Deepak Chahar has been in the news ever since he helped Team India registered a thrilling win in the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. His unbeaten 69 helped India win the game by 3 wickets as well. But it was in 2018 when Deepak Chahar regretted listing himself as an all-rounder in the Indian Premier League draft where he got only INR 80 lakhs as well.

Chahar was bought by Chennai Super Kings while his younger brother Rahul Chahar got INR 1.9 crores from the Mumbai Indians. While the family was happy to see Rahul Chahar receive the offer, they felt Deepak Chahar would have earned more if he had drafted himself as a bowler.

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Lokander Chahar, the father of Deepak Chahar, recently spoke to TOI about the same: “Humari galti thi (It was our fault). Deepak had filled the form as an allrounder. The allrounder category came late in the day. Rahul went as a bowler. Rahul’s name came early in the auction. Deepak came later. By the time Deepak’s name was called, teams had exhausted a lot of the money otherwise Deepak would have got more than Rs 2 crores. We had an idea that Rahul would draw big bids. It was not a surprise or a fluke that he went for so much.”

Howveer, Deepak Chahar has been working on his batting skills for quite some time now. He did well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy before the 2018 IPL auction. During the 2018 IPL season, MS Dhoni promoted him to bat at No.6 during a tough run chase against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) as well. Even, he scored a match-winning 39 off 20 deliveries also.

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Even after making his debut for India, Deepak Chahar has continued to work on his batting as well. His father Lokander, however, said it is because Deepak Chahar knows that he can’t be one-dimensional. “He was batting really well for Rajasthan before he got injured after that tournament. But Deepak knows he can’t be a one-dimensional cricketer,” Lokander Chahar concluded.