Rahul Desraj Chahar (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Early life and personal life
Rahul was born in
Hindu Jat family to Desraj Singh Chahar and Usha Chahar. His paternal uncle, Lokendra Singh Chahar is his cricket coach who trained him and his cousin
Deepak Chahar together. Rahul started playing cricket at the age of 8 years after watching his elder cousin brother
Deepak Chahar. He started off as a fast bowler but later realised his actual talent was in spinning the ball. His cousin brother, Deepak is also an Indian international cricketer.
And his cousin Malti Chahar is a Bollywood actress. Rahul got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Ishani in 2019
& got married in March 2022.
Domestic career
Rahul made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.
He made his List A debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.
In February 2017, Rahul was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiant team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 .
Rahul was the leading wicket-taker for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with twenty dismissals in nine matches.
In August 2019, Rahul was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.
International career
In July 2019, Rahul was named for India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies.
He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 6 August 2019.
In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's
Test cricket squad for their series against England.
The following month, he was added to India's squad ahead of the first Test.
In June 2021, Rahul was named in India's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.
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