Team India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has expressed his desire to play for his Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) until he announces his retirement. Chahal has given the credit to RCB for giving him recognition and helps to change his life for the better since 2014.
However, his comments came in a chat with Aakash Chopra on the latter’s YouTube channel and it was recorded before his exclusion from India’s T20 World Cup squad. He was asked whether he had any thoughts regarding next year’s mega auction in IPL.
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To which, he said: “Talks like those are always on. And it’s always been in my mind that if and when I retire, it should be with RCB. It was only after I came to RCB that my life changed.”When I joined in 2014 people got to know ‘there’s someone named Chahal too’ because at that time I didn’t used to play much in Ranji Trophy because there were Mishy bhaiya (Amit Mishra) and Jayant (Yadav)… and it was in 2014 that my life changed. So, obviously, I want to retire with the RCB and it will always be my dream that whenever I play in the IPL, it is for RCB.”
Notably, it was the Mumbai Indians who first gave Yuzvendra Chahal his debut IPL cap in 2013 and he got his first full season with RCB in 2014 as well. Since then he has played in almost every game for RCB, picking up 126 wickets which came at an average of just over 23. Chahal also shared his views about the T20 World Cup. However, unfortunately, Chahal couldn’t find a place in the 15-member squad for the mega event, nor in the three reserves as well.
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“My entire focus is on the IPL. For now it’s about recovering as quickly as possible because it takes some time to do so after Covid. The rhythm I had in Sri Lanka, I will continue the same during the IPL. We’ll definitely try to be the champions this year. I am not thinking about the World Cup, I always try to go step by step because if you think too much you only put pressure on yourself,” concluded Yuzvendra Chahal.
