of the 19th over. He allowed 32 runs and took 4 wickets. This was the first hat-trick by any bowler since the 2023 IPL season. Chahal became the second bowler in the IPL to take 2 hat-tricks after Yuvraj Singh.
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Affair/Girlfriend
It was rumoured that Yuzvendra was in a relationship with Indian actress and model,Ā Tanishka Kapoor.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s rumoured girlfriend Tanishka Kapoor
Salary/Net Worth
He takes Rs. 15 lakh for a test match, Rs. 6 lakh for an ODI match, and Rs. 3 lakh for a T20 match. In IPL 2014, RCB bought him at his base price of Rs. 10 lakh. In IPL 2025, he was sold for Rs. 18 crore. In 2025, his net worth was estimated at Rs. 45 Crore.
Interesting Facts
- Due to his thin body appearance, his friends used to call himĀ āsingle haddi (bone).ā
- He represented India in the Chess World Cup 2003 held in GreeceĀ with an overall career rating of 1946.
- According to him, playing chess helps him to be more patient, controls his temper and makes him able to read batsmanās mind.
- Australian leg-spinnerĀ Shane Warne is his idol.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Warne
- He was selected to Mumbai Indians in the initial 3-years of his IPL career, but played only one match for them.
- He and Australian playerĀ Mitchell StarcĀ are very good friends.
- His hobbies are playing chess, golf, travelling.
Yuzvendra Chahal playing golf
- Rumours began circulating in January 2025 that he and Dhanashree had filed for a divorce after they both unfollowed each other on social media, and Yuzvendra had deleted all the photos he had taken with Dhanashree from his accounts.
- He was rumoured to be in a relationship with Mahvash, an RJ, when their photo went viral on the internet during the finals of the Champions Trophy in March 2025. Mahvash, however, refuted the claims as false and claimed, in an interview, that she was not seeing anyone and was single.
The photo of Chahal and Mahvash, which sparked their dating rumours
