‘The partnership between me and Bishnoi worked’, Varun Chakraborty on series win against South Africa
Indian team won the four-match series 3-1 Varun Chakravarthy (Photo Source: The South African T20I series has been great for Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty. He has been the highest wicket-taker in the four-match T20 series. And in the post match presentation after the match, he expressed his opinion about the challenges and his contribution during the series. He admitted that the pitch in the last two matches was not ideal for spinners. However, Chakraborty also said that India’s move to go with three spinners in the series was wonderful and it has worked. Apart from this, he also talked about his partnership with leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Varun Chakraborty said that the last two matches have been challenging due to small boundaries. Even if a few sixes are hit, one wrong shot can cost us a wicket. We went into the series with three spinners and it worked for us. He said that Bishnoi and I formed a partnership and it worked. The best approach was to stay away from the arc and I bowled some short balls, which really worked for me as well. Samson-Tilak’s record breaking innings Talking about the fourth T20 match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first and thanks to the record breaking innings of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, it made a huge score of 283 runs. Samson scored unbeaten 109 runs in 56 balls, while Tilak Verma scored unbeaten 120 runs in just 47 balls. In response, South Africa had a very bad start and the team was all out after scoring 148 runs in 18.2 overs. In this way, the Indian team won this match by 135 runs. With this, the visiting team won the four-match series 3-1.
After the T20 series against Bangladesh, Aakash Chopra made a big statement regarding the future of Varun Chakraborty.
Varun Chakraborty took three important wickets in Gwalior and then took two wickets for 19 runs in the second T20 played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Varun Chakravarthy (Pic Source-X) The best spinner Varun Chakraborty wore Team India’s jersey in the first T20 match against Bangladesh in Gwalior on 6 October after almost 3 years. He took three important wickets in Gwalior and then took two wickets for 19 runs in the second T20 played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Varun Chakraborty has performed very well in the Indian Premier League for a long time and is one of the important players of the team. After Gautam Gambhir becomes the head coach of Team India, Varun Chakraborty can be given many opportunities in the T20 team. Recently, former player Aakash Chopra has given a big statement about Varun Chakraborty. According to him, the upcoming season of T20 World Cup is to be played in India and Varun Chakraborty can also be included in the team. Aakash Chopra said on his official YouTube channel, ‘Varun Chakraborty is making a comeback after a long gap of 3 years. In the first match against Bangladesh, Varun Chakraborty took three important wickets and in the second match, he bowled even better than the first match. He bowled with more confidence. He continuously bowled on the stumps line due to which Bangladesh batsmen failed to play big shots. This is a very good sign for him. After all, why do you want to feed Varun Chakraborty? The next World Cup is to be held in India after 2 years. You included Chahal in the World Cup but did not give him a chance to play even a single match: Aakash Chopra Regarding Yuzvendra Chahal, Aakash Chopra said, ‘You included Chahal in the team. If Varun Chakraborty can do this at the age of 33 then why not Chahal? You included him in the team in the World Cup but he did not get a chance to play in a single match. Great spinners are bowling well in every IPL season but they are not getting a chance in international cricket. I want to know why this is so? The third and final T20 match between Team India and Bangladesh will be played on October 12 in Hyderabad. Varun Chakraborty would definitely like to leave his mark in this match also. List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain these 6 players
Varun Chakraborty told the secret of success after the match-winning spell against Bangladesh, know how he made a comeback?
“Earlier I was a side-spin bowler, but now I have become a complete over-spin bowler,” Varun Chakravarthy told the press conference after the match. Varun Chakravarthy (Image Credit- Instagram) After a spectacular comeback and match-winning performances as he returned to international cricket after three years, Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy reveals the secret of his recent success that has led to him being called up to the national team once again. Playing his first international match since the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, Chakraborty took three match-winning wickets as the young Indian team recorded a comfortable eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first T20I in Gwalior on Sunday. How did Varun Chakraborty make a comeback? Speaking on his success in recent years, the 33-year-old player said that the change from side-spin bowling to over-spin bowling helped him achieve more success. “Earlier I was a side-spin bowler, but now I have become a complete over-spin bowler,” Varun told the post-match press conference. The spinner said he worked on this type of bowling for more than two years, starting with some testing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League and Indian Premier League. He further said, “It is a small technical aspect of spin bowling, but it took me more than two years. I gradually tested it in TNPL and IPL. Although the mental aspect also had to be worked on, the bulk of the effort I put in was on my technical side.” During his time away from the Indian team, he became one of the main bowlers for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, teaming up with West Indies T20 superstar spin legend Sunil Narine. After a poor 2022 season, in which he took just six wickets in 11 matches, he made a strong comeback in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, in which he took 20 and 21 wickets respectively. In the 2024 IPL, his partnership with Narine in spin bowling and average of 19.14 played a crucial role in the franchise’s first IPL win in 10 years and third title overall.
IND vs BAN: Serious conversation between Varun Chakraborty and head coach, former coach told what might have happened
Varun Chakaravarthy & Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: Team India’s mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty returned to the national team after a gap of 1066 days. He played his last match for India during the 2021 T20 World Cup, where India’s performance was very disappointing. In his comeback match against Bangladesh in Gwalior on Sunday, he recorded his best performance of 3 for 31, contributing to India’s seven-wicket win in the first T20I of the three-match series. However, even in this match, Varun Chakraborty’s start was not that good. He gave away 15 runs in the very first over of his spell. However after this Made a comeback by dismissing Tauheed Hridoy in the second over and Jaker Ali in the third over. After the match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir was seen talking to Chakraborty for a long time. Ravi Shastri decoded the conversation between Gautam Gambhir and Varun Chakraborty After the end of the match, a very serious conversation was seen between Gambhir and Varun, which Ravi Shastri tried to decode. 33 year old spinner Varun and Gambhir have worked together before also. When Kolkata Knight Riders won the 2024 IPL title, Gambhir was the mentor of this franchise team and Varun also plays for the same team. Team India’s former head coach and current commentator Ravi Shastri, seeing this conversation, said, ‘You can see that Varun Chakraborty and Gautam Gambhir are talking to each other. Varun took three wickets, Gautam must have watched Varun’s bowling closely in KKR also. Maybe Gautam was talking to him about bowling and at what speed he was bowling. Shastri further said, ‘Or he might be telling as to which fielding he should bowl. Morne Morkel is also present there, who can improve Varun’s game a lot. IPL 2024 was very good for Varun, he took 21 wickets in 14 matches.
Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty shone in the first T20 against Bangladesh, Mayank Yadav also put pressure on Bangladesh batsmen.
For Team India, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets for 14 runs in 3.5 overs, while Varun Chakraborty took three wickets for 31 runs in four overs. Arshdeep Singh (Pic Source-X) Currently, the first match of the three-match T20 series between Team India and Bangladesh is being played in Gwalior. In this match, Team India won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision has proved correct so far and Bangladesh was all out for 127 runs in 19.5 overs. Team India’s bowlers bowled brilliantly in the first match and completely destroyed Bangladesh’s batting lineup. In the first T20 match currently being played by Bangladesh, captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto scored 27 runs in 25 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. Let us tell you that Bangladesh did not have such a good start in the first T20 and wicketkeeper batsman Liton Das was out after scoring four runs. Not only this, Parvez Hussain also returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. Towhid Hridoy also failed to score big for Bangladesh and was out after scoring 12 runs. Experienced player Mahmudullah was out on a personal score of one run. Zakir Ali scored 8 runs. However, for Bangladesh, Mehdi Hasan Miraz batted brilliantly and made a valuable contribution of 35* runs with the help of 3 fours in 32 balls. Rishad Hussain scored 11 runs while Taskin Ahmed played an inning of 12 runs. For Team India, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets for 14 runs in 3.5 overs, while Varun Chakraborty took three wickets for 31 runs in four overs. Mayank Yadav also bowled well in his debut match and took one wicket for 21 runs in four overs. Apart from Mayank Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar also took one wicket each. Team India needs 128 runs to win the first T20. If Team India wants to win the first T20 against Bangladesh, then they will have to score 128 runs in 20 overs. The best thing for India is that their batsmen are in great form at the moment and they would definitely like to put pressure on the Bangladesh bowlers. The host bowlers have played their role very well and now the batsmen will also have to perform brilliantly. Now it remains to be seen how Team India achieves the target of 128 runs? Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain these 6 players Rishabh Pant turns 27, take a look at his special records in cricket- The bowler who took the most wickets for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders can retain these 6 players Bowler who took fastest 300 test wickets for India- IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians can retain these 6 players
VIDEO: After winning the IPL final, KKR made a video call to Phil Salt, Varun Chakraborty did this in public
After winning the IPL final, the Kolkata team made a video call to Phil Salt Varun Chakravarthy and Phil Salt (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 final. After the victory, the KKR team was seen celebrating in great style, many videos of which are going viral. The team made a video call to Phil Salt, a special video of which has been shared by the franchise on social media. Varun Chakraborty kisses Phil Salt In the video shared by Kolkata Knight Riders, the players and support staff were seen talking to Phil Salt one by one. When the team’s spinner bowler Varun Chakraborty took the phone in his hand to talk to Salt, he kissed him. After which Varun was seen introducing Phil Salt to his son. Sharing the video on social media, the franchise wrote in the caption, ‘We made sure Phil was part of the party too!’ Watch the video shared by KKR here- We made sure Phil was part of the party! pic.twitter.com/BwtJm9223Q — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 27, 2024 Phil Salt has performed brilliantly in the league stage for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. He scored 435 runs in 12 matches, including 4 half-centuries. Salt is the second highest run-scorer for the team this season. Salt had to return to England in the middle of IPL due to national duty. Due to which he could not play the playoffs. Kolkata performed well this season Kolkata Knight Riders had reached the playoffs of IPL 2021 before this season, as well as played the final. But the team could not win the trophy. In IPL 2024, KKR showed excellent performance in the league stage. The team became the first team to reach the playoffs. The team topped the points table with 9 wins and 20 points in 14 matches. The team then reached the final by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier-1. Kolkata Knight Riders made the final match one-sided and won by 8 wickets and lifted the trophy after 10 years.
KKR vs MI: Varun Chakraborty had made special planning to take Rohit’s wicket, himself made a big revelation
KKR won against Mumbai by 18 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (Image Credit- Twitter The 60th match of the IPL was played yesterday on 11 May between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians (KKR vs MI). In this match played at Eden Gardens ground, KKR defeated Mumbai by 18 runs. So in the same match, KKR bowler Varun Chakraborty had made a special plan to dismiss Mumbai opener and former captain Rohit Sharma. Let us tell you that Varun had Rohit Sharma caught out by Sunil Narayan on a brilliant ball. Rohit was out in the match after scoring only 19 runs in 24 balls. Also, in the earlier matches also, Rohit did not perform well with the bat. Varun had made special planning to get Rohit out. Let us tell you that after the end of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Varun was quoted as saying by India Today – After taking this wicket, the celebration was coming out, because I had not taken the wicket of Rohit Bhai before. The wicket was really helping and I was able to take advantage of it. The plan was to bowl him (Rohit) across the line. I had made this plan and it proved successful. Varun further said- Narayan and I talk to each other about bowling. We are both tactically different, but technically the same. Narayan bowls with the front of the hand and I bowl with the back of the hand. We keep talking about where we can improve. Eden Gardens ground is quite small. I am bowling the same as before and now I am getting results. On the other hand, if we give you information about Varun’s performance in the match, he took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Also, after winning the match, KKR has secured a place in the race for the playoffs of the ongoing season.