'Vintage' Piyush Chawla Steals the Show in DC vs MI IPL 2023 Clash

Piyush Chawla takes the wickets of Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell and Lalit Yadav during match number 16 of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday. The veteran spinner ended the innings with figures of 3/22 from his four overs.
 

4-0-22-3 💥

What a brilliant spell by Piyush Chawla 💙#MIvsDC pic.twitter.com/lBV8Rfj9Rm

— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) April 11, 2023

He stepped into the international cricket arena 14 years ago, when he became the second youngest player to represent India in the longer format of the game. Chawla made his Test debut at the age of 17 in March 2006 against England in Mohali. The following year, he made his ODI debut at Dhaka against Bangladesh.
 

Piyush Chawla🔥🥵 pic.twitter.com/dD4W1pxWAf

— Pulkit🇮🇳 (@pulkit5Dx) April 11, 2023

He has been in and out of the Indian team for various reasons. However, Chawla has been a successful player in the domestic circuit and the Indian Premier League (IPL). He previously played for Kings XI Punjab (2008-13). In 2014, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders where he was part of until 2019. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings. Chawla, 34, was sold to Mumbai Indians for IPL 2023 in a mini-auction held earlier in the year in Kochi.
 

PIYUSH CHAWLA !!! An incredible spell today by him. 3/22 in his 4 ✨️ just superb from the 34 year old 🔥#MumbaiIndians | #DCvMI pic.twitter.com/cWGE9KkE1m

— î (@ixxcric) April 11, 2023

Piyush Chawla had earlier lamented that the number of wrist spinners in the IPL is not high.

“Every team wants wrist-spinners in this format because when most bowlers go for runs, wrist-spinners are the aggressive options that will give you success. I think you don't see many wrist spinners because there aren't many in domestic cricket. "Youngsters may want to bat or bowl fast and very few want to be wrist spinners," Chawla said.