The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) announced the India squads for the tour Down Under expected to commence next month. Quite a few surprise inclusions have been made in Team India including the mystery spinner, Varun Chakravarthy while few known names were also left out. India’s ODI and T20I vice-captain Rohit Sharma has not been included in the squad as he has been nursing the hamstring injury that he incurred while playing for Mumbai Indians (MI).
In his absence, the Sunil Joshi-led selection panel has named KL Rahul as the deputy skipper in both ODIs and T20Is. Rishabh Pant has been a surprise exclusion in the white-ball format while Chakravarty has received a maiden call-up for the T20I team. Netizens were very impressed with the selectors for giving a chance to a new bowler like Varun Chakravarthy.
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The KKR mystery spinner recently grabbed a lot of limelight after his 5-wicket haul against Delhi Capitals (DC). Chakravarthy was bought by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for INR 8.4 crores in IPL 2019 auction. However, the Tamil Nadu-born spinner could play only one match before an injury ended his season.
Bought by KKR ahead of the IPL 2020, he is reaping the reward for his hard work. In the season so far, Varun has scalped 13 wickets in 11 games for the Knight Riders and maintained a phenomenal economy of 7.13. He had missed just one game for his team.
Indian squad for the T20I series in Australia:
Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vc & wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
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Here are all the reactions:-
I am sitting in my room and I am clapping loudly for Varun Chakravarthy and Mohd Siraj. Love these feel good stories. #PlayingforIndia
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 26, 2020
Big day for Varun Chakravarthy, named in India’s T20 squad. He will be #KKR’s best hope to beat #KXIP tonight
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 26, 2020
Nice to see Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson and Varun Chakravarty amongst others in the various touring squads for Australia 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) October 26, 2020
Wow Varun Chakravarthy. What a story and what a change in life in matter of years. That 5w haul came at the perfect time. He has played just 11 T20s , 9 List A games and 1 FC. Dreams do come true!! #INDvsAUS
— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) October 26, 2020
Varun Chakravarty is an architect
— Makarand Waingankar (@wmakarand) October 24, 2020
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