Yuzvendra Chahal returns to Northamptonshire for second spell | Cricket News

Indian wr spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will return to Northamptonshire from June till the end of the season. The 34-year-old played for the team in 2024. He will be available for the County Championship from June and the One Day Cup later in the English summer. “I thoroughly enjoyed my time here last season so I’m very happy to be coming back,” Chahal said. “There are some great people in that dressing room, and I can’t wait to be part of that again.”
“We played some great cricket towards the back end of the season so hopefully we’re able to replicate that and big up some victories,” Chahal would add. The leg-spinner has picked up 9/99 against Dershire last season. Additionally, he also managed to scalp a five-wicket haul against Kent in the One Day Cup.
Chahal also has done remarkable things in the Indian colors. In 72 ODIs, Chahal has picked up 121 wickets at an average of 27.13 and an economy of 5.27. In T20Is, he is the second-highest wicket-taker for India with 96 wickets. He is regarded highly many former and current players.
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“I’m really excited that one of best leg spinners in the world is returning to Northamptonshire this season,” team’s coach Darren Lehmann would say. “He brings invaluable experience and he’s an absolute gentleman who loves the game. Having him available from mid-June until the end of the season will be fantastic for us,” he would add.
Old-school and orthodox
“Chahal is quite old school and orthodox in terms of his leg-spin,” former India left-arm spinner Murali Kartik told The Indian Express. “He is not a Ravi Bishnoi or Rashid Khan who are not big spinners of the ball. He has the leg-spin, googly and the top spinner. In addition, when he is bowling well and gets enough revolutions on the ball, he gets a lot of drift or swirl towards the right-hander or away from the left-hander. All these things are tricks up his sleeve.”
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