Varun Chakravarthy is having the time of his life in India colors in T20 cricket as he appears to be working by batting line-ups for enjoyable. It started with the house collection in opposition to Bangladesh, it continued in South Africa and right here we’re again in India the place England batters are being bamboozled by Chakravarthy left, proper and centre with no clue as to the way to decide him within the ongoing five-match T20I collection.
Chakravarthy registered his second five-wicket haul in T20Is in lower than three months as he turned solely the third Indian bowler to take two fifers within the format. Sadly, India ended up on the dropping facet, with the batters unable to make merry on a barely slower Rajkot wicket on the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Tuesday, January 28. Chakravarthy turned the primary bowler in T20I historical past to take two five-wicket hauls in a dropping trigger.
India misplaced the Gqeberha T20I in opposition to South Africa with the batters failing to place up a decent rating on the board whereas batting first in November final 12 months whereas on Tuesday, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer and Co placed on a squeeze within the center order, following a top-order collapse for the hosts. Whereas a number of bowlers have a T20I fifer in a defeat together with the likes of Matt Quick, Mustafizur Rahman, Sandeep Lamichhane and Daren Sammy amongst others, Chakravarthy is the primary one to have in two.
The Tamil Nadu bowler, who broke the Indian document for many wickets in a T20I collection in November with 12 scalps in opposition to South Africa, already has 10 within the ongoing project in opposition to England, which is probably the most by an Indian bowler in a house bilateral collection. Chakravarthy surpassed R Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi’s tally of 9 wickets.
Most wickets by an Indian bowler in a T20I collection at residence
10 – Varun Chakravarthy (vs England) – 2025 (in 3 matches)
9 – R Ashwin (vs Sri Lanka) – 2016 (in 3 matches)
9 – Ravi Bishnoi (vs Australia) – 2023 (in 5 matches)
8 – Yuzvendra Chahal (vs England) – 2017 (in 3 matches)
8 – Yuzvendra Chahal (vs Sri Lanka) – 2017 (in 2 matches)
Chakravarthy wants six extra to interrupt the world document for probably the most variety of wickets in a two-team bilateral T20I collection and with the shape he’s in and a few matches to go, the thriller spinner would fancy his possibilities and the Indian crew would need to seal the collection within the fourth recreation in Pune on Friday, January 31.