Varun Chakraborty Career: In the second T20 match, South Africa defeated the Indian team by 3 wickets. Batting first, India scored 124 runs. After this, Africa chased down the target through Tristan Stubbs in the 19th over and even leveled the series at 1-1. Even though Team India lost the match, Varun Chakraborty managed to win everyone’s hearts with his performance. He tried his best to make a comeback for Team India, but he did not get the support of other bowlers and finally Team India faced defeat.
Varun had to lose the match even after taking 5 wickets
Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets in the match giving away 17 runs in four overs. This is his first five-wicket haul in T20 Internationals. He became the 5th Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in T20Is. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Deepak Chahar have done this before him. Notably, except for Varun, every other bowler has taken five wickets in T20Is whenever the team has won. While Varun Chakraborty has lost despite his good performance. He is the first Indian bowler to lose a match by taking five wickets in a T20I.
Debuted in T20 International in the year 2021
Varun Chakraborty made his debut for the Indian team in T20 International in the year 2021. After this he was also selected for T20 World Cup 2021. Where he could not perform well. After this he was shown the way out of Team India. But he would have done well in IPL. His fortunes then improved against Bangladesh under Surya’s captaincy and he made it to Team India. Varun has taken a total of 15 wickets in 11 T20 Internationals for the Indian team so far.
Captain Surya also praised
Even after the loss against South Africa, captain Suryakumar Yadav praised Varun Chakraborty. He said that taking 5 wickets in a T20 match is a big thing and in such circumstances. Varun has improved his game a lot due to his hard work, the results of which we are all seeing now.
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