Mukesh Choudhary is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Chennai franchise in the Indian Premier League. Mukesh Choudhary was born on Jul 06, 1996; and as of 2023, he is 27 years old. Mukesh Choudhary is an all-rounder from Pardodas, Bhilwara, Rajasthan and bats left-handed and bowls fast seam. He made his IPL debut in 2022. Mukesh Choudhary has played 13 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 6 runs, with an average of 6.00. With his highest IPL score being 4 runs. In the IPL Auction 2024, the Chennai franchise acquired the services of Mukesh Choudhary for Rs 20.00 Lac. In May 2022, he played his last IPL match against Rajasthan at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India, scoring 0 runs off 0 balls.
Mukesh Choudhary Biography
Full name | Mukesh Choudhary |
Nick Name | Mukesh |
Date of Birth/DOB/ age | Jul 06, 1996 (27 years) |
Birth Place | Pardodas, Bhilwara, Rajasthan |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Cancer |
Profession | Cricketer (Bowler) |
Country | India |
Cricket Role | Bowler |
Father name | Gopal Choudhary (businessman) |
Mother name | Prembai Choudhary |
Married | Unmarried |
Spouse or Girlfriend | N/A |
Children | N/A |
Education Qualification | Not Known |
Religion | Hindu |
Current Residence | Pardodas, Bhilwara, Rajasthan |
Nationality | Indian |
Batting Style | Left hand Bat |
Bowling Style | Left arm Medium |
International Debut | He did not make any international debut. |
Teams | Maharashtra, Chennai Super Kings |
Mukesh Choudhary Physical Statistics
Height | in centimeters– 175 cm in meters– 1.75 m in feet & inches– 5’ 9” |
Weight | in kilograms– 65 kg in pounds– 143 lbs |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Mukesh Choudhary Profile
Mukesh made his domestic cricket debut on 9 November 2017, to represent Maharashtra in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy. He played in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 7 October 2019 for Maharashtra. On 8 November 2019, he played for Maharashtra in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Mukesh made his first-class cricket debut on 9 November 2017 with the Ranji Trophy for the Maharashtra team and has played 13 first-class cricket so far in which he has bowled with an economy of 3.21, taking 38 wickets in total.
Mukesh made his List A debut with the Maharashtra team on 7 October 2019. And he has bowled at an economy of 5.75 in List A cricket and has also taken 17 wickets in 12 List A cricket matches.
Mukesh made his debut in short format cricket on 8 November 2019 with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and he did well in his debut T20I match. So far he has got a chance to play a total of 12 T20I matches in which he has taken 16 wickets with an economy of 8.50.
Seeing Mukesh’s good performance in short-format cricket, he has been included in Chennai Super Kings teams in IPL Mega Auction 2022 at his best price, and he made his IPL debut on 31 March 2022 while playing against Lucknow Supergiants. Where he was given a total of 39 runs in 3.3 overs, and his IPL debut was nothing special.
By the way, for your information, let us tell you that Mukesh was associated with the Chennai Super King team from the year 2021, and he used to bowl the batsmen of the Chennai Super King team in the net.
Mukesh Choudhary Career Stats
Bowling
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 13 | 23 | 2371 | 1271 | 38 | 4/99 | 6/70 | 33.44 | 3.21 | 62.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 19 | 19 | 1043 | 1001 | 25 | 4/67 | 4/67 | 40.04 | 5.75 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 27 | 27 | 568 | 842 | 32 | 4/46 | 4/46 | 26.31 | 8.89 | 17.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 13 | 17 | 9 | 111 | 25 | 13.87 | 280 | 39.64 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
List A | 19 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14* | 6.00 | 20 | 90.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
T20s | 27 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 11* | 11.50 | 19 | 121.05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Auction Price History
Year | Price | Team |
---|---|---|
2022 | 20 Lakhs | Chennai |
2023 | 20 Lakhs | Chennai |
2024 | 20 Lakhs | Chennai |
Mukesh Choudhary’s Social Media Accounts
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Wikipedia | Mukesh Choudhary |
Some Lesser-Known Facts About Mukesh Choudhary
- Mukesh Choudhary is an Indian cricketer who is known for giving an amazing performance in IPL 2022.
- He made his debut in domestic cricket and represented Maharashtra in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2017. On 7 October 2019, he played for Maharashtra in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. On 8 November 2019, he played for Maharashtra in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
- When he was young, the other boys in his village who were elder than him did not let him bat or bowl on the field. In class four, his father admitted him to a boarding school because there was no cricket academy in his village. In the boarding school, he tried to play other sports like basketball, volleyball, and hockey.
- After taking admission to boarding school, he started playing cricket matches with a leather ball and after playing some matches, he gained interest in cricket and lost interest in academics. He started playing cricket professionally but did not tell his parents about his interest. He used to send the newspaper cutting off his photo to his parents. His father was happy with his appearance in the newspaper, but he always asked him to focus on his studies.
- When he was seventeen years old and was living in an apartment in Pune, his neighbour, Vaishali Sawant, used to take care of him and made sure that he went to practice every day. He calls his neighbour ‘Didi.’
- In 2015, he joined Twenty 2 Yards Specialized Cricket Academy, Pune.
- In an interview, he talked about how much his family supported him in his cricket journey even after being a middle-class family.
- In February 2022, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the auction for a price of Rs. 20 lakh.
- On 5 May 2022, in the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, Mukesh was bowling to Virat Kohli and by mistake, he hit Virat Kohli with the ball, and immediately said sorry to him. Many news articles stated that instead of being angry with Mukesh, Virat smiled at him and forgave him.