Former India U19 skipper Unmukt Chand has retired from Indian cricket. The right-handed batsman announced his retirement in a social media post.
“Cricket is a universal game and even though the means might change, the end goal is still the same- to play at the highest level. Also, a huge thanks to all my supporters and well wishers for always carrying me in their heart. There is no better feeling than being loved and appreciated for who you are,” he wrote.
Chand has been one of the few Indian captains at the junior level to lift the World Cup. He achieved the feat in 2012. The right-hander scored a match-winning 111* off 130 deliveries to help India chase down a target of 226 runs against Australia in Townsville.
In a 67 First-Class game-long career, Unmukt scored over 3300 runs at an average of 31.57 that included eight hundreds. He was also capped 120 times in List A cricket where he scored 4505 runs at an average of 41.33 and notched up seven tons.
Unmukt was a part of Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League where he could only manage to score 300 runs in 21 appearances.
He made his First-Class debut for Delhi against Gujarat in November 2010 while playing his first List A match for Delhi against J&K in February 2010.