Varun Chakravarthy comes out now more than ever with plans of keeping his art off-camera but he is adding a lot of ammo, crucially from the semi-final berth he is inching toward. When queried about his variations after the match, his answer was as hush-hush as his deliveries have been thus far — “This ball goes inside, out and middle” A devious spinner by trade and Varun isn’t going to hand over his tricks. His shrouded nature simply enhances his mystique as he edges closer and closer to a dominant first-class option to go big-time when it matters.
Varun Chakaravarthy’s Unconventional Journey To Cricketing Stardom
Varun Chakravarthy, never visualised cricket as a professional ever until he was 26. “All before that, dreams of an architect and movie maker. I mean I have had many other routes of career,” he said. At 33, however he is almost making this case for a semi-final in the Champions Trophy after picking up 5 for 42 in his very first ODI. An in-house creation of the IPL, with one first-class match on his name so far Varun typifies this modern cricketer who analyses the game, dissecting it to pieces and in turn employs this knowledge to maximize his individual inputs.
Varun Chakaravarthy’s Smart Adaptation Makes Him A Key Semi-Final Weapon
Varun Chakravarthy has cleverly tweaked his ODIs bowling, learning from the Vijay Hazare Trophy ahead of games against T20. “My ball sequencing of building an over totally different in T20 from the longer format,” he elaborated. His awareness around when to deploy the variations has only made him even more important. The Man of the Match in the last Test against New Zealand, he found some solace with Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. He even hides his tricks in the nets, Rohit Sharma said. Now in the semi-final on a super over, Varun is so challenging to get.
