Rahul Chahar to play for Surrey on final County Championship Match day against Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl.
Rahul Chahar joins Surrey for final Championship match of the season.
As Surrey looks to win the County Championship for the fourth consecutive year, spinner Rahul Chahar has joined the team for their season-ending match against Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl this week.
According to ECB rules, Chahar, 26, was registered to play for Surrey at the beginning of September, but he was exempt from playing in the team’s home games against Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. Notts now control the title race heading into the final week after the latter match resulted in an exciting 20-run loss.
In addition to making a single appearance in the IPL this season as an impact replacement for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chahar has played frequently for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. With best match statistics of 9 for 148, he has taken 87 wickets at 26.12 overall in 24 first-class matches.
Around the same time that he was instrumental in the Mumbai Indians’ twin IPL championships in 2019 and 2020, he also played one ODI and six T20Is for India from 2019 to 2021.
“I’m excited to join Surrey for this week’s match,” Chahar said. “I’m coming here to have an impact and help the team in their final match of the season.”
Alec Stewart, the club’s high-performance advisor, said: “Adding Rahul to the squad gives us another spin option at the Utilita Bowl.
“We always knew that we would be missing players for the final period of the season and try to plan accordingly given the potential surfaces and the opposition we’re playing.
“We had originally earmarked for Sai Kishore to return for the latter stages of the season but he unfortunately has a finger injury resulting in an operation has meant he was unavailable.”