Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakravarthy Team India Playing 11: On March 2, India played its last match of the league stage in the Champions Trophy 2025, in which Team India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs. This match was very special for Varun Chakravarthy, as he performed brilliantly and took 5 wickets.
Finally, Varun Chakravarthy tastes victory in a match where he took a fifer! ЁЯОЙЁЯдй
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) March 2, 2025
After two losses in his previous five-wicket hauls, this time, he secures it for India ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯФе#VarunChakravarthy #NZvIND #Dubai #Sportskeeda pic.twitter.com/D6sW9VHDxZ
Champions Trophy 2025: In this match held in Dubai, India lost the toss and batted first and scored 249 runs for the loss of 9 wickets with the help of Shreyas Iyer’s innings of 79 runs. In the reply innings, the entire New Zealand team was all out for 205 runs in the 46th over. Chakraborty bowled dangerously and took 5 wickets for 42 runs.
Champions Trophy 2025: With the help of this win, India topped its group and now it will face Australia in the first semi-final match, which will be played on March 4. Chakraborty has also worried the team management and captain Rohit Sharma through his strong performance. Now it will be very interesting to see whether Varun Chakraborty gets a chance to play against Australia or not. In this article, we will mention those 3 reasons why India should not make the mistake of dropping Varun Chakraborty in the semi-final match.
3. Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakraborty is in great form
Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakraborty made a comeback in the Indian team through his excellent performance in IPL 2024 and since his comeback, he has led the team to victory on many occasions on the basis of his bowling. During this, he has taken a total of 39 wickets in white ball cricket. It is expected that right-arm spinner Chakraborty will be able to maintain his rhythm against Australia as well if he gets a chance.
2. Most batsmen have not faced Varun Chakraborty
Varun Chakraborty is a mystery spinner and batsmen of most teams have not faced him till now. Australia’s name is also included in this. Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell are the only two Kangaroo batsmen who have played against Chakravarthy before and that too only in the IPL. In this way, Chakravarthy can prove to be lethal against Australia in the semi-final match.
1. Spinners are getting help from the Dubai pitch
The Indian team is playing all its matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai under the hybrid model. The Dubai pitch is becoming more favorable for spinners after every match. Varun Chakravarthy also took full advantage of this in the match against New Zealand. In the semi-final match too, Chakravarthy can once again be seen taking advantage of the pitch.
