IPL 2021: Saurashtra`s Chetan Sakariya, who overcame his brothers` suicide to play IPL

Rajkot | Wednesday | 14th April, 2021

Summary:

Rajasthan Royals left-arm fast bowler Chetan Sakariya made his debut on Monday in Rajasthan Royals`(RR) opening IPL match against Punjab Kings (PBKS).


Playing his first IPL match, Sakariya took three big wickets of Mayank Agarwal, captain KL Rahul and Richardson.

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Rajasthan Royals left-arm fast bowler Chetan Sakariya made his debut on Monday in Rajasthan Royals(RR) opening IPL match against Punjab Kings (PBKS).

Sakariya performed brilliantly in this debut match as he took three wickets for 31 runs in four overs with an impressive economy of 7.75.

Apart from this, he took a sensational flying catch of Nicholas Puran.

Sakariya performed very well in domestic cricket for the Saurashtra cricket team.

He also played under-19 cricket before playing for the senior team of Saurashtra.

The left-hander has played 15 first-class, seven List-A and 16 T20 matches so far in his domestic career.

On Monday, Rajasthan Royals gave a chance to young Chetan Sakariya in place of senior paceman Jaydev Unadkat against Punjab Kings at Wankhede Stadium.

Playing his first IPL match, Sakariya took three big wickets of Mayank Agarwal in his second over then captain KL Rahul and Richardson in the final over of the game.

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