Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla was on high of his powers in match 16 of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday. Chawla picked up the wickets of Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell and Lalit Yadav, inspiring MI to their first win of the season. Chawla, who hasn’t performed for India since December 2012, was purchased by MI for Rs 50 lakh in the course of the IPL 2023 mini public sale. He has picked 4 wickets in three matches to date.

While Chawla ran previous the DC batting line-up, Makarand Waingankar, whose Twitter bio reads PhD in cricket, Sports Journalist for over 50 years & Cricket Management Consultant, wrote in a tweet: “Delhi Capitals ? No. It’s Delhi Capitulates. Too many cricketing brains sitting in the dug out but in the middle their batsmen were clueless against a leggie who doesn’t even plays for his state.”

However, his comment did not go down properly with former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel, who commented on the tweet, saying: “That leggie is a 2 time World Cup winner with 161 ipl wickets his name is PIYUSH CHAWLA…and he does play for GUJARAT  as a professional player.”

That leggie is a 2 time World Cup winner with 161 ipl wickets his title is PIYUSH CHAWLA…and he does play for GUJARAT as knowledgeable participant… https://t.co/2XAYEKGioc

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) April 12, 2023

Chawla, 34, was a part of the Indian squads that received the inaugural ICC World T20 in 2007 and the ICC World Cup in 2011.

The final ODI Chawla performed was within the 2011 World Cup. He made a Test comeback towards England in 2012, however quickly vanished into wilderness. Soon after the World T20 in Sri Lanka the identical 12 months, Chawla misplaced his place within the shortest format as properly.

(With PTI Inputs)