Rahul Chahar included in Surrey squad for Hampshire game

Rahul Chahar has been included in Surrey's squad to take on Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl. Chahar, who was registered for the final part of the County Championship season in early September, has been added to the squad to face Hampshire this week - having not been required to play in the two home games at the Oval against Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire.

The 26-year-old leg-spin bowler plays for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy and has represented India seven times in white-ball cricket. Chahar has taken 87 wickets in 24 first-class matches at an average of 26.12, with best match figures of 9/148.

His IPL journey started at Rising Pune Supergiants, but it was at Mumbai Indians where his career really took off. He was a key part of the Mumbai Indians team that won the 2019 and 2020 IPL tournaments. He was bought by Punjab Kings in 2022 and spent this IPL season with the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Surrey take on Hampshire who recently signed Indian spinner Washington Sundar for the final two fixtures of the year. Surrey are currently missing spin options Will Jacks and Cam Steel who are both ruled out due to injury.

On signing, Chahar said: "I'm excited to join Surrey for this week's match. I'm coming here to have an impact and help the team in their final match of the season."

Alec Stewart said "Adding Rahul to the squad gives us another spin option at the Utilita Bowl.

"We always knew that we would be missing players for the final period of the season and try to plan accordingly given the potential surfaces and the opposition we're playing.

"We had originally earmarked for Sai Kishore to return for the latter stages of the season but he unfortunately has a finger injury resulting in an operation that has meant he was unavailable."