Regis Wiriranai Chakabva (born 20 September 1987) is a Zimbabwean

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er and vice-captain of the team in all formats of the game. He is a right-handed

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batter. He played through school-level cricket and started making his mark as a good batter with sound wicket-keeping abilities. He got picked to play for

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Domestic career

Chakabva made his first-class debut for Northerns in an April 2007

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match against Easterns. Opening the batting, he made scores of 0 and 5 in the match. After just four first-class matches for his province and with a top score of 35, he was picked for a Zimbabwe A side. He made his first half-century against a South African academy side in August 2007. Chakabva was then selected for a Zimbabwe Provinces side to play in South African domestic competition in the 2007–08 season; he made his maiden first-class century against

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in this tournament. In 2013/2014, he played grade cricket for Magpies Cricket Club in

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. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the

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in the

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International career

In October 2008, Chakabva was selected in the squad for the Zimbabwe national team for the

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. He made his international debut in a

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match against

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on 12 October 2008. Playing as a specialist batsman (

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was the wicket-keeper) he scored one run before being run out. Pakistan won the match by seven wickets. Zimbabwe would go on to finish third in the tournament. After this tournament, the Zimbabwe side went to

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, Kenya, for a

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matches against

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. Chakabva made his One Day International debut against Kenya on 19 October, this time as wicket-keeper with Taibu playing as a specialist batsman. Chakabva scored 41 runs from 44 balls and was the last wicket to fall as Zimbabwe lost by 95 runs. In 2010, Chakabva toured Canada and the Netherlands with the Zimbabwean side. Following the readmission of Zimbabwe to

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in 2011, he made his Test debut against

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in November that year, keeping wicket and scoring 37 and 5 batting at number seven. Chakabva scored his maiden Test century on 3 July 2014 against

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. However, Zimbabwe lost the match. As of 2021, Chakabva is the

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of the Zimbabwe side. In 2022, he began his service as the vice-captain of the Test side as well. Later in 2022, Regis Chakabva captained Zimbabwe for the first time against Bangladesh and started with a win. Regis has been inconsistent in his batting since his career has been affected by the lack of playing opportunities. He has, however, improved as a wicket-keeper over the years and is quite secure behind the stumps.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakabva, Regis Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers 1987 births Living people Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Zimbabwe Select XI cricketers Cricketers from Harare Wicket-keepers