Former India player Mohammad Kaif has applauded leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy after his heroics in the T20I series opener against England in Kolkata. Kaif opined on the significance of his bowling in the middle order for India and reigning IPL champions KKR, calling him a complete package.

Kaif said on his YouTube channel: “He’s also the main bower for KKR, he also led them to victory. When KKR won the championship last time, he made a big contribution, always in the middle order. He got a chance to play [for India] at 29, and now he looks like a complete package.”
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“In the next T20 World Cup in India, he’ll be a number-one bowler. It’ll be tough to play against him. It looks like he’ll leave all spinners behind and become the number-one bowler in the Indian team. He’ll only get better. He has shown improvement. Against pace, he used to bowl short, outside the off-stump. Now, his line of attack is on the stumps. Earlier, he used to bowl a lot of googlies but now he has learned leg spin. He has maintained accuracy [to get batters bowled out in between bat and pad]. A big comeback,” Kaif again added.

While talking about Varun Chakaravarthy’s bowling in the series opener against England, Mohammad Kaif further applauded his turnaround
after his heartbreak at the 2021 T20 World Cup as well.
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“He took the wickets of Livingstone, Brook, and Buttler in the last match. He’s learned to take the wickets of key players in the middle overs. It shows that Varun didn’t give up, and never accepted defeat. He was adamant about becoming a better bowler, and felt like, ‘I’ve disappointed Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni (then mentor)’. Had a heartbreak but went forward,” Mohammad Kaif concluded.