Chahal signs up with Kent for Asia Cup or the ODI World Cup

NEW DELHI: India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who was not included in the squad  , has signed up with Kent for their remaining three matches of the County Championship in Eng-land, subject to regulatory approval.

He will be available for selection in Kent’s remaining two home Championship matches against Nottingham-shire & Lancashire, as well as Kent’s away fixture against Somerset.

Chahal is the second India international to feature for Kent in the ongoing season, after left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh played for the club in the County Championship competition back in June & July, taking 13 wick-ets in eight innings.

“This is an exciting challenge for me, playing in English county cricket, and one I’m very much looking forward to,” said Chahal in a statement issued by the club, who are at ninth place in the Division One table and are in dan-ger of being relegated to Division Two.

“We’re delighted to have secured a spinner of Yuzvendra’s quality for the last three Championship matches of the season, with Matt Parkinson not available to us until next year, and Hami Qadri recently injured.”

“He is really looking forward to playing in English conditions and will bring a significant amount of skill and in-ternational experience to our squad,” said Paul Downton, Kent’s Director of Cricket.

Chahal has taken 87 wickets from 33 first-class matches, but has never played Test cricket for India. But he’s more of a white-ball constant for India until recently, taking 121 wickets from 72 ODIs at an average of 27.13. IANS

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