New Delhi: Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is in no mood to waste the one-month break post IPL as he is all set to sharpen his skill sets at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) under former India leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani before embarking on India’s challenging tour of United Kingdom.
“He (Hirwani) has also played earlier in the UK (for India as well as league cricket) and working under him at the NCA will help me in knowing the weather conditions and how to bowl in UK. Before England, we are going to Ireland and the weather is expected to be the same,” Chahal said after RCB’s win over Delhi Daredevils Saturday.
“India A team will also tour first and I have a lot of friends in that team. I will try and find out from them as to how helpful the pitches are and how the bounce is.”
The 27-year-old Chahal has emerged as India’s frontline spinner in limited overs format with 43 wickets from 23 ODIs and 35 scalps from 21 T20s since his debut in June last year and has been one of the vital cogs in the Indian spin bowling department alongside chinaman Kuldeep Yadav.
Though, Chahal has not been as prolific as he used to be in past editions picking up 10 wickets so far in 11 games with an economy rate of 7.57, he is quite happy with his performances.
“If I am not getting wickets, then I am also giving away fewer runs. That means, this year the batsmen are not attacking me that much even though they have seen me more now,” Chahal asserted.
Hirwani has also played earlier in the UK. Working under him at the NCA will help me in knowing the weather conditions and how to bowl in UK
Yuzvendra Chahal
