Varun Chakravarthy

The uncapped leg-break bowler was bought by KXIP for a whopping sum of 8.4 crores during the IPL 2019 auction. Varun was an unknown name among the Indian cricket circuit, but this bid by Punjab turned his life upside down. He first came to fame during the Tamil Nadu Premier League, where he picked 9 wickets from 10 matches. The most noticeable thing is his economy rate, which sits at  4.7 runs per over.

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However, he hasn’t played a T20 game of a bigger status than TNPL, but his List A numbers during the Vijay Hazare Trophy were insane as well. In 9 50-over games, he snaffled 22 wickets and at an average of 16.68. Varun has the entire caliber to turn KXIP’s fortune this year and can prove to be the X factor in Punjab’s arsenal.