The leg-spinner from the Indian team, Yujwendra Chahal, is demonstrating outstanding results in English county cricket while playing for Northamptonshire. During a County Championship match in Division 2 against Derby, his spin proved to be extremely effective.
In the match held at the County Ground in Northampton, Chahal started the second day of play impressively. He managed to dismiss Ben Stokes with a delivery that completely stunned the former England captain.
After the ball touched the pitch, it spun sharply and hit Stokes' bat before hitting the off-stump. Ben Stokes could not comprehend the trajectory of this ball. Yujwendra Chahal's delivery was aimed at the off-stump line and showed much more rotation than expected, moving inward.
Stokes attempted to stop the ball, but there was no contact between the bat and the ball, and in the next moment, the off-stump fell to the ground.
Thanks to Yujwendra Chahal's spin, the Derby innings was seriously shaken. Seven batsmen were lost in just 49 runs. Previously, Derby's score was 157 runs with three wickets down, but after this moment, the course of the game changed drastically. Derby's first innings concluded at 205 runs.
Chahal became one of the main heroes of this upset, taking 4 wickets for 36 runs in 15.2 overs. Opponents were constantly in difficulty against his spin, and the dismissal of Ben Stokes was the most memorable moment of his brilliant performance.
Ben Sanderson, Luke Proctor, Kelvin Harrison, and Louis Kimber also provided good support to Chahal, each taking one wicket. Regarding statistics, Yujwendra Chahal has played 72 matches in ODIs and 80 matches in T20 Internationals for the Indian team. In ODIs, he has taken 121 wickets with an average of 27.13, and in T20 Internationals—96 wickets with an average of 25.09.