Swastik Chikara is a 19-year-old Indian cricketer who made his domestic debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy. He is a right-handed batter and bowls right arm off break. He is known for his hard-hitting abilities as an opener.
Currently, he plays for Uttar Pradesh at the state level and will be making is debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
| Swastik Chhikara Biography | |
| Full Name | Swastik Surender Chikara |
| Nickname | – |
| Date of Birth | April 03,2005 |
| Swastik Chhikara Age | 19 years |
| Hometown | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Playing Role | Batter |
| Batting style | Right-handed bat |
| Bowling style | Right arm off break |
| Position | Opener |
| Physical stats & more | |
| Swastik Chikara height (approx) | In centimeters- 180 cm |
| In meters-1.80 m | |
| In feet-6’0″ | |
| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Black |
| Career Info | |
| Teams | Uttar Pradesh domestic team |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (2025) | |
| T20 debut | |
| He made his debut in T20s at the domestic level on 23 November 2024 against Delhi. | |
| List A cricket debut | |
| He made his debut in List A cricket on 25 November 2023 against Chandigarh. | |
| First Class cricket debut | |
| He debuted in first-class cricket on 11 October 2024 against West Bengal. | |
| IPL debut with Royal Challengers Bangalore- Swastik Chikara has yet to debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL but he played for Delhi Capitals during the 2023 IPL season. | |
International cricket debut– Not yet | |
| Career turning point | – |
| Swastik Chikara’s coach/mentor | Surender Chikara |
| Personal life | |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Net worth | INR 30 lakhs |
| School | Aster Public School, Greater Noida |
| College | – |
| Educational Qualification | – |
| Family | Father– Surender Chikara |
| Mother-Sudha Chikara | |
| Siblings– Two sisters- Savita & Sheel | |
| Swastik Chikara Girlfriend | Not known |
| Hobbies | Listening Music & Travelling |
| Favorite things | |
| Favorite cricketer | – |
Swastik Chikara Profiles
Swastik Chikara Biography (wiki)
Swastik Chikara, born on the 3rd of April 2005 in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh is amongst the finest talents in Indian domestic cricket and is known for his destructive batting style. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2025 IPL auctions.
Swastik Chikara family & early life
Swastik Chikara’s father’s name is Surender Chikara while his mother’s name is Sudha Chikara. He has two sisters named Savita and Sheel.
Domestic Career & IPL
Swastik Chikara made his first-class cricket debut against West Bengal in October 2024 and his List-A cricket debut against Chandigarh in November 2023. He made his T20 debut in domestic cricket in November 2024 against Delhi. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore during the 2025 IPL auctions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a sum of INR 30 lakhs.
Unknown facts about Swastik Chikara
- During a Vijay Hazare trophy game against Himachal Pradesh, he cracked a brilliant 117 in 101 balls which was his debut game at the senior domestic level for Uttar Pradesh.
- In the UP T20 League, he scored 494 runs in 9 innings with an average of 70.57 and a strike rate of 173.33.
- While playing for Meerut Mavericks the right hander scored 3 centuries in the UP T20 league which brought him in the limelight.
- In the second edition of the UP T20 league, Swastik Chikara was the most valuable player.
- Swastik was earlier claimed to have been sold by the auctioneer during the 2025 IPL auctions to RCB while Delhi Capitals had also bid during that time. The auctioneer accepted that she had missed Delhi Capitals bid but as per rules, RCB was the winner.
- Swastik’s great-grandfather was a shotputter, his grandfather was a sprinter, his father was a long-distance runner.
- Swastik’s father developed 12 wickets on his field so that Swastik could practice on them. Former India off-spinner and commentator Maninder Singh inaugurated his wickets.
- His father studied diploma in coaching from the National Institute of Sports in 2008 and is now associated with SS Nalanda Cricket Academy in Ghaziabad which currently trains 13 children aiming to pursue cricket professionally.
- Swastik was also in the Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders camp for trials.
- Swastik’s two sisters Savita and Sheel were 100 meters and 200 meters sprinters respectively.
- Swastik’s father Surender is a sub-inspector and also an instructor with the Delhi Police and provides training on Bomb disposal, weapons and martial arts to upcoming Police officers at the Police Training Institute at Wazirabad.
- During a local tournament in 2019, Swastik scored 585 runs. He also played for India B but couldn’t play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in spite of being included in the squad.
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