Chaitanya Bishnoi (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian

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er who played 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 2018 IPL auction. 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

Hatfield College Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durha ...

. His brother,

Bhavya Bishnoi Bhavya Bishnoi (born 16 February 1993) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Adampur constituency in the November 2022 by-election. He was the youngest member of th ...

, has also played first-class cricket. His parents, Kuldeep and Renuka Bishnoi are politicians in

, and his grandfather, Bhajan Lal, was a Chief Minister.

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* 1994 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Haryana cricketers Cricketers from Delhi Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Durham MCCU cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1994-stub