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Chakraborty, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, turned the match on its head in one over. Varun Chakraborty dismissed Harry Brook (17) and then brilliant batsman Liam Livingstone in the Kolkata T20 against England…read more
Chakravarti has Chakravyuh with seven locks
New DelhiA freelance architect whose fingers once worked on making maps, who was born in Bidar district of Karnataka, who plays for the Tamil Nadu team in domestic cricket and who is a popular player in Kolkata, is there any mention of such a player. You will immediately understand which player is being talked about. Now this person does not make maps but is definitely spoiling the maps of the batsmen. When this bowler got a chance, he impressed everyone with his performance of fours.
The name of the person who entangles big batsmen with the illusion of his fingers is Varun Chakraborty. If the ball is in hand, there is hope for a wicket in every over, but this bowler hopes from the selectors to give him the right opportunities. Merely the bowler’s inability to bat or the agility of a cheetah is the criteria for selection these days. These days, bowlers like Varun are becoming the big criteria for Indian selection.
Kolkata to Cape Town
The story of Chakravarthy’s Chakravyuh is not limited to Kolkata only. Varun had impressed with his balls in the recent T20 tour against Africa. He took 12 wickets in 4 T20 matches against Africa in November 2024. Varun’s performance should also be praised because African pace pitches are not considered that helpful for spinners. Now if we talk about Kolkata, leg spinner Varun Chakraborty was amazing in the first match of the year 2025. He took three valuable wickets (4-0-23-3) for England, due to which the English team collapsed for just 132 runs.
Varun’s return
There is no doubt that Varun Chakraborty is considered to be the favorite spinner of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. A major reason for this is the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) connection. As soon as Gambhir became the head coach of Team India, Varun also returned to Team India after about 3 years in October 2024. Against Bangladesh, Varun had taken 5 wickets in 3 matches of that series. And now in the first match against England, he won the title of Man of the Match.
IPL star spinner
Varun, who bowled seven types of balls, played an important role in making Kolkata the champion of IPL 2024 under the mentorship of Gautam Gambhir. In IPL 2024, Varun took 21 wickets in 15 matches. Varun Chakraborty came into limelight when he was bought by Kings XI Punjab in the auction before IPL 2019 at a price of Rs 8.4 crore. Due to which he became the most expensive Punjab player of that time. This time Kolkata retained him and the franchise will be very happy with the form Varun is showing this season.
New Delhi,Delhi
January 23, 2025, 21:03 IST
Be it Kolkata or Cape Town, this bowler takes down the wickets of big batsmen.