Piyush Chawla: What the world thought was a blown cartridge, it is still live ammunition – piyush chawla in top five of purple cap list mumbai indians ipl 2023

New Delhi: Before the start of IPL 2023 (IPL 2023) someone would have said that Piyush Chawla would be in the Purple Cap race, then it would not have been believed. Chawla, who was unsold last season, got to play only one match in 2021. That is, only one match in the last two IPL seasons. This time also only one bid was received on him. Mumbai Indians, struggling with the lack of good spinners, bought 34-year-old Piyush Chawla for 50 lakhs. Now leg-spinner Chawla is doing what even players sold for 5-10 crores are unable to do.

Highest wicket taker spinner

World’s top spinners like Rashid Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Wanindu Hasaranga are playing in IPL 2023. But after 46 matches, the name of the spinner who has the most wickets is Piyush Chawla. He has dismissed 15 batsmen in 9 matches. Leg-spinner Chawla is at number four in the Purple Cup race. Barring the first match of the season, he has taken wickets in all the matches. His best performance has been 3 wickets for 22 runs.

Best economy among kutai

Mumbai Indians bowlers are getting beaten up a lot this season. Scores of 200+ have been scored against the team in the last 4 matches. Amidst all this, Piyush Chawla’s economy is also excellent. He has bowled 35 overs so far. In this, runs have been spent with an economy of only 7.28. His strike rate has been 14, which means he is taking one wicket in every 14 balls. Jason Behrdorf has taken the maximum 8 wickets after Chawla for Mumbai Indians this season.

International cricket not played since 2012

Piyush Chawla was part of the Indian team that won the 2007 T20 and 2011 ODI World Cups. At the age of 17 years and 75 days, he played his first match for India. Chawla is the youngest Indian to play an international match after Sachin Tendulkar. But after 2012, he did not get a chance to play international matches. He has 7 wickets in 3 Tests, 32 wickets in 25 ODIs and 4 wickets in 7 T20s.

He was playing continuously in IPL. But after not getting a chance for the last two years, his career was considered over, but he has shown that he still has fire left in him. Piyush Chawla is also the third highest wicket taker in IPL history with 172 wickets.

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