Team India's magical bowler throws 7 types of mystery balls, capable of surprising the batsman on any pitch.

Varun Chakravarthy, IND vs ENG T20I: The first T20 match of the current series between India and England was played on 22 January at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in which the bowlers of Team India were in full form. Leg spinner Varun Chakravarthy was amazing. He took three wickets for England, due to which the English team was reduced to just 132 runs. Later Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 79 runs in 34 balls. The result was that India won the match by 7 wickets.

England were scoring at the rate of about 9 runs per over.

Varun Chakraborty dismissed Harry Brook (17) and then explosive batsman Liam Livingstone (0) in just three balls in the Kolkata T20 against England. Varun also dismissed Jos Buttler (68). After the powerplay, England were scoring at the rate of about 9 runs per over, but Chakraborty turned the match in a single over.

Varun Chakraborty is a star spin

Varun's 3 wickets proved to be the X factor of this match. As far as 'Player of the Match' Varun Chakraborty is concerned, whenever he has got a chance in the playing eleven of Team India, he has always performed brilliantly. Varun Chakraborty can throw the ball in 7 ways. He becomes very dangerous in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Recently, during the T-20 tour against Africa, Varun impressed everyone with his bowling. He took 12 wickets in 4 T20 matches against Africa in November 2024. Varun's performance should also be praised because the fast pitches of Africa are not considered suitable for spinners.

Varun is considered to be Gautam Gambhir's favorite spinner.

Talking about Varun, he is considered to be the favorite spinner of Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir. The main reason for this is the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) connection. With Gambhir becoming the head coach of Team India, Varun also returned to Team India after about 3 years in October 2024. Varun took 5 wickets in 3 matches of that series against Bangladesh.

Varun is considered the master of white ball cricket

Varun has taken 22 wickets in 14 T-20 International matches so far. He also has one wicket to his name in first-class matches. Varun is considered the master of white ball cricket. He has taken 59 wickets in 23 List A matches. He has 127 wickets in his name in 102 T20 matches. Varun has taken 83 wickets in 71 IPL matches.

threw the ball 7 ways, was a freelance architect

Before becoming a professional cricketer, he worked as a freelance architect. His entry in IPL was because of mystery bowling. Varun himself had claimed a few years ago that he could throw the ball in 7 ways. Which includes offbreak, legbreak, googly, carrom ball, flipper, topspin, yorker on toes.