My form hasn’t dipped and It’s just a matter of a couple of matches: Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal was the toast of the nation from the period 2017 to 2019. The leg-spinner’s clever, smart and economical bowling helped the Men in Blue to win matches in the limited-overs format. He formed a potent bowling partnership with Kuldeep Yadav and the duo would run through the opposition batting attacks with a bagful of wickets.

Such was the pair’s impact that the ‘Kulcha’ as they were fondly referred by fans and experts had kept Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja out of the limited-overs format for close to two years. Things though have not been the same as Chahal would have hoped to be like.

The Haryana leg-spinner has fallen off the radar of the selectors and is currently not in the scheme of things with the likes of Washington Sunder, Axar Patel, and Jadeja going ahead in the pecking order. Chahal though stated that he is still bowling well and his form has not gone down.

“I don’t think so (on being out of form). I have been playing for so long now. I have been bowling in the IPL too. You can’t take wickets in all the matches. There are times when the bowler goes wicketless in a couple of matches. That doesn’t mean his form has dipped. In T20Is, one needs to bowl with full control. We need to control the flow of runs. So, it is tough to bowl in T20Is,” Chahal told Timesofindia.com in an exclusive interview.

Yuzvendra Chahal optimistic about turning things in the Sri Lanka tour

Chahal in all likelihood will be included in the Sri Lanka tour with several of the first-choice players not available due to the England series. The leg-spinner believes it is just a matter of one or two games and he will again be back to doing what he does best- take heaps of wickets.

“People have got used to seeing me taking wickets. I have worked really hard to reach this level. I have impressed my fans by taking wickets. Obviously, when I am not taking wickets, there will be comparisons and fans will be disappointed. But my form hasn’t dipped. It’s just a matter of a couple of matches. This is just a phase for me. It happens with a batsman too when he is not able to score runs in 3 or 4 or 5 matches but after that, he starts scoring runs. You will see me back in wicket-taking mode again and that too very soon,” the leg-spinner further said.