India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will return to Northamptonshire for the 2025 County Championship cricket season. Chahal played for the club in 2024, and his contract for this year will run from June until the end of the season once his IPL 2025 commitments with Punjab Kings are over. Chahal will be available for the club's County Championship and One-Day Cup matches, starting from Northamptonshire's game on June 22 against Middlesex. In the last season, Chahal took five wickets on debut against Kent in the One Day Cup and recorded career-best figures of 9-99 against Derbyshire in the County Championship.