Unmukt Chand (born 26 March 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-hand batsman who usually opens the batting.

He plays for Delhi in Indian domestic cricket tournaments and Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.

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Chand led the India Under-19 cricket team to the U-19 Cricket World Cup victory in 2012. He hit an

unbeaten 111 in the final against Australia in Townsville.

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Childhood
He originally hails from Khudku Bhalya village of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. Unmukt Chand is the son of Bharat Chand Thakur, who is a teacher, and Rajeshwari Chand. Unmukt started playing cricket when he was 6 years old. His uncle Sunder Chand Thakur has played a major role in encouraging him to play cricket. He did his schooling from Modern School, Barakhamba Road in Delhi. He is currently a student of St. Stephens College, Delhi. He has represented Delhi in the U-15, U-16 and U-19 age groups. [edit]Career [edit]Early

career

Chand scored 435 runs during his first stint with the Delhi U-19 team. The 435 runs include 2 centuries and 1 half-century. His outstanding performance in the U19, gave him a place in the Delhi senior team. He scored 151 runs on a seaming track against a seasoned Railways attack in Ranji Trophy 2010-11. That year he also scored two half-centuries against Assam and Saurashtra. In fact, he scored 400 runs for Delhi in five Ranji matches. He has participated in Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level. [edit]Captaincy Chand was named the captain of the Delhi U-19 team and the North Zone U-19 team. He then went on to become the captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the quadrangular series that was held in Vishakhapatnam, India. The quadrangular series included U-19 teams from India, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia. He scored an unbeaten 122 against Sri Lanka and two fifties against Australia and West Indies. He ended the tournament with 336 runs from seven outings, just one behind Australias Cam Bancroft. He also participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy later that season. [edit]Big-match

player

In April 2012, India U-19 cricket team played a quadrangular series in Australia involving U-19 teams from Australia, England and New Zealand. Batting at 3, Chand scored an impressive 94 against England in the semi-final to help India win the match by 63 runs. He followed it up with a blistering century against Australia in the final an unbeaten 112, which included 9 fours and 6 sixes to take India to an emphatic 7-wicket victory. India won the tournament under Chand's captaincy, who ended with 281 runs from 5 matches, only six runs short of the tournament's highest run-getter Daniel Bell-Drummond. In June 2012, in the ACC Under-19s Asia Cup, Chand rose to the occasion once again with a 116 against Sri Lanka in the semi-final before scoring 121 against Pakistan in the final. He won the Man of the match award in both the games. He was the highest run-getter in the tournament with 286 runs from 3 matches. On 26 August 2012, Chand led the India U-19s to victory in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia. India defeated Australia in the final to lift the World Cup, with Chand scoring a captain's knock of 111* in 130 balls which consisted of 6 sixes and 7 fours.[3] On 3 March 2013, Chand scored 116 for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Assam to show his penchant for scoring hundreds in tournament finals. Delhi went on to win the game by 95 runs and the title for the first time. [edit]Youth

career statistics

Chand's batting performance playing for India Under-19s:[4]

Under-19 Career Batting

Mat Runs Average 100 / 50

HS

Youth Test

Youth ODI

21

1149

67.58

5/5

122*