Chawla is second in terms of taking most wickets in IPL
Indian cricket team’s experienced spinner Piyush Chawla may be away from Team India these days, but he is constantly seen playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Let us tell you that 35-year-old Chawla was last seen playing for the Indian team in the year 2012.
Chawla, who was part of the T20 World Cup 2007 and World Cup 2011 champion Indian cricket team, is one of the highest wicket-takers in the IPL. However, if a player has the passion to play cricket, then age does not matter. For example, you can look at former Indian captain MS Dhoni, who is seen playing continuously for Chennai Super Kings even after being 43 years old.
On the other hand, recently Piyush Chawla has appeared in a podcast on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube channel. In this podcast, Chawla has talked about various things related to his professional and personal life. On this podcast, he has also narrated a funny anecdote related to Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw.
Chawla told that once Shaw asked him about his age and playing cricket- PC bhai, now stop it. So Chawla replied to this question of Shaw by saying- I have played with Sachin paaji and now I am playing with his son. I am playing with you and after playing with your son, I will take retirement.
A look at Piyush Chawla’s cricket career
If we give you information about Piyush Chawla’s cricket career, he has played 3 Tests, 25 ODIs and 7 T20 matches for the Indian team, in which he has taken 7 Test, 32 ODI and 4 T20 wickets. Apart from this, he has taken 192 wickets in 192 IPL matches. He is second in terms of taking most wickets in IPL.