Yuzvendra Chahal credits being excellent at chess for teaching him patience in bowling

Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal has been national side's ace spinner in limited-overs formats in last few years. Yuzvendra Chahal is considered to be one of  most fun-loving characters on cricket ground. Indian leg-spinner is appreciated by his teammates as he keeps on entertaining m from time to time. However, during his formative days, he was an active chess player who might t have taken up sport professionally on a full-time basis at all. Here is his story.

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IPL 2020: RCB team 2020 star Yuzvendra Chahal spills beans on choosing cricket over chess

On Sunday, Yuzvendra Chahal went back to his old passion of chess as he headlined an online event organised by chess.com. Interestingly, Yuzvendra Chahal represented India at World Youth Chess Championships in past and is listed on official site of World Chess Federation. He is a former Under-12 national champion on 64 squares and is till date, only person to represent India in both cricket and chess professionally.

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While talking with Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta and International Master Rakesh Kulkarni before event started, Yuzvendra Chahal claimed that it is chess that taught him patience that he exhibits on and off cricket field equally. Yuzvendra Chahal compared chess to Test cricket by saying in Tests, one may have bowled well on a particular day but t been rewarded with wickets. Yet y have to come back next day and still give it ir best, which makes patience key. Yuzvendra Chahal furr said that he has learnt to be patient for getting batsmen out.

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Yuzvendra Chahal was asked about his decision to choose cricket over chess, despite doing fairly well in board game. Yuzvendra Chahal replied saying he did so because he had slightly more interest in cricket. Chahal said that he had to choose between chess and cricket. He added that he had his far's support when making a choice between two as he was given full freedom to do so. 

Meanwhile, Chahal will play for RCB team 2020 in IPL 2020 if it takes place. IPL 2020, which was set to start from March 29, was postponed to April 15 amidst coronavirus crisis.

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