The 5-time champion team Mumbai Indians is hanging in the balance regarding the playoffs in IPL 2023. The team had a golden chance to make it to the top-2, but the 5-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants broke their dream. Batsmen like Tim David and Cameron Green could not score 11 runs in the 20th over. Left arm fast bowler Mohsin Khan gave only 5 runs. In the match, Lucknow scored 177 runs while playing first. In response, the Mumbai team could only reach 172 runs.

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Piyush Chawla has Done Exceptionally Well in the Current Season of the T20 League

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla from Mumbai Indians has done well in the current season of the T20 league. He has taken the maximum 20 wickets for the team so far. In IPL 2022, he was not bought by any team in the auction. Against Lucknow Super Giants, Chawla took 1/26 in 3 overs. Piyush Chawla has been a part of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 2007 and 2011. In such a situation, now Rohit Sharma’s team will have high hopes from him. Talking about other Indian bowlers playing from Mumbai, all of them together could take only 20 wickets. Means Chawla’s performance is equal to 7 players.

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Talking about the history of Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians is the most successful team. He has won the title a record 5 times. Piyush Chawla, 34, has so far taken 20 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 19. His best performance was 3 wickets for 22 runs. The economy is of 7.66. Talking about other Indian bowlers, Arshad Khan and Kumar Kartikeya got 5-5 wickets.

Has Troubled Legends Like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni

Piyush Chawla has troubled veterans like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni with his bowling. Chawla made his debut as a young bowler in the final match of the Challenger Trophy in 2005-06. In the match, apart from Sachin-Dhoni, he took the wicket of Yuvraj Singh in his name. However, Chawla’s team was defeated in the final by the senior team.

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Talking about the overall T20 record of Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Piyush Chawla, he has taken 296 wickets in 274 matches at an average of 24. 4 wickets for 17 runs is the best performance. The economy is of 7.42. Apart from this, he has also scored 1526 runs. Chawla has taken 7 wickets in 3 Tests and 32 wickets in 25 ODIs for Team India. He has taken 445 wickets in first class cricket.