Deepak Chahar (Cricketer) Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Deepak Chahar

• He possesses skills as a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler.

• He possesses excellent swinging skills, able to hurl the ball at a remarkable velocity of 140 kilometers per hour.

• When he was 10 years old, his father took him to Zila Cricket Academy in Jaipur, where he was introduced to his coach Navendu Tyagi.

• Deepak’s father made the sacrifice of resigning from his own job in order to fully focus on Deepak’s cricket career. Together, they would ride a bike from Surat to Hanumangarh so that Deepak could practice at the cricket academy for six hours every day.

• In 2008, the former director of Rajasthan Cricket Association Academy, Greg Chappell, rejected him from participating at the state-level, stating that he lacked the ability to excel in cricket at a higher level.

• He made his T20 debut on 25 October 2010 in a match between Rajasthan and Vidarbha at Jaipur.

• He played his first-ever first-class match (Rajasthan v Hyderabad) in Jaipur in November 2010.

• He made his List A debut on 10 February 2010 against Vidarbha in a match between Rajasthan and Vidarbha held at Indore.

• In a total of 4 under-19 matches (including Cooch Behar Trophy and Vinoo Mankad trophy), he has successfully taken 21 wickets.

• He has accumulated 883 runs in his 40 first-class matches, maintaining an average of 18.39. Additionally, he has taken 113 wickets at an average of 36.44.

• He has only managed to score 47 runs (average of 7.83) and has taken 14 wickets (average of 25.42) in his 9 List A matches.

• In a span of 25 T20 matches, he has accumulated a total score of 98, with an average of 9.80. Additionally, he has managed to secure 29 wickets, with an average of 22.34.

• One of the best performances of his career was when he achieved 5 wickets for 15 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

• Between 2011 and 2014, his cricket career was severely hindered by various injuries and illnesses.

• In January 2018, he was chosen by Chennai Super Kings for a price of ₹80 lakh to participate in the Indian Premier League.

• According to Deepak, his real coach and inspiration, he abstains from fast food and prefers to indulge in meals prepared by his father.

• During the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in November 2019, he managed to achieve two hat-tricks within a span of just three days.

• On 7 October 2021, following his cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, he knelt down and asked his girlfriend Jaya Bhardwaj to marry him.

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