Swastik Chikara
Swastik Chikara cricketer, wiki, age, height, caste, religion, parents, siblings, family, education & more
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Swastik Chikara |
| Full Name | Swastik Surender Chikara |
| Profession | Indian cricketer |
| Major teams | Uttar Pradesh Delhi Capitals Meerut Mavericks |
| Date of Birth | April 3, 2005 |
| Age (In 2023) | 18 Years |
| Birth Place | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Residence | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Jat |
| Mother Tongue | Hindi |
| Zodiac | Aries |
| Height | in centimeters- 180 cm in meters- 1.80 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 11in |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Parents | |
| Father | Surender Chhikara |
| Mother | Sudha Chhikara |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Savita Chhikara Sheel Chhikara |
| Cricket Information | |
| Playing role | Batsman |
| Batting style | Right-handed bat |
| Bowling style | Right arm Offbreak |
| List A debut | November 25, 2023 – UP vs Himachal |
| Education Details | |
| School | Aster Public School, Greater Noida |
| College | Not attended |
| Educational Qualification | 12th Pass |
| facebook.com/swastik.chhikara.7 | |
| instagram.com/swastikchikara_3/ (25k followers) | |
| Other Details | |
| Salary | ₹20 Lakh (IPL) |
Swastik Chikara is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-hand batsman. He represents Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and plays for Delhi Capitals (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). | |
| He was born on 3 April 2005 into a Jat Hindu family to Surender Chhikara and his wife Sudha Chhikara in Ataur Nangla, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 | |
| He comes from a family of athletes. His father, Surender Chhikara, was a long-distance runner, and his elder sisters, Savita Chhikara and Sheel Chhikara, were also 100m and 200m sprinters. 2 | |
| His father, Surender Chhikara, is employed as a sub-inspector with the Delhi Police and provides training to newly recruited officers at the Delhi Police Training Institute in Wazirabad. Additionally, Surender runs a cricket academy named SS Nalanda Cricket Hostel in Ghaziabad. He has also set up 12 practice wickets on his fields to facilitate Swastik’s training there. 2 | |
| His mother, Sudha Chhikara, used to take him daily to a cricket academy in Ghaziabad, which was 16 km away from their home in Muradnagar. 2 | |
Chikara first gained prominence in 2019 at the age of just 16 when he set a world record by scoring 585 runs in 167 deliveries, including 52 sixes and 55 fours, for Mahi Cricket Club during a 40-over match in the Shaheed Ramprasad Bismil Smriti Open Cricket Tournament. Prior to this, the record was held by South Africa’s Shane Dadswell, who scored 490 runs in a 50-over match in 2017 at the age of 20. 3 | |
In the inaugural UPT20 league in August-September 2023, Chikara played for Meerut Mavericks and ended as the second-highest run-scorer, amassing 494 runs at an impressive average of 70.57 and a strike rate of 173.33 in 9 innings slamming three centuries and two half-centuries. 4 | |
| He was included in the Uttar Pradesh squad for the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy but did not get a chance to play. | |
| He made his List A debut for Uttar Pradesh against Himachal Pradesh at Chandigarh on 25 November 2023 in the 2023-2024 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He opened the batting for Uttar Pradesh, slamming a century on his List A debut match to help his team win by 7 wickets with 78 balls remaining. 5 | |
| In December 2023, he was bought by Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 20 lakh (USD 24,100 approx) in the player auction for the 2024 Indian Premier League. 6 | |
References
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/swastik-chikara-1403198[↩]
- https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2023/dec/08/dad-turned-into-cricket-coach-to-fulfill-his-sons-dream-swastik-now-eyes-berth-in-ipl-team-2639497.html[↩][↩][↩]
- https://english.jagran.com/cricket/16-year-old-swastik-chikara-from-ghaziabad-makes-world-record-scores-585-runs-in-167-balls-10006806[↩]
- https://www.crictracker.com/uttar-pradesh-t20/stats/batting-most-runs/[↩]
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vijay-hazare-trophy-2023-24-1383412/himachal-pradesh-vs-uttar-pradesh-group-d-1383599/full-scorecard[↩]
- https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2024-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1413396[↩]
