Lost his father due to COVID-19, now a rising Indian star: Who is MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings teammate Rajyavardhan Hangergekar?

During the initial lockdown four years ago, 17-year-old Rajvardhan Hungergekar was faced with a tough choice. He had to overcome the pain of losing his father to Covid, rise again and chase his goals.

“Tough times for me, but I kept telling myself, ‘well, have to accept what happened, but I can’t sit here and put myself in a bad mindset,'” he told Cricbuzz. (Ishant Sharma chose Arshdeep Singh before Umran Malik for Test cricket, said this)

“So I knew what to do. It was difficult for me to go out there and practice again with the same enthusiasm and everything else. My objectives were already set. I understood what I wanted to achieve, said the India A bowler and current MS Dhoni teammate in the dressing room of Chennai Super Kings.

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Rajvardhan was a member of the Indian team that won the U19 Cricket World Cup. CSK bought him for Rs 1.5 crore. it was interesting to see how M S Dhoni He was used in IPL 2023, a season where he led Chennai Super Kings to another IPL title.

Rajvardhan plays from Maharashtra and played his most recent match in a Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad in Pune in January 2023. The standout bowler of the match bowled 13 overs in the first innings and conceded only 24 runs at an economy of 1.84. Rajvardhan took three wickets in 16 overs at an economy rate of 4.12 during Hyderabad’s second innings.

Born on November 10, 2022, Hangergekar played only two matches for Chennai Super Kings in the 2023 season and was replaced by Tushar Deshpande. In both the games, he bagged 3 wickets in each contest respectively, but his expensive economy rate subsequently saw him sidelined for the rest of the season.

He is now playing for India A under the leadership of Yash Dhull and many other IPL stars are also getting a chance to showcase their skills in the Emerging Asia Cup 2023.