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Unmukt Chand
Indian cricketer
Unmukt Chand (born 26 March ) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batsman who currently plays for the Los Angeles Knight Riders in Major League Cricket, and the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League.
He has played for Delhi and Uttarakhand in Indian domestic cricket tournaments,[1] the Mumbai Indians & the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, and the India Under cricket team, who he captained to victory in the U Cricket World Cup. In August , Chand announced his retirement from playing cricket in India.[2][3][4]
Early life
Unmukt Chand was born in a Kumauni Rajput family to Bharat Chand Thakur and Rajeshwari Chand, who were both teachers.
He is originally from Pithoragarh (Siltham) District of Uttarakhand.[5] He moved from DPS Noida to Modern School, Barakhamba Road in the 9th standard.[6]
Career
Early career
Unmukt Chand scored runs during his first stint with the Delhi U team.
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He played in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level.
Captaincy
Unmukt Chand was named the captain of the Delhi U team[7] and the North Zone U team. He then went on to become the captain of the India Under cricket team for the quadrangular series that was held in Vishakhapatnam, India.
The quadrangular series included the U teams from India, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia.
Unmukt chand full biography of bill gates Patel, Smit 11 August Wikiwand for Chrome. List A. He scored back-to-back centuries, first against Kerala where he scored off 67 balls, and then against Gujarat, scoring off just 63 deliveries.He scored an unbeaten against Sri Lanka and two fifties against Australia and West Indies.[8] He ended the tournament with runs from seven outings, just one behind Australia's Cameron Bancroft. He also participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy later that season. Under his captaincy, India also won the U World Cup in Australia.[9]
In April , India U cricket team played a quadrangular series in Australia involving the hosts, along with England and New Zealand.
Batting at three, Chand scored an impressive 94 against England in the semi-final to help India win the match by 63 runs. He followed it up with a blistering century against Australia in the final – an unbeaten , which included 9 fours and 6 sixes – to take India to an emphatic 7-wicket victory. India won the tournament under Chand's captaincy, who ended with runs from 5 matches, only six runs short of the tournament's highest run-getter Daniel Bell-Drummond.
In June , playing in the ACC Unders Asia Cup, Chand rose to the occasion once again with against Sri Lanka in the semi-final, before scoring against Pakistan in the final. He won the Man of the Match award in both games. He was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with runs from 3 matches.
Lions vs Tigers. The Times of India. Most Viewed Players. Main article: —13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.On 26 August , Chand led the India Us to victory in the ICC Under Cricket World Cup in Australia. His counterpart William Bosisto's half-century had rescued Australia from 38 for 4 to a score of in the final, but Chand's run stand with Smit Patel ensured India won with more than two overs to spare, with Chand scoring a captain's knock of * in balls which consisted of 6 sixes and 7 fours to defeat Australia.[10]
On 3 March , Chand scored for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Assam to show his knack for scoring big hundreds in tournament finals.
Delhi went on to win the game by 95 runs and the title for the first time.
IPL career
Unmukt made his IPL debut in for Delhi Daredevils [11]but is mostly recognised for incident in when he got clean bowled for a first ball duck by Brett Lee in the season opener against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals during the IPL 7 Auction.
He was picked up by the Mumbai Indians in the season, where he won his first IPL title, despite not playing in most of the games.[1]
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy –13
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Unmukt scored runs at an average of with a strike rate reaching for Delhi, where was the highest run-scorer.
He scored back-to-back centuries, first against Kerala where he scored off 67 balls, and then against Gujarat, scoring off just 63 deliveries. Delhi was upset by Odisha in the semi-finals, where he failed to score.
Minor League Cricket
Unmukt made his MiLC debut on 14 August , where he was bowled for naught off 3 deliveries.[12] Unmukt topped the runs scorers list for in the competition with runs from 16 innings as he led his team, the Silicon Valley Strikers, to the championship title.[13] He transferred over to the Atlanta Lightning for the season.[14]
Big Bash League
Unmukt made his BBL debut for the Melbourne Renegades on 18 January , becoming the first Indian male to play in the Big Bash.[15]
Major League Cricket
Unmukt was signed by the Los Angeles Knight Riders in the player draft, ahead of the inaugural Major League Cricket season.
Bangladesh Premier League
In November , Ummukt was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers, following the players' draft for the –23 Bangladesh Premier League.[16] He became the first Indian to feature in the Bangladesh Premier League.[17][18]
Unmukt started commentating during the U Cricket World Cup finals.[19] He has also commentated for Star Sports, covering the Caribbean Premier League.[20] He also joined the Big Bash League as a Hindi commentator.[21] He was one of the commentators in the Under Men's Cricket World Cup.[22]
Honours and awards
- Under Cricket World Cup winning captain
- Under Cricket World Cup Final Man of the Match
- Castrol Junior Cricketer of the Year for –12
- CEAT Indian youngster of the year
- IPL title with Mumbai Indians
- Minor Cricket League USA winning captain, also scoring the most runs in the competition
Books
Chand has penned his memories of the U19 WC into a book, The Sky is the Limit ().
The book chronicles Unmukt's rise as a cricketer, from his childhood days to the World Cup victory and how he came to represent his country, lead his team to victory - complete with a captain's match-winning knock - and bring home the coveted trophy.
Los Angeles Knight Riders. Rajasthan Royals. State B of P won by 7 wickets. Wikiwand for Edge.The victory was India U team's first World Cup win outside Asia.[6]Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman and Sanjay Manjrekar wrote forewords for the book.