Varun Chakraborty has so far taken 33 wickets in 18 T20 matches for India at an average of 14.58, while in ODIs he has 10 wickets in four matches.
Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to injury. Many fans were very worried about who would replace Jasprit Bumrah in Team India’s bowling lineup. The brilliant spinner Varun Chakraborty was included in the team and he won the hearts of all the fans by bowling aggressively in the third and final league match against New Zealand.
Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets against New Zealand and played an important role in Team India’s victory. After this, he also performed brilliantly in the semi-finals and finals. Varun Chakraborty took 9 wickets in three matches in this tournament. Varun’s performance has been very good in international cricket so far and he has troubled the batsmen of the opposing team a lot.
Let us tell you that Varun Chakraborty has so far taken 33 wickets in 18 T20 matches for India at an average of 14.58, while in ODIs he has 10 wickets in four matches. Varun Chakraborty’s performance has also been very good in the IPL and he has taken 84 wickets in 31 matches at an average of 24.35.
Varun Chakraborty made his ODI debut for Team India against England on 9 February 2025, while he made his T20 debut against Sri Lanka on July 25, 2021. There was a time in between when Varun Chakraborty was criticized a lot, but he made a strong comeback and now only his name is on the lips of all Indian fans.
Varun Chakravarthy statistics in Indian domestic cricket
Varun Chakraborty has taken 69 wickets in 27 List A cricket matches while in T20 he has taken 139 wickets in 107 matches. He has played one match in first class cricket and the dashing spinner took one wicket in it. Currently Varun Chakraborty is participating in the Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders. Talking about Kolkata Knight Riders, in their first match of IPL 2025, the team had to face defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB won this match with 7 wickets in hand.
Varun Chakraborty failed to bowl well in this match and in four overs he took only one wicket for 43 runs. Even though Varun Chakraborty could not leave his mark in the match against RCB, he can be seen bowling explosively in his next match against Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders now have to play a great match against Rajasthan Royals on March 26 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
