Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Varun Chakaravarthy for making an excellent comeback in the first T20I between India and Bangladesh in Gwalior on Sunday, October 6 as well. He also added that fans’ quick judgments and players’ self-doubts make their comebacks tough as well. However, Chakaravarthy registered figures of 3/31 in four overs as India bundled Bangladesh out for 127 after asking them to bat first. Later, they reached the target with seven wickets and 8.1 overs to spare.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “Arshdeep was very, very good and so was Varun Chakaravarthy. He needs to be spoken about because he made a comeback. Comebacks are difficult because people judge you very quickly. Since they have seen your downfall, they write you off very quickly.”

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“Secondly, you also get self-doubts as you are waiting for such a long time. If one thing goes wrong, it seems like everything will go downhill. There was a question for sure whether he would get an opportunity to play ahead of Ravi Bishnoi. Ravi Bishnoi was ahead in the pecking order and he too has picked up a lot of wickets,” Chopra shared.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared that Varun Chakaravarthy was denied a wicket due to a dropped catch and gave away 15 runs in
his first over.

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“However, Varun Chakaravarthy played and Nitsh Reddy couldn’t hold on to a catch in his first over. 15 runs went in the first over and you start thinking – Ouch, this wasn’t good, but he made a comeback after that. So after a comeback, he made another mini-comeback as the first over was expensive, but then you came back and picked up three wickets. A wrong shot was played, a slightly fuller delivery was played off the back foot, and the batter was caught in the deep. After that, he bowled a good googly, and then luck was in his favor slightly,” Aakash Chopra concluded.