Yuzvendra Chahal is a 28 year old cricket player for the Indian National Team who hails from the Haryana region of the country. His role in the team is a bowler who is a right arm leg break bowler and a right handed batsman. He plays for the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Chahal is a product of the T20 era, which means that he does not have a lot of spin on his ball like a Kumble or Ashwin, but he bowls an impeccable line and length which prevents batsmen from scoring against him and makes him very effective.
In this article, you will learn about Yuzvendra Chahal income, earnings, salary, early life and other information.
Yuzvendra Chahal Early Life
Yuzvendra Chahal was born on 23rd July 1990 in Jind in the state of Haryana in India. He started off as a chess player. He represented India at the World Youth Chess Championship and is listed on the World Chess Federation’s official site. But he left chess due to his inability to find a sponsor.
He started playing domestic cricket for Haryana but was not very successful. He has grown up idolizing Shane Warne, the legendary leg spinner. Although he did not have a great first class career, but he was picked up by the Mumbai Indians in 2008 where he remained till 2013 when he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore and he has remained there since.
He was first named in the ODI squad to Zimbabwe in 2016 and made his debut in that series. On 1st February 2017, Chahal became the first bowler from India to grab a five wicket haul in a T20 international when ended the match against England with figures of 6/25. He took 23 T20 International wickets in 2017, which was the most by any bowler in the world.
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL INCOME 2020: Rs 20 CRORES (APPROX)
Yuzvendra Chahal Income
Yuzvendra Chahal earnings have mostly been from the Indian Premier League. From 2011 to 2013 he was paid Rs. 10 lakhs per season by the Mumbai Indians. He was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014 who paid him Rs. 10 lakhs per season till 2017. In 2018, he was bought by Royal Challengers for a mammoth sum of Rs. 6 crores and was retained for the same sum in 2019 as well.
Yuzvendra Chahal income also includes his salary from the BCCI to play for the National Team. He is part of the list of contracted players by the BCCI and falls under the Grade B category and is paid a retainer fee of Rs. 3 crore every year.
Yuzvendra Chahal earnings have also been because of the several match fees which are earned because of playing international matches. The match fees of international matches are anywhere between Rs. 5 to 8 lakhs at present depending on the format of the match along with different performances bonuses for Man of the Match etc.
Yuzvendra Chahal House and Cars
The information about Yuzvendra Chahal’s house and cars are not known but this article will be updated as soon as there is any information about them.
Conclusion
Chahal is the only Indian who has represented India in both Chess and Cricket in international competitions which is a rare feat. He says that playing chess keeps him calm and focused. He is one of the great assets for the Indian National Cricket Team. His economical bowling has been a great help in the ODIs and T20s for the Indian team.
He has shown signs of immense success already by becoming the best bowler for Royal Challengers one season and then going on to get the best figures by an Indian bowler against Australia. His figure of 6/42 on 18 January 2019 was also the best figures by an Indian spinner in Australia against Australia.
Chahal has been selected to play for the Indian team for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and he has a big part to play if India is to win the World Cup again after 8 years. He has a bright cricketing future ahead of him for sure, about which we have no doubt.
