Varun Chakravarthy broke Kuldeep Yadav’s record for the most wickets taken by an Indian spinner in a series of Twenty20 International matches, continuing his strong run of play in international cricket.
Kuldeep Yadav’s record for the most wickets taken by an Indian spinner in a series of Twenty20 International matches was broken by Varun Chakravarthy, who extended his strong run of form in international cricket. After returning to the team last year, after last playing for India in 2021, Chakravarthy has been a revelation for the T20I team. With statistics of 5/24 in four overs, Chakravarthy destroyed England from 83/1 to 127/8 in the third Twenty20 International. He took out captain Jos Buttler, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, and Jofra Archer.
After returning to Twenty20 Internationals last year, Varun has participated in 10 games and claimed 27 wickets at an average of 10.96, an economy rate of 7.40, and best bowling statistics of 5/17. With an economy rate of 6.84 and an average of 14.65 in 16 games, he has taken 29 wickets, which is outstanding.
After taking five wickets, Varun Chakravarthy surpassed the series’ 10-wicket mark. As of right now, Chakravarthy is the only player to claim ten wickets in a single bilateral Twenty20 International series between England and India.He has now surpassed Kuldeep Yadav (25 wickets) as the Indian spinner with the most wickets in a 10-match T20I run. Next to Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (Afghanistan, 30 wickets) and Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus (28 wickets), he is ranked third in the world.
Prior to the game, India chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Despite a fantastic 76-run partnership between captain Buttler (24 in 22 balls, with a four and a six) and Ben Duckett (51 in 28 balls, with seven fours and two sixes), England frequently lost wickets to spinners. England could only manage 171/9 in their 20 overs, despite Liam Livingstone’s valiant 43 in 28 balls (one four and five sixes).India’s leading wicket-taker was Chakravarthy (5/24), while Hardik Pandya also claimed two wickets. Additionally, each of Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi took a wicket.
