Playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Varun Chakravarthy is in excellent form going into the 2025 Indian Premier League.
Consistency is the key to success, according to mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who has been a vital member of both the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Indian team. He is currently working on incorporating new variations into his game. The architect turned cricketer has had an incredible journey, from overcoming fitness issues to playing a significant role in India’s recent Champions Trophy victory, where he claimed nine wickets. With Kuldeep Yadav (seven wickets), Ravindra Jadeja (five), and Axar Patel (five), Chakravarthy established a lethal spin quartet that encircled the opposition during the Champions Trophy.
The 33-year-old said in a statement, “The main thing is working on consistency, which is the toughest thing to master and I am putting in constant work in order to achieve that.”
“And of course, I am working on a few other deliveries which I’m hoping will come off nicely in the upcoming games.” At Eden Gardens here on Saturday, reigning champions KKR will play Royal Challengers Bengaluru to begin their IPL campaign.
Chakravarthy’s matchup with RCB’s standout batsman Virat Kohli is one of the season’s most anticipated encounters.
He did, however, minimize any unique rivalry with the Bengaluru-based team.Nothing specific, just the circumstances of those games that made it easier for me to take wickets. I was able to get the greatest outcome imaginable since the circumstances and settings in each of those games were entirely in our favor,” he remarked.
T20 great Dwayne Bravo will serve as KKR’s mentor and Ajinkya Rahane as their new captain.
The Tamil Nadu spinner expressed confidence in the team’s ability and stated that early in the season, it would be crucial to identify the ideal lineup.”The team appears to be in good shape.” I believe it comes down to deciphering the code and having the top playing XI perform reliably. We have excellent prospects for the remainder of the season if we can establish a core in the first three games. Prior to pursuing his cricketing aspirations at the age of 25, Chakravarthy worked as a freelancer and first sought a degree in architecture.
He made his debut in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, when his performances attracted the attention of R Ashwin, the captain of the Kings XI Punjab at the time, and the team bought him for an incredible INR 8.4 crore at the 2019 IPL auction.But when KKR signed him before the 2020 season, his luck changed.
He made an immediate impression, taking 17 wickets at an average of 20.94, which led to his first-ever India call-up for the tour of Australia later that year.
Sadly, he had to withdraw due to fitness concerns, which resulted in a period of rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy.
Chakravarthy was quickly chosen for the T20 World Cup after making his India debut against Sri Lanka in 2021. He picked up 18 wickets in 2021 and had his greatest season in 2023, taking 20 wickets, continuing his remarkable IPL streak.With 21 wickets in the 2024 IPL, Chakravarthy was the second-highest wicket-taker and was instrumental in KKR’s championship run.
