Rahul Desraj Chahar (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket and

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in the

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. He made his international debut for

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in August 2019.

Early life and personal life

Rahul was born in

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family to Desraj Singh Chahar and Usha Chahar. His paternal uncle, Lokendra Singh Chahar is his cricket coach who trained him and his cousin

Deepak Chahar Deepak Chahar (born 7 August 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm Fast bowling, medium pace Swing bowling, swing bowler, who plays for Rajasthan cricket team, Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the ...

together. Rahul started playing cricket at the age of 8 years after watching his elder cousin brother

. He started off as a fast bowler but later realised his actual talent was in spinning the ball. His cousin brother, Deepak is also an Indian international cricketer. And his cousin Malti Chahar is a Bollywood actress. Rahul got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Ishani in 2019 & got married in March 2022.

Domestic career

Rahul made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 5 November 2016. He made his

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debut for Rajasthan in the

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on 25 February 2017. In February 2017, Rahul was bought by the

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team for the

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for 10

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s. He made his

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(T20) debut in the 2017

on 8 April 2017. In January 2018, he was bought by the

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in the

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. Rahul was the leading wicket-taker for

in the

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, with twenty dismissals in nine matches. In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the

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. In August 2019, Rahul was named in the India Green team's squad for the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

in the

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for the

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tournament.

International career

In July 2019, Rahul was named for India's

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(T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 6 August 2019. In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's

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squad for their series against England. The following month, he was added to India's squad ahead of the first Test. In June 2021, Rahul was named in India's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his ODI debut on 23 July 2021, for India against

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. In September 2021, Chahar was named in India's squad for the

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chahar, Rahul 1999 births Living people Indian cricketers India One Day International cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers Rajasthan cricketers Rising Pune Supergiant cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers Punjab Kings cricketers