Unmukt Chand (born 26 March 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-hand batsman who usually opens the batting. He played for Delhi in Indian domestic cricket tournaments. Chand led the India Under-19 cricket team to the U-19 Cricket World Cup victory in 2012. He hit an unbeaten 111 in the final against Australia in Townsville, winning the praise of Australian great Ian Chappell. He is going to take the captaincy of Uttarakhand from Rajat Bhatia for the domestic season 2019-20.
Unmukt Chand was born in a Kumauni family to Bharat Chand Thakur and Rajeshwari Chand, who are teachers. He shifted from DPS Noida to Modern School, Barakhamba Road, in the 9th standard.
Unmukt Chand scored 499 runs during his first stint with the Delhi U-19 team. The 435 runs include 2 centuries and 1 half-century. His outstanding performance in the U-19, gave him a place in the Delhi senior team. He scored 151 runs on a seaming track against a seasoned Railways attack in Ranji Trophy 2010-11. That year he also scored two half-centuries against Assam and Saurashtra. In fact, he scored 400 runs for Delhi in five Ranji matches. He has participated in Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level.