Team India's leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the bowler who has taken the most T20 International wickets for the country, but despite this, he did not get a chance to play a single match in the T20 World Cup 2024. When captain Rohit Sharma announced the playing XI after the toss against South Africa in Barbados, Yuzvendra Chahal was not in it. Rohit Sharma fielded the same playing XI which he played throughout the tournament. Meaning Yuzvendra Chahal did not play a single match in the entire tournament. The big thing is that Yuzvendra Chahal never got a chance to play a T20 World Cup match.

Unlucky Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal is known for taking wickets in IPL and T20 International, but despite this he did not get a chance to debut in the T20 World Cup. Chahal also got a place in the T20 World Cup squad in 2022 and he was sitting on the bench there too. In the 2021 T20 World Cup, he did not even get a place in the team. The selectors gave Rahul Chahar a chance in his place. The selectors said that they needed a leg spinner with a little speed and the result was that Team India was eliminated in the first round itself.

Why did Chahal not get a chance?

If Yuzvendra Chahal is such a talented player, then why does Team India not give him a chance in the playing eleven? This is a big question.

However, the answer to this question is quite complicated. Actually, Yuzvendra Chahal does not fit in Team India's playing eleven. India gives maximum chances to all-rounders in the T20 playing eleven so that its batting can be longer. This is the reason why Team India played both Akshar and Jadeja in this World Cup. Kuldeep Yadav played as a specialist spinner. Overall, if Yuzvendra Chahal could bat, he would definitely have got a chance in the playing eleven.