Chaitanya Bishnoi (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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. He made his

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debut on 6 January 2016 in the

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. In January 2018, he was bought by the

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in the

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. He was released by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. Bishnoi studied at

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, where he represented

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in cricket. He also won a half-palantinate in cricket as a member of

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. His brother, Bhavya Bishnoi, has also played first-class cricket. His parents, Kuldeep and

Renuka Bishnoi Renuka Bishnoi (born 1 September 1973) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. She was elected from Hansi in October 2014 on a Haryana Janhit Congress Haryana Janhit Congress ...

are politicians in

, and his grandfather,

Bhajan Lal Bhajanlal Bishnoi (6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) was a politician and three-time chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1979, was re-elected in 1982, and became the chief minister for ...

, was a Chief Minister.

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* 1994 births Living people Indian cricketers Haryana cricketers Cricketers from Delhi Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Chennai Super Kings cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1994-stub