Full name Piyush Pramod Chawla
Born December 24, 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 20 years 336 days
Major teams India, Air India, India Green, India Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Sussex, Uttar Pradesh
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2.50 | 21 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 21 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 13* | 5.60 | 43 | 65.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| First-class | 54 | 78 | 7 | 1848 | 102* | 26.02 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 66 | 42 | 13 | 637 | 93 | 21.96 | 740 | 86.08 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 229 | 33 | 14.31 | 190 | 120.52 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 205 | 137 | 3 | 2/66 | 2/84 | 45.66 | 4.00 | 68.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 21 | 21 | 1102 | 911 | 28 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 32.53 | 4.96 | 39.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 54 | 99 | 11987 | 5970 | 218 | 6/46 | 11/170 | 27.38 | 2.98 | 54.9 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
| List A | 66 | 64 | 3193 | 2657 | 98 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 27.11 | 4.99 | 32.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 39 | 39 | 771 | 943 | 43 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 21.93 | 7.33 | 17.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | India v England at Mohali, Mar 9-13, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 12, 2007 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jul 2, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | Central Zone v South Zone at Surat, Oct 27-30, 2005 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Uttar Pradesh v Baroda at Ghaziabad, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | India B v India Seniors at Mohali, Oct 11, 2005 scorecard |
| Last List A | Worcestershire v Sussex at Worcester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Railways v Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha at Indore, Oct 24, 2009 scorecard |
Piyush Chawla is one for early impact. As a 15-year-old he represented India Under-19 and Uttar Pradesh U-22. Before he made his first-class debut, at 17, he had already bowled Sachin Tendulkar with a googly in a Challenger Series match. In his first first-class season, he took 35 wickets and scored 224 runs to help UP win their first Ranji Trophy. In his teens he played two Test matches too, against England and South Africa. He took three wickets on ODI debut in Bangladesh in 2007, and 14 during India's tour of Ireland and England the same year, often troubling Kevin Pietersen with the googlies and the straighter ones.
Chawla is a legspinner who has amazing control and variations, but can do with a bigger stock legbreak to make the other aspects of his bowling more effective. He has not been able to make himself a permanent place in the Indian team so far, losing out to a more conventional legspinner Amit Mishra after Anil Kumble retired from Tests. He stayed closer to the ODI team, also helped by an impressive performance in the first IPL. But after an ordinary Asia Cup in Pakistan in 2008, he was sent back to domestic cricket to work on his game.
Cricinfo Staff January 2009
- Twelve hopeful men (Nov 3, 2009)
- Chawla signs for Surrey (Oct 21, 2009)
- Mumbai and Gujarat start with easy wins (Oct 20, 2009)
- 'I know I'll be back soon' - Chawla (Oct 10, 2009)
- Derbyshire keep up the promotion pressure (Sep 16, 2009)
May 9, 2009
Piyush Chawla hit the first ball of the final over for four
© Associated Press
Apr 29, 2009
Lasith Malinga celebrates after cleaning up Piyush Chawla
© Associated Press
Apr 26, 2009
Piyush Chawla celebrates Yusuf Pathan's wicket
© AFP
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