[2][3][4] He proposed to his Delhi-based girlfriend, Jaya Bhardwaj, during his team's last league-stage match of the 2021 Indian Premier League.

Chahar's swing bowling soon earned him a youth contract with Rising Pune Supergiants, an Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket franchise.

[9] In October 2016, he worked with international coaches Ian Pont and Catherine Dalton in Jaipur as part of Rajasthan's development camp.

[12] In February 2022, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

[21][22] In July 2021, Chahar scored his maiden ODI half-century,[23] and in September was named as one of three reserve players in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.