Chetan Sakariya

Chetan is an Indian international cricketer who has played for Indian cricket team but currently plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket.

Early life:

Sakariya hails from a village called Vartej located 15 km from Bhavnagar in the state of Gujarat. Sheldon Jackson, a senior player in the Saurashtra team, bought him new shoes and helped him train. Only then did Sakariya get the chance to go to the MRF Pace Foundation. Jackson and Sakariya then became close friends.

Sakariya’s brother committed suicide when he was playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Sakariya was very close to his brother and keeping this in mind, Rajasthan Royals gifted him a jersey which has initials of his late brother ‘R.K’ imprinted on it. The jersey also has a message written on it that says, “Miss you bro”.

On 9 May 2021, Sakariya’s father died of COVID-19.

Career:

• List A debut: for Saurashtra in the 2017 – 2018 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 22 February 2018.
• First class debut: for Saurashtra in the 2018 – 2019 Ranji Trophy on 20 November 2018, taking a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
• Twenty20 debut: for Saurashtra in the 2018 – 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019
• ODI debut: on 23 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka
• T20I debut: on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka