Varun Chakravarthy: Team India has suffered a big blow before the two-match T20 series against Ireland. The team’s star spinner Varun Chakraborty is out of this series due to injury.
Varun Chakraborty: The Indian cricket team has to go on a tour of Ireland at the end of this month. Where a two-match T20 series will be played between the two teams. Before this series, Team India has suffered a big setback. The team’s star spinner Varun Chakraborty is out of this series due to injury. BCCI itself has given information about Varun’s exclusion from Ireland tour.
Varun Chakraborty out of Ireland tour
In fact, during IPL 2026, Team India’s star spin bowler Varun Chakraborty suffered a leg injury while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, from which he has not been able to fully recover yet. According to reports, Varun is doing rehab for his comeback. He was included in the Indian squad for the Ireland tour. But with the announcement of Team India for the ODI series against England, BCCI has shared the information about his exclusion.
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𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: Varun Chakaravarthy has been ruled out of the Ireland T20I Series as he continues his rehab at the BCCI COE.
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Who got the chance in place of Varun?
BCCI issued a statement saying that Varun Chakraborty is currently undergoing rehab and is in the final stages of it, but he is not completely fit to return to international cricket. That is why he has been ruled out of the two-match T20 series against Ireland. Now Harshit Rana will return to the field in his place after about 4 months.
Varun Chakraborty’s performance in T20 International
The performance of 34-year-old Indian spin bowler Varun Chakraborty in T20 International has been excellent so far. So far, he has played a total of 45 matches in this format, in which he has taken 73 wickets in 43 innings. In the IPL 2026 season, he was out due to injury in the middle of the season. This season he took only 11 wickets in 11 matches.
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