Piyush Chawla

Piyush Chawla

Chawla practicing bowling in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Piyush Chawla
Born	(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 28) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India (2006–2012)
Test debut (cap 255)	9 March 2006 v England
Last Test	13 December 2012 v England
ODI debut (cap 167)	12 May 2007 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	9 March 2011 v Netherlands
ODI shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	Uttar Pradesh
2008–2013	Kings XI Punjab (#11)
2009	Sussex
2013	Somerset
2014–present	Kolkata Knight Riders (#21)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 3 25 115 113 Runs scored 6 38 4,855 1,375 Batting average 2.00 5.42 32.58 22.17 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 5/34 0/7 Top score 4 13* 156 93 Balls bowled 492 1,312 23,619 5,538 Wickets 7 32 384 170 Bowling average 38.57 34.90 33.43 27.16 5 wickets in innings 0 0 20 2 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 3 n/a Best bowling 4/69 4/23 6/46 6/46 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 51/– 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 April 2016

Piyush Chawla ( pronunciation ; born 24 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the Indian national cricket team. He has also played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. He is seen as a leg-spinning all-rounder in domestic cricket, but plays as a specialist bowler in international cricket.

He first played for India U-19 against the England U-19 team in 2004-05, claiming 13 wickets from two Under-19 Tests at a bowling average of just above 12. He also played in the 2005-06 home series against Australia U-19, where they won the five-match limited overs series 4-1, taking eight wickets.

In the 2005-06 Challenger Trophy, Chawla was selected to play for India B. Although he only bowled three of a possible ten overs in the first match of the series, conceding 21, he picked up two wickets in the next match against India A, and as India B reached the final against the Seniors, he took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar - bowled with a googly - in an effort described by Cricinfo as "impressive". He also dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to end with three for 49, but the Seniors still won by three wickets. Two weeks later, he made his first class debut for Central Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, and scored 60 in a 92-run eighth-wicket stand with Harvinder Singh. He also finished with match bowling figures of 27.2-3-100-6, admittedly only getting one of the top five batsman once. He has been known by Kiran More since the age of 15 and at only 17 has potentially got a great cricketing future in front of him. He proved himself again when he took 4 wickets in 8 overs conceding only 8 runs in the U-19 World Cup final of 2006. He also made 25 (n.o.) runs.