Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar (born 7 August 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace swing bowler, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup.In 2019, he became the first Indian male cricketer to take a hat-trick in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match. In January 2020, Chahar was awarded with the T20I Performance of the Year award by the International Cricket Council (ICC), after taking six wickets for seven runs against Bangladesh.

Deepak Chahar, an Indian cricketer, is known for his bowling prowess, particularly in T20s, and is a right-arm medium bowler. 

Deepak Chahar made his IPL debut in 2016 for the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant/s, playing five games for them across two seasons. He was picked by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of IPL 2018 and stayed with them till 2024, a stint that included three trophies, in IPL 2018, IPL 2021 and IPL 2023.

Deepak Chahar is an Indian cricketer known for his classical swing bowling, particularly in the T20 format, and is the first Indian male bowler to take a hat-trick in a T20I match. He also holds the record for the best bowling figures in a T20I match for a full ICC member, with 6 wickets for 7 runs against Bangladesh in 2019. Chahar was awarded the T20I Performance of the Year by the ICC for his match-winning performance against Bangladesh.

• He bowls at a medium pace and bats right-handed.
• He has good swinging ability and can throw the ball up to 140 km/h.
• When he was ten years old, his father took him to Jaipur's Zila Cricket Academy, where he met his coach, Navendu Tyagi.
• In order to give Deepak's cricket career his whole focus, his father quit his own profession. He would also accompany him on bike rides from Surat to Hanumangarh, where he would practice for six hours every day at the town's cricket academy.
• Greg Chappell, the previous director of the Rajasthan Cricket Association Academy, denied him a spot at the state level in 2008, claiming he was unable of playing cricket at a higher level.