Checkmate! Indian leggie Yuzvendra Chahal outsmarts NZ's Ish Sodhi in a game of chess
Thiruvananthapuram: Team India are all set to take on New Zealand in the final T20 on Tuesday which will be played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. The stadium will be hosting its first international game ever.
The series is currently locked at one game apiece with India winning the first T20 at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, while kiwis came back strong in the second match played at Rajkot to level the series.
Even before both the teams take the field for the final game, Team India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and New Zealand leggie Ish Sodhi decided to have their own battle on the chess board.
Both the leg spinners were involved in game of chess with Chahal winning the battle hands down. Chahal is a former national level chess player and has represented India at Asian and World Youth championships.
The BCCI Instagram handle posted a photo where Chahal and Sodhi are involved in game of chess.
Chahal also posted picture on his personal Instagram handle where he is seen playing chess against Sodhi in the flight. The Kiwi spinner too took to his social media channels to discuss the chess battle of the leggies.
Hard luck my brother 😋 @ish_sodhi #betterlucknexttime😂 pic.twitter.com/XzimLDwKT3
— yuZvendra Chahal23 (@yuzi_chahal) November 5, 2017
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
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
2-0 brother 😂😂
— yuZvendra Chahal23 (@yuzi_chahal) November 5, 2017
No worries, long flight 😂😂 https://t.co/pMe7eUcwgf
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 5, 2017
Ready for round 3 @yuzi_chahal bhai! Jaaldi aajo! #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/19hoOxGWpF
— Ish Sodhi (@ish_sodhi) November 6, 2017
Waiting for round 4 now bro 🙈
— yuZvendra Chahal23 (@yuzi_chahal) November 6, 2017
Like Chahal, India will also like to beat New Zealand and win the series. Earlier the three match ODI series also went down to the final game which India won to clinch the series.
