Goodbye Chetan Chauhan: It was something like the journey from cricketer to minister, achieved many successes August 16

Goodbye Chetan Chauhan: It was something like the journey from cricketer to minister, achieved many successes

Former Indian cricketer and current minister in UP government Chetan Chauhan breathed his last on Sunday.  He died at the age of 73 in Gurugram.  He was infected with Corona and undergoing treatment here.  Born on 21 July 1947 in Bareilly, UP, Chetan Chauhan, former cricketer of Team India, played his debut match against New Zealand in 1969 and held many records in the field.  He then entered politics and became a minister.  Let's know some important things related to his life from cricket and politics.

Chetan Chauhan was born in Bareilly but shifted to Pune at the age of 13 after his father transferred.  His father was in the army.  He played Ranji Trophy matches for Maharashtra and Delhi.

Chetan Chauhan made his Test debut against New Zealand in September 1969.  In this match, he did not score any runs for the first 25 minutes, but then opened the account by hitting fours and sixes on two consecutive balls.

Chetan Chauhan, along with Sunil Gavaskar, set the record for the biggest partnership for the first wicket against England in the Oval Test in 1979.  There was a 213-run partnership between these two batsmen.

Chetan Chauhan is the first cricketer in the world to score two thousand runs in a Test career without scoring a century.  This unique record was kept in his name for years.  However, Shane Warne's name was later added to this list.

Chetan Chauhan's international cricket journey ended in 1981, but in 1985 he played a competitive match.  He then joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), turning to politics.  He was a two-time MP from Amroha in UP and was currently a minister in the UP government.

In 1980, he joined the Adelaide Cricket Academy in Chetan Chauhan.  There he played the role of captain and coach for three years.  Chetan Chauhan was also the manager of the team's India.  He was the manager of Team India during the India-Australia series in 2001, in which Team India defeated Australia in the historic Test in Kolkata.  After this, he played an important role for Team India by staying in management in 2007-08 too.

Chauhan played 40 Tests and 7 One-Day matches in his cricket career.  In Tests, he scored 2084 runs in 40 matches at an average of 31.57, including 16 half-centuries.  At the same time, in one-day career, he scored 153 runs in 7 matches at an average of 21.86.

 Apart from this, he played 179 matches in his first class career, in which he scored 11,143 runs.  During this, he scored 21 centuries and 59 half-centuries.  But he could not score a single century in his international career.