[Watch] Yuzvendra Chahal bats in gully cricket
Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal was recently seen playing in the lanes of an unknown city following the conclusion of IPL 2023.
India's love for cricket is not a secret. The sport is even played in streets and lanes all over the country, a form that many call 'gully cricket.'
Gully cricket has its own joys and struggles as players find inventive ways to score runs. International cricket gets often criticized for favoring batters with helpful rules, but that is not the case in gully cricket; the unconventional rules in the amateur format make it difficult for the batters to score freely.
On Thursday (June 1), Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal posted a video of himself playing with a few cricket enthusiasts in an unknown location in India. Chahal was seen playing a few defensive shots in the video as the bowler bowled with an underarm action.
The spin bowler captioned his post:
"The gully Impact player kya bolti (what say) @rajasthanroyals".
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan responded to the video by asking his Indian counterpart to at least hit a six in the gully cricket.
"Yahaa to 6 maar de bhai (At least hit a six here brother)," Rashid wrote in the comments section of Chahal's post.
Chahal hilariously responded by informing Rashid about the strict rules of gully cricket.
"6 out hain yaha khan sahib (Hitting six is declared as out over here khan sahib)," Chahal replied.
Yuzvendra Chahal's performance in IPL 2023
Yuzvendra Chahal finished as the leading wicket-taker for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023, the second successive year he has done so.
After bagging the purple cap in IPL 2022, Chahal accounted for 21 dismissals at 20.57 and an economy rate of 8.18 in 2023. Chahal also went past former MI and CSK fast bowler Dwayne Bravo's tally of 183 wickets to become the overall highest wicket-taker in the IPL.
Chahal has picked up 187 wickets in 144 innings across 11 seasons of the IPL at an economy rate of 7.67.