Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla is having an incredible season in IPL 2023 as he’s the main wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians with 17 wickets to his title. Chawla didn’t characteristic in IPL 2022 after failing to draw bidders within the public sale. Nevertheless, the 34-year-old was picked by MI for INR 50 lakh on the mini-auction held in December 2022.
Just lately, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared a hilarious story involving Chawla and his six-year-old son. Ashwin revealed that Chawla doesn’t permit his son to choose up the ball and hits him on his hand every time he does so. He additional said that the wrist spinner has requested MI to maintain apart INR 20 crore for his son whom he’s coaching every single day.
“He stated ‘my son can also be watching each recreation and torturing me like something’. I requested him does he like cricket? He informed me he loves the game and will get everybody within the household to take a seat in entrance of the TV and watch matches Piyush informed me that he has informed his son to not even dream of changing into a bowler. His son is 7 years outdated and if he even touches the ball, he hits him in his hand. He forces the ball off his hand and offers the bat,” stated Ashwin on his Youtube Channel.
“He stated he has already informed Mumbai Indians {that a} good batter is creating and hold apart Rs 20 crore.I requested him about coaching. He stated ‘I’m bowling to him from the morning. If I bowl within the IPL, they’re paying me solely Rs 50 lakh. If he bats effectively, in 10 years’ time, they may pay him Rs 20 crore,” he added.
Chawla has 17 wickets in IPL 2023
Notably, Chawla has picked 17 wickets from 11 matches within the ongoing season to this point at a median of 18.88 and an financial system of seven.46. His greatest efficiency of the season to this point got here in opposition to Delhi Capitals when he picked 3/22 in his four-over spell in Delhi. The wrist spinner has emerged because the knight in shining armour for MI who’ve been fighting the ball as a consequence of accidents to quick bowlers Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah.
In the meantime, Mumbai Indians are ranked eighth within the factors desk with 5 wins from ten video games. They misplaced their earlier fixture in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings by six wickets and can hope for a robust present of their remaining 4 league video games to qualify for the play-offs.
