There has been a big turn in the career of Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Varun Chakravarthy made his debut for Team India in the year 2021.
New Delhi: There has been a big turn in the career of Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Varun Chakravarthy made his debut for Team India in the year 2021. After this, he also became a part of the 2021 T20 World Cup. But he could not take a single wicket in 3 matches of this tournament. After this he was shown the way out of the team. But Varun Chakravarthy, performing consistently well in domestic cricket and IPL, recently returned to the Indian team after 3 years. Now he bowled the best spell of his career against South Africa.
4⃣ Overs
1⃣7⃣ Runs
5⃣ WicketsVarun Chakaravarthy was an absolute rage today! 👌👌
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Varun Chakravarthy’s spin worked wonders:
Varun Chakravarthy performed brilliantly in the second match of the T20 series against South Africa. He conceded only 17 runs in his 4-over spell and took 5 wickets. Varun Chakravarthy took wickets of big batsmen like Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller. This is also the first 5 wicket haul of his career. With this, he also became the third Indian spinner to take 5 or more wickets in a T20I match. Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have done this feat. At the same time, he became the third Indian bowler to take a 5 wicket haul against South Africa.
Strong comeback in international cricket:
Varun Chakravarthy made his T20 International debut on the Sri Lanka tour in the year 2021. He played a total of 6 matches that year, but he was able to take only 2 wickets. After this, he could not make a place in Team India for 3 years. However, this year he managed to make a comeback and he is also giving match-winning performances for the team in every match. He has played 5 T20 matches so far this year, in which he has taken a total of 13 wickets. Varun Chakravarthy also took 3 wickets in the opening match of this series.