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| Full name | Rajesh Kumar Chauhan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1966 Ranchi, Bihar, (now Ranchi, Jharkhand), India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 197) | 29 January 1993 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 March 1998 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 87) | 25 July 1993 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 28 December 1997 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajesh Chauhan (ⓘ; born 19 December 1966) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 35 One Day Internationals from 1993 to 1998. He was part of the Indian spin trio of Kumble-Raju-Chauhan, in the 1990s.
Although his own contributions were only of limited value, India lost none of the 21 Tests in which he played.[1] The feat for which he is perhaps remembered most is his last-over six off Saqlain Mushtaq at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India against Pakistan.
His father Govind Raja Chauhan, who lived in Ranchi, was also a cricketer and played Ranji Trophy in 1957 & Duleep Trophy in 1964.[2] Their ancestral village is Vidi in Kutch and he belongs to a small community known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya.[2][3] Chauhan also served as Chairman of All-India Youth Wing of Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya community for years 1993–96 and is an active social member of the community.[2]
In April 2007 he was seriously injured in a car accident. He suffered multiple fractures as well as bruising on his leg, back, hand and head.[4][5]
He currently resides in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh and is employed with Bhilai Steel Plant. He also runs his business.
On 7 July 2014, he suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his residence in Bhilai but survived.[6]