Team India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal can go beyond just spinning the wrong one on the cricket pitch. He can also check-mate his opposition because he is a former chess champion.
After New Zealand’s win over India in the second T20I, it was Chahal’s turn to beat Kiwi spinner Ish Sodhi in a game of chess.
Both the cricketers engaged in a few games of chess in a long flight to Thiruvananthapuram and took on to Twitter sharing their feats.
Chahal was the first one to start the banter on Twitter. He shared a screenshot of the result of their first game after having checkmated Sodhi as he tweeted, “Hard luck my brother.”
Hard luck my brother 😋 @ish_sodhi #betterlucknexttime😂 pic.twitter.com/XzimLDwKT3
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 5, 2017
Ish Sodhi tweeted, “Haha god samn it brother! Now its public, @Matthenry014 won’t let me forget it haha! Teach me how! #leggies”
Haha god samn it brother! Now its public, @Matthenry014 won't let me forget it haha! Teach me how! #leggies https://t.co/BbA0lXNS66
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 5, 2017
Sodhi didn’t give up and instead asked for a rematch.
He tweeted, “Rematch has already happend… fair to say, chess champion for a reason @yuzi_chahal #toogood”
Rematch has already happend… fair to say, chess champion for a reason 😂😂 @yuzi_chahal #toogood pic.twitter.com/8cHxbFoXGy
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 5, 2017
Yuzi, in turn, revealed that he was now leading by a margin of 2-0.
2-0 brother 😂😂
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 5, 2017
Sodhi replied saying that it was a long flight and he still stood a chance to cover it all up.
No worries, long flight 😂😂 https://t.co/pMe7eUcwgf
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 5, 2017
Even after having reached the hotels, Sodhi was all in for round 3 as he had the chess table set for Chahal.
He tweeted, “Ready for round 3 @yuzi_chahal bhai! Jaaldi aajo! #INDvsNZ”
Ready for round 3 @yuzi_chahal bhai! Jaaldi aajo! #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/19hoOxGWpF
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 6, 2017
And it seemed like Yuzi managed to make it 3-0 as well with his following tweet.
Waiting for round 4 now bro 🙈
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 6, 2017
