- Piyush Chawla remained unsold in the IPL 2025 auction this time. But, he scored 156 runs in Ranji while batting in ODI style. During this, he thrashed the bowlers fiercely.
Piyush Chawla: Round 6 matches of the second phase of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 have started. During this, many star players of Team India are playing domestic cricket. These include the names of giants like Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma. Everyone’s eyes are on the performance of Team India players while playing in Ranji. During this, Rohit Sharma could not do anything special. He flopped. On one hand, he flopped, while Piyush Chawla, who surprised everyone with his spin, wreaked havoc with the bat. He scored 156 runs while batting in ODI style in Ranji. Let us tell you about his innings in detail.
Piyush Chawla’s amazing batting in the Ranji Trophy
The magic of spin wizard Piyush Chawla was not seen in the current season of Ranji Trophy but in the 2012 season. Playing for Uttar Pradesh, he scored 156 runs while batting at number 7 against Maharashtra. These runs do not look like Test batting in any way. This innings seems like his ODI style. This can be estimated by looking at his strike rate, in which he scored runs at a strike rate of 111.4.
Piyush scored runs in 140 balls
Piyush Chawla scored 156 runs facing 140 balls. During this, 18 fours and 8 skyscraper sixes were seen from his bat. Apart from him, Tanmay Srivastava and Mukul Dagar also scored centuries for UP. But only Piyush won the match. Not only this, he also took 3 wickets. That is, his all-rounder performance was the center of attraction for everyone. Due to his innings, UP scored 669 runs. However, the result of the match was a draw. Because Kedar Jadhav also scored a triple century for Maharashtra.
Such was the spinner’s journey in first-class cricket
If we talk about Piyush Chawla’s domestic cricket career, he has played 137 matches, in which he has taken 446 wickets at an economy of 3. Along with this, he also scored 5486 runs. During this, 6 centuries and 36 half-centuries were also seen from his bat.
