Prithvi Shaw and Yuzvendra Chahal attended the first Premier League 2024 opener between Manchester United and Fulham on August 17 at the Old Trafford Stadium. The Indian and Northamptonshire teammates are currently in London for the County Championship. Chahal and Shaw witnessed Manchester United registering a 1-0 win over Fulham at their home ground. Joshua Zirkzee netted a goal in the 87th minute of the game to give Erik ten Hag’s side a win over Marco Silva’s Fulham. The late goa from United’s new signing was crucial in the team kicking off the new season on a positive start.
Chahal and Shaw shared pictures and snippets from the game at the Old Trafford. The distance between Northamptonshire and Manchester is over 200 kilometres. The Steelbacks played their last One Day Cup game a 50-over domestic white-ball competition in England against Kent on August 14. Chahal made a sensational debut for Northamptonshire in their final round.
Chahal impresses with Northamptonshire debut
He picked five wickets in his quota of 10 overs and bowled five maidens while conceding just 14 runs. Chahal decimated his former team, Kent in Canterbury, as they were bundled out for 82 in 35.1 overs. It was Yuzvendra Chahal’s sixth five-wicket in List A cricket. Notably, Chahal had picked nine wickets in two matches in the One-Day Cup when he played for Kent in 2023.
Chahal-Shaw shine for County team
Chahal’s signing with Northamptonshire was confirmed only hours before the one-day game on Wednesday. Chahal linked up with his India teammate Prithvi Shaw at the franchise. Prithvi has been in fine form for Northamptonshire, scoring 344 runs in eight matches in the white-ball tournament. Ajinkya Rahane is another Indian player at the county, representing Leicestershire.
Chahal will also play five County Championship matches for Northamptonshire in his stint in the United Kingdom. The leg-spinner is bidding to return to the senior national team after having missed the tours of Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. Chahal was part of India’s T20 World Cup squad in the USA and the West Indies. However, the leg-spinner did not get a game during India’s victorious campaign.