New Delhi: Varun Chakraborty, who performed strongly in the first T20 match against Afghanistan, has been dropped from the team. This is a bad news for the fans who have been waiting to see Varun on the field for a long time. Varun Chakraborty will not be seen with the team in the remaining matches of the three-match T20 series being played against Afghanistan.
In the first match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, he took 1 wicket for just 16 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty played an important role in India's victory by 7 wickets. But after the match was over, the news of his injury came to light, after which he had to be ruled out of the entire series.
This year has been very disappointing for Varun Chakraborty in terms of injuries. He suffered a fracture in his big toe during IPL 2026, due to which he could not go on the Ireland tour. After this, he made a comeback in the T20 series against England, but after the third match, he had to be out again due to hamstring (muscle strain) problem.
He was selected for the Afghanistan series only after a long rehabilitation process at BCCI's 'Centre of Excellence' (CoE) and proving his fitness in domestic cricket. The interesting thing is that after the match was over, Varun also participated in the press conference and till then the news of his new injury was not revealed.
On the question of injuries, he had said that it is common for players to get injured. It shows how hard we are working and playing beyond our limits. When the body reacts, we have to step back a bit so that we can come back stronger. The exact details of Varun's new injury have not been revealed yet, but due to repeated injuries, questions are being raised on the National Cricket Academy and the Sports Science Department of BCCI. Now the fans are worried that these repeated injuries might put an end to the career of this star spinner.