Nikhil Chaudhary: Indian origin player won the match for Australia, shone in the debut match itself

Nikhil Chaudhary Debut: A unique and historic moment was seen on the stage of international cricket. India-born all-rounder Nikhil Chaudhary made his T20 International debut for the Australian national team. He was included in Australia’s playing eleven in the first T20 match played against Bangladesh in Chittagong. In this match, he played an important role in Australia’s victory and made his place in a special list.

Special moment of Nikhil Chaudhary’s career

With this debut, Nikhil Chaudhary has become a part of a special elite club. He has become the third Indian-origin cricketer in history to play international cricket for Australia. At the same time, this is the first time in the history of Australian men’s cricket in the last six decades that an Indian-born male player has worn the Australian jersey. Before this, Rex Sellers was the last Indian-born male cricketer to play for Australia.

Born in Delhi, played domestic cricket from Punjab

Nikhil Chaudhary’s journey is no less than a film story. Born in Delhi, Nikhil started his cricket career in India. He played a total of 14 List-A matches for the Punjab domestic team. During this period, he shared the dressing room with veteran Indian players like Harbhajan Singh, Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma in the Punjab team. Apart from this, he also gave trial for IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, but then he could not get a chance. In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Nikhil had gone to Queensland to meet his uncle and got stuck there. Then he started playing in Australia itself.

Nikhil Chaudhary shines in debut match

Australia won by 4 wickets in the first match of the ODI series against Bangladesh. During this, Nikhil Chaudhary took one wicket after spending 14 runs in 2 overs. At the same time, he also played an important inning of 18 runs in 13 balls, which included 2 fours. Let us tell you, in this match, Bangladesh team, batting first, got all out after scoring 131 runs in 19 overs. At the same time, Australia achieved this target at the loss of 6 wickets in 18.2 overs.