Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Varun Chakaravarthy for his stunning show in the recently concluded T20I series against England as well. He also credited the IPL for helping the mystery spinner to make a comeback to the Indian team’s T20I side as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “In bowling, you can’t look beyond Varun Chakaravarthy. The job he has done in this entire series, whenever he rolled his arms over, he picked up wickets. The rise and rise of Varun Chakaravarthy is a testament that the guy has the might because comebacks are difficult. Secondly, it shows the might of the IPL. We deride it at times, a lot of people say that things went bad because of the IPL, but you would have forgotten Varun Chakaravarthy if not for the IPL. So he playing continuously in the IPL, performing well there, improving himself, and then getting a chance here (in T20Is), you feel at home because the pressure is almost similar.”
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“The crowd and atmosphere are exactly the same. You also bowl to the same batters. There too you bowl to Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone, and Phil Salt in the nets. So you feel you have done all of this earlier and it’s slightly easier. At least, you feel comfortable. So I am really happy for Varun Chakaravarthy,” Chopra again added.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also stated that Varun Chakaravarthy has achieved a unique distinction and that too twice as well.
“He is the only Indian bowler to take double-digit wickets in one series. Ravichandran Ashwin is behind him with nine wickets. No one else is in double digits and he has two successive series, a four-match series and a five-match series, 12 wickets in one and 14 in the other. I mean, wow,” Aakash Chopra concluded.