Piyush Chawla Sold To Chennai Super Kings For ₹6.75 Crore

Chennai Super Kings have purchased the services of veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. The crafty leg-spinner who had set his base price at INR 1 crore saw three-time IPL champions buy him for a massive amount of INR 6.75 crore after beating four-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians in the bidding war.

Since the birth of Indian Premier League, Chawla has performed whenever it mattered the most. He hogged the limelight when he plied his trade for the Kings XI Punjab team from 2008 to 2013. He was at the cynosure of everyone’s eyes and much to expectations, the young spinner performed quite well. He had claimed 57 wickets in 55 matches. Quite interestingly, only 5 players back then had a better record.

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Chawla’s ability to make smart use of the conditions would add a new dimension to the team’s bowling attack. On 12 February 2014, the old warhorse was signed up by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 425 lakhs in the IPL 7 auction. He hit the peak performance when he smashed the winning runs against his previous franchise in the 2014 IPL final.

He was retained at the price tag of Rs. 4.32 crore for the 2019 IPL and was released by the franchise.. Playing 157 games, Chawla with a wide range of experience has taken 150 wickets in his IPL career. Chawla will be looking forward to starting new innings with the yellow army.