IND vs WI: From Pacer To Leg Spinner! Yuzvendra Chahal Reveals Why He Switched To Spin Bowling In Cricket

Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal revealed that he was a fast bowler in his school days but changed to spin bowling after his father’s advice. The right-arm spinner revealed his father had told him that he cannot bowl fast with the kind of body he has.

Yuzvendra Chahal is one of the key spinners for Team India in ODI and T20Is. For the past 4-5 years, Chahal has led the spin attack for India in white-ball formats. The 32-year-old has played 72 ODIs and 75 T20Is so far for the national team, picking 121 and 91 scalps respectively.

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I Switched To Spin Bowling After Father’s Advice: Yuzvendra Chahal

Recently, Yuzvendra Chahal appeared in Youtuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s show. During the chat show, the Rajasthan Royals player revealed he used to bowl fast in school days. However, after listening to his father’s advice, he started bowling leg spin.

“Earlier, I was a fast bowler in school. I am talking about when I was 6-7 years old. Dad used to play for a university. In fact, he was even university captain for five years. I was a fast bowler, but dad told me, ‘is build ke saath to nahi hoga’ [you cannot become one with this build]. Then, I started bowling leg-spin,” the Indian spinner said.

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Yuzvendra Chahal also revealed that he started bowling leg spin when he was eight years old. He also added that it happened automatically.

“It’s not like I saw someone, it just happened automatically. I started bowling leg-spin from the age of 8. When I was 10 years old, I played U-14 for the first time for Haryana. From there, professional cricket started. It’s been like 23 years now,” the Haryana-born cricketer further added.

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Chahal is part of forthcoming India vs West Indies ODI and T20I series. After the ongoing Test series against West Indies, Team India will face the Caribbean side in three ODIs and five T20Is.

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Meanwhile, India recently won the 1st Test against West Indies by an innings and 141 runs. India will now face West Indies in the 2nd Test. The encounter begins on July 20 (Thursday) at Queen’s Park Oval Stadium in Trinidad. India leads the two-match series 1-0.

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