Yuzvendra Chahal: Is Chahal's T20I career over? Selectors are ignoring me again and again, have taken maximum wickets

HR Mandi Bhav Yuzvendra Chahal T20I Records: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India will play a three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan from January 11. 

Virat Kohli will also be seen batting in this series. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who was out of the team for some time, was once again ignored. He has not got a place in this squad. 

In such a situation, his hopes of playing in the T20 World Cup have also been dealt a blow. Let us tell you that he is India's leading wicket taker in this format. Now the question is, is his T20 International career over?

Ravi Bishnoi gets a chance

The selectors have included young Ravi Bishnoi as a leg spinner for the Afghanistan series. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar are also spin options. Talking about Chahal, he last played a T20 International match against West Indies in August 2023. 

After this he did not even get a place in the ODI World Cup team. He was also not included in the home series against Australia held after this ICC tournament. Then on the South Africa tour, he got a place in the ODI squad, but remained out of the T20 squad here too.

Most wickets in T20I

Let us tell you that Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest wicket taker for India in T20 International matches. He has 96 wickets in his name in 80 matches. 

He has also managed to take 5 wicket haul once. His best bowling figure in this format has been 6 wickets for 25 runs. Chahal was a part of Team India in the T20 World Cup held in 2022. However, he did not get a place in the playing-11 in the semi-final match against England.

Out of ODI team for more than a year

Chahal has also been out of the Indian ODI team for almost a year. He last played an ODI match against New Zealand on 24 January 2023. Since then he is out of the ODI team. 

In this format, he has taken 121 wickets while playing 72 matches. His best performance has been 6 wickets for 42 runs. Has also achieved 5 wicket haul twice. However, this 33-year-old leg spinner has not yet got a chance to debut in Test cricket.

Indian squad for Afghanistan T20 series

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh. , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.