Star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took a brilliant hat-trick in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, is now showing his bowling prowess in England. Due to his brilliant bowling, at one time his team came very close to victory, but the lower order batsmen got the match drawn. Chahal, who is trying to make a comeback in Team India, is currently playing county cricket in England. Playing for Northamptonshire, he bowled brilliantly against Kent. Chahal did not get any wicket in the first innings, but in the second innings he wreaked havoc on the batsmen.
Took four wickets in the second innings
Yuzvendra Chahal did not get any wicket in the first innings against Kent, but he made a brilliant comeback in the second innings and took four wickets. During this, he bowled such a ball that the batsman was completely shocked. Its video is going viral on social media.
This incident happened in the eighth over of Kent’s second innings. Chahal bowled leg spin on the third ball of this over. The ball fell outside the leg stump of Kent batsman Ekansh Singh. The Kent batsman tried to defend, but the ball had so much spin that it blew away the batsman’s off stump. Ekansh Singh was also surprised to see this. In this match, Chahal took 4 wickets for 51 runs in 30 overs with 6 maidens.
Northamptonshire was close to victory
With the help of Chahal’s brilliant bowling, Northamptonshire was at one time very close to victory. Kent had lost eight wickets for 135 runs, but Matthew Quinn and Joe Avison added 25 runs for the ninth wicket to draw the match. In the first innings, Kent declared the innings at 566 for 6. In response, Northamptonshire declared their first innings at 722 for 6. In this way, Northamptonshire got a lead of 156 runs. In the second innings, when Kent scored 160 for 8, the match was declared a draw.
What did Chahal say?
Last season, Yuzvendra Chahal took 19 wickets in four matches. After the match, Chahal said, “I had a lot of fun here last season, so I am happy to be back. There are great people in the dressing room and I am excited to be a part of it again”. Chahal further said that I wanted my team to win, but it did not happen. I am happy with my performance.