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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Rajesh Chauhan<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm off-break<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 21<br />
| runs1 = 98<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 23<br />
| deliveries1 = 4,749<br />
| wickets1 = 47<br />
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| bowl avg1 = 39.51<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/48<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODIs]]<br />
| matches2 = 35<br />
| runs2 = 132<br />
| bat avg2 = 10.15<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 32<br />
| deliveries2 = 1,634<br />
| wickets2 = 29<br />
| bowl avg2 = 41.93<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/29<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 10/–<br />
| date = 4 February<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27622.html CricInfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Rajesh Chauhan''' {{audio|Rajesh_Chauhan.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 19 December 1966) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er who played in 21 [[Test cricket|Tests]] and 35 [[One Day International]]s from 1993 to 1998. He was part of the Indian spin trio of [[Anil Kumble|Kumble]] ([[Leg break]]) -[[Venkatapathy Raju|Raju]] ([[Left arm orthodox]])-Chauhan ([[Off break]]), in the 1990s.<br />
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Although his own contributions were only of limited value, [[Indian cricket team|India]] lost none of the 21 Tests in which he played.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30421435/ask-steven-steven-smith-made-fastest-odi-hundred-australia? |title=Has Steven Smith made the fastest ODI hundred for Australia? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref> The record, for which he is perhaps remembered most for his last-over six off [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India against Pakistan.<br />
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In April 2007 he was seriously injured in a car accident. He suffered multiple fractures as well as bruising on his leg, back, hand and head. He currently resides in [[Bhilai]] - [[Chhattisgarh]] running a business. He is now PRO in [[Bhilai Steel Plant]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/288672.html Rajesh Chauhan injured in road accident]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155928/http://cricketnext.in.com/news/excricketer-rajesh-chuahan-injured/24169-13.html Ex-cricketer Rajesh Chauhan injured]</ref><br />
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His father Govind Raja Chauhan, who lived in [[Ranchi]], was also a cricketer and played [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1957 & [[Duleep Trophy]] in 1964.<ref name=kgk/> Their ancestral village is [[Vidi]] in [[Kutch]] and he belongs to a small community known as [[Kutch Gurjar kshatriyas]].<ref name=kgk/><ref>{{cite news|title=कच्छ गुर्जर समाज का मिलन समारोह|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/article/CHH-OTH-1601509-2533633.html|accessdate=2 August 2013|newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar|date=1 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065449/http://www.bhaskar.com/article/CHH-OTH-1601509-2533633.html|archivedate=7 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Rajesh also served as Chairman of All-India Youth Wing of Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya community for years 1993–96 and is an active social member of the community.<ref name=kgk>Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj : A brief History & Glory by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007)</ref><br />
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On 7 July 2014 suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his residence in Bhilai, however, survived.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abplive.in/sports/2014/07/07/article358062.ece/Cricketer-Rajesh-Chauhan-suffers-cardiac-arrest#.U7uADfmSzTo|publisher=ABP Live |title=Cricketer Rajesh Chauhan suffers cardiac arrest| accessdate=7 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Kutch district]]<br />
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