In-form Chahal takes another fifer; completes another match with 9 wickets

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is in great form with the red ball in English County cricket as he recorded another fifer in the second consecutive first-class match. 

Currently, Yuzvendra Chahal’s Northamptonshire are busy playing against Leicestershire in the County Championship Division Two. After picking up four wickets in the first innings of the match, Chahal took five more wickets in the next innings. 

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Yuzvendra Chahal secured another fifer; and nine wickets in the match

Visitors Leicestershire started their second innings by trailing 180 runs. Once again, the Indian leg-spinner Chahal dominated with the ball as he completed that innings with the bowling figures of 43-5-134-5. As a result, Leicestershire were all out for 316 runs and set a 137-run target for Northamptonshire. 

In their second innings, Leicestershire were once struggling at 92/7, where Chahal bagged four wickets. However, desperate Scott Currie then produced two 100+ partnerships for the next wickets to disturb the hosts. After his 101-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Tom Scriven, Currie also set up another 110-run partnership for the ninth wicket with Sam Wood.

While Currie was dominating with 120 runs, Chahal dismissed him to complete his fifer. Scriven scored 48 runs, and Wood was not out on 57 runs. 

The latest fifer was Chahal’s fourth fifer in his first-class career. He ended the match against Leicestershire with nine wickets for 216 runs.

Chahal recorded the best bowling figures in a match in last game

During Northamptonshire’s previous match against Derbyshire, Chahal recorded his first nine-wicket haul in a first-class match as he finished that game with nine wickets for 99 runs. After recording five for 45 runs, Chahal picked up another four wickets in the fourth innings after conceding 54 runs. His bowling performance played a crucial role in his team’s victory by 133 runs. It was Northamptonshire’s first win in the ongoing County Championship Division Two season. 

As Chahal is in great form, we won’t be surprised if the 34-year-old Indian leg-spinner makes his Test debut soon.