The young Indian leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal has often shown the various aspects of his nature. He is someone who gets frustrated when things go south on the field according to his plans, but at the same time, he does not shy away from having a laugh with his teammates. He also revealed about the camaraderie he enjoys with the most senior member in the squad, MS Dhoni, in a recent interview.
Chahal stated that he is motivated by multiple senior players in the side. Recently during a chat with Hindustan Times, Chahal said, “Whenever I feel something, I always talk to the senior players — Virat (Kohli) bhaiya, Mahi (MS Dhoni) bhai, Rohit (Sharma) bhaiya, Shikhar (Dhawan) bhaiya. They always help me. When Virat bhaiya is not there, I always [speak to] Rohit bhaiya and ask him what to do and what not to do. Mahi bhai and I play PUBG together sometimes (laughs). Seven-eight people play PUBG for two hours. We go for dinners, [have] fun. It’s a big thing to play under Mahi bhai. He was my first captain. Whenever we need help in bowling, Kuldeep (Yadav) and I always ask him.”
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Despite referring to himself as a ‘shy’ kind of person, the young leggie said the change in personality is because of the ‘Chahal TV’ segment he does for BCCI. In the videos, he has often been seen having informal and casual interviews of teammates. He has interviewed Smriti Mandhana, Virat Kohli, the entire team, and almost MS Dhoni.
Chahal explained, “I am a shy type of guy. (I’ve become) more confident after doing Chahal TV — I randomly started taking interviews on the bus. Maine waise hi kar diya ki ‘Chahal TV’ pe aapka swagat hai’. Logon ko kaafi pasand aaya, kyunki yeh kaafi hatke hai. Masti bhi kar sakte hain aur cricket ke baare mein bhi pooch sakte hain [I just started saying ‘You’re welcome to ‘Chahal TV’ and people quite liked it because this was unique. We have fun while talking about cricket]’.”
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It has often been seen that Chahal is a fan of tattoos and he has an anchor and compass, of Shiva and yet another of his zodiac sign, Leo. He also talked about his favorite Bollywood actor, he said, “I see [the tattoos] when I feel low. The guy (Ranveer Singh) is very bindaas. He never hides what he wants to do. I love his films.”
With World Cup around 100 days away, Chahal is excited about his maiden mega event. He said that he is very excited as it will be his first World Cup. He reckons that India is the best team in ODIs.
