Team India spinner Varun Chakravarthy played a key role in their win at the recently concluded Asia Cup 2025. Varun has worked with head coach Gautam Gambhir for a considerable amount of time. The two were together as player and mentor when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL title in the 2024 season as well. With Gambhir as his coach in the Indian team, Varun experienced considerable success in the Asia Cup.

Answering a query by NDTV on the sidelines of the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards in Mumbai on Tuesday, Chakravarthy said, “Basically, the conversations were around bowling longer spells. Because in T20, you maximum bowl two overs back-to-back. But in ODI, you have to bowl five to six overs back-to-back, which I did work on and I was able to do it in the Champions Trophy. Nothing much and definitely, he wants me to bat a little more up the order in the domestic circuit and improve on my batting.”

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When he was asked about his ambitions in Test cricket, Varun Chakravarthy said that he is open to playing in all three formats for India and is preparing himself for the same.

“It’s again selection. I would like to play every match India is playing but it’s up to the selectors,” he replied to the query.

“I have already worked with him in the IPL and we won that IPL, so nothing new to me because I have already been around him. But definitely one thing which I can say about him is he brings a ‘Spartan’ mentality to the team where there is no option of losing, you just have to bring your best and give everything on the ground and later on, whatever happens, happens. But when he is around, there is no mediocrity, you can’t be mediocre in the field, that’s what I feel,” Varun Chakravarthy concluded.