Chahal signs up to play three County Championship games for Kent

[vvvslaxman]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-news-yuzvendra-chahal-signs-up-to-play-three-county-championship-games-for-kent-1396664

 

 

Yuzvendra Chahal is in line to play first-class cricket for Kent, after signing up for three matches in the ongoing County Championships "subject to regulatory approval".

 

Ignored by the national selectors in India for the ongoing Asia Cup and the upcoming ODI World Cup, at home over October and November, Chahal "will be available for selection in Kent's remaining two home Championship matches against Nottinghamshire & Lancashire, as well as Kent's away fixture against Somerset," the club said in a statement.

 

"This is an exciting challenge for me, playing in English county cricket, and one I'm very much looking forward to," Chahal said in the statement.

 

Kent are currently placed one off the bottom in the ten-team County Champions Division 1 table, and in danger of being relegated to Division 2 next season.

 

"We're delighted to have secured a spinner of Yuzvendra's quality for the last three Championship matches of the season, with Matt Parkinson not available to us until next year, and Hami Qadri recently injured," Kent's director of cricket Paul Downton said. "He is really looking forward to playing in English conditions and will bring a significant amount of skill and international experience to our squad."

 

Kent had also availed of the services of fast bowler Arshdeep Singh earlier in the season. He played five matches in June-July, picking up 13 wickets in eight bowling innings. New Zealand's Ben Lister is the other overseas player in the Kent roster at the moment.

 

Chahal, who hasn't always been a regular in first-class cricket, played two games in the last season of the Ranji Trophy for Haryana, his team in India's domestic circuit, picking up three wickets at an average of 92.33. Overall, he has 87 wickets from 33 first-class matches, but is better known for his exploits in white-ball cricket, where he has 121 wickets from 72 ODIs at an average of 27.13 and 96 wickets from 80 T20Is with an economy rate of 8.19. He has never played Test cricket.

[vvvslaxman]

Kent is losing their mind. This guy has played 35 first class games and picked 87 wickets at average of 35.  Why is he picked for first class lol

[Norman]

Lol..

 

They know that our chewtiya TM and selectors have a habit of taking county stats seriously irrespective of the quality. Chujara has given every useless leech like chahal a perfect roadmap to come back to the side...

[AuxiliA]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

Kent is losing their mind. This guy has played 35 first class games and picked 87 wickets at average of 35.  Why is he picked for first class lol

 

Kent is just a domestic side. They aren't much better than Kanpur. They should be grateful to get an Indian International player just for the eyeballs.

[R!TTER]

Hope he doesn't get blown away by the wicked breeze over there 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Why can't Umran Malik secure a county contract?

[sage]

ECB will order the county chumps to give him a boatload of wickets if they're smart

[Sooda]

On 9/6/2023 at 7:22 PM, Malcolm Merlyn said:

Why can't Umran Malik secure a county contract?

 

7 FC matches 12 wickets is why :-)

[saneindian]

Active players: Pujara, Unadkat, Umesh, Sai Sudarshan, Chahal, Jayant Yadav

 

Others:  Arshdeep Singh, Navdeep Saini, Rahane, Siraj

 

It's good to see lots of Indians in county cricket. With other T20 leagues not being an option, getting some feel of overseas cricket will not harm them. BCCI should encourage more younger players to join the county sides. The quality of cricket may be below par, but the professional standards - fitness regime, coaching setup etc.- are much better than Indian domestic cricket and will only benefit our youngsters.

 

 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, saneindian said:

Active players: Pujara, Unadkat, Umesh, Sai Sudarshan, Chahal, Jayant Yadav

 

Others:  Arshdeep Singh, Navdeep Saini, Rahane, Siraj

 

It's good to see lots of Indians in county cricket. With other T20 leagues not being an option, getting some feel of overseas cricket will not harm them. BCCI should encourage more younger players to join the county sides. The quality of cricket may be below par, but the professional standards - fitness regime, coaching setup etc.- are much better than Indian domestic cricket and will only benefit our youngsters.

 

 

Chahal has no future in Test cricket.  Even the England TM don't rate county stats especially for spinners - McCullum's comments regarding Rehan Ahmed tells you the story.

 

Unless he gets access to a few coaches and can work with them, this stint won't do anything except as a hollow attempt to impress selectors.  

[saneindian]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Chahal has no future in Test cricket.  Even the England TM don't rate county stats especially for spinners - McCullum's comments regarding Rehan Ahmed tells you the story.

 

Unless he gets access to a few coaches and can work with them, this stint won't do anything except as a hollow attempt to impress selectors.  

Which part of my post speaks about Chahal having any future in Test cricket. Rather than sitting at home, him getting to play 3 FC matches in England will do him no harm.

[Nikhil_cric]

26 minutes ago, saneindian said:

Which part of my post speaks about Chahal having any future in Test cricket. Rather than sitting at home, him getting to play 3 FC matches in England will do him no harm.

Not talking about your post. Just a general point.  He would be better served playing CPL in Caribbean. 

 

Whereas Saim Ayub, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Mohammad Aamir, Salman Irshad - players right on the fringes of T20 selection for PAK are gaining valuable experience and making strong cases(except Azam) for T20 World Cup selection next year.

 

Playing 3 red ball matches for a county side that looks like it's going to be relegated to Division 2 is not exactly a great way to prepare for a T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

[Norman]

I think Indian players are allowed to play the T20 blast competition if I'm not wrong. My fear is , this chawal may perform against some jobber sides in that competition and get back into the side. It won't take much to impress our selectors...

[Number]

Yesterday I was listening to Harbhajan Singh's chat with Jatin and Shoaib Akhtar was another panelist. 

Bhajji was going on and on about how not picking Chahal is the biggest blunder, in any other team he would have been first player on the team sheet and he is a single handed match winner etc etc. These guys just don't follow any cricket it seems. 

[saneindian]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Not talking about your post. Just a general point.  He would be better served playing CPL in Caribbean. 

 

Whereas Saim Ayub, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Mohammad Aamir, Salman Irshad - players right on the fringes of T20 selection for PAK are gaining valuable experience and making strong cases(except Azam) for T20 World Cup selection next year.

 

Playing 3 red ball matches for a county side that looks like it's going to be relegated to Division 2 is not exactly a great way to prepare for a T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

Which is impossible due to BCCI's stance.

 

So in September, with no other option available, what should he do? Play some level of good competitive cricket (County Division 1, doesn't matter if Kent are going to get relegated) or play in Saurashtra/ Rajasthan/UP T20 leagues? 

 

In fact, not playing FC cricket regularly all these years may have led to a rut in Chahal's bowling. And for his own sake, FC cricket in England followed by some more Ranji matches for Haryana will not be a bad proposition at all. 

[vvvslaxman]

KENT vs NOTTS, County Championship Division One 2023 at Canterbury, September 10 - 13, 2023 - Full Scorecard (espncricinfo.com)

 

Collar cheweer 3 for 63 & 2 for 43  and scored 0.  

 

 

[Jaydev_Unadkat]

On 9/8/2023 at 2:26 PM, Nikhil_cric said:

Not talking about your post. Just a general point.  He would be better served playing CPL in Caribbean. 

 

Whereas Saim Ayub, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Mohammad Aamir, Salman Irshad - players right on the fringes of T20 selection for PAK are gaining valuable experience and making strong cases(except Azam) for T20 World Cup selection next year.

 

Playing 3 red ball matches for a county side that looks like it's going to be relegated to Division 2 is not exactly a great way to prepare for a T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

Just shows your lack of knowledge. Indian cricketers are not allowed to participate in any of the t20 league competitions.

 

Chahal will do what is best for him, just like you kiss arse on PakPassion forum which is apparently best for you.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Jaydev_Unadkat

[Jaydev_Unadkat]

On 9/6/2023 at 11:52 PM, Malcolm Merlyn said:

Why can't Umran Malik secure a county contract?

Because he sucks in the longer format. A guy who can't hold his line / length for even 3 consecutive balls is useless in the longer format.

Counties are not managed by the low iq brigade on this forum (not talking about you) who thinks every tom dick and harry who bowls 140 kps is an express pacer suitable for international cricket.

[MediumPacer]

1 hour ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

Because he sucks in the longer format. A guy who can't hold his line / length for even 3 consecutive balls is useless in the longer format.

Counties are not managed by the low iq brigade on this forum (not talking about you) who thinks every tom dick and harry who bowls 140 kps is an express pacer suitable for international cricket.

Just bowling a good line and length isn't enough either.

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

Just shows your lack of knowledge. Indian cricketers are not allowed to participate in any of the t20 league competitions.

 

Chahal will do what is best for him, just like you kiss arse on PakPassion forum which is apparently best for you.

The argument was to show why BCCI should allow players to play leagues so that Chahal can choose to do what is best for him. 

 

Clearly you are bothered enough to go on PP and see what's happening on there despite your obvious hatred for the place.