"Piyush Chawla Has Become Immortal" - Aakash Chopra Lauds Mumbai Indians Spinner’s Performances In The IPL 2023

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has praised Mumbai Indians (MI) spinner Piyush Chawla for his outstanding performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Aakash Chopra believes the Mumbai Indians made a good move when they picked Piyush Chopra at his base price in last year’s auction.

The right-arm leg spinner ended the season in fourth place among the leading wicket takers. Chawla picked up 22 wickets at an average of 22.50 and an economy rate of 8.11. It was his best season with the ball, as his previous best was 17 wickets in 11 matches in the inaugural edition.

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He Is Obviously An IPL Veteran – Aakash Chopra

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra stated that Piyush Chawla had his best season in his illustrious IPL career.

“Piyush Chawla has become immortal. How are you able to do that? Piyush Chawla was bought at base price but they got him to put in a lot of effort before that. He was made to play tournaments and was sent to South Africa for training,” Aakash Chopra said.

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“So he was regularly bowling and in the end, it turned out to be his best season. It might have been his best season ever, in terms of the wickets that he picked. He is obviously an IPL veteran and has been for a long time,” he added.

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He Bowled In Difficult Circumstances – Aakash Chopra

The cricketer-turned-commentator said that Chawla added more variations to his bowling, making it difficult for batters to play him. Chopra pointed out that Chawla picked wickets at a decent economy rate.

“The way he bowled this year – he even bowled slightly slower, he used to bowl fast earlier. His googly was turning a lot and he got the leg-spin to turn as well. He bowled in difficult circumstances and picked up wickets,” he continued.

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“He was economical as well. He did get hit a lot in one or two matches towards the end but nine out of 10 times he was a two-wicket bowler and max 30 runs in four overs. He was very, very good,” he concluded.

The Uttar Pradesh-born cricketer was instrumental in helping the Mumbai Indians qualify for the playoffs in the IPL 2023. However, the Rohit Sharma-led team was eliminated from the tournament after losing to the defending champion Gujarat Titans (GT) in Qualifier 2.

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