Veteran KKR spinner Varun Chakaravarthy made a huge revelation about a change he made in his bowling ahead of the IPL 2022 season. He was recently spotted in a conversation with R Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube channel, where Varun revealed how he spoke to Venky Mysore, CEO of KKR, before the retentions ahead of the IPL 2022 season, that he would make a shift in his bowling as well.
“The subsequent year I was retained by KKR in the IPL. Before the retention I told Mr Venky Mysore that I think this year is not going to be mine. It is not going to go well because I am making a change. I can sense it right away. I told him that the next two years it’s going to be great. Because I know what I have and how it going to play out. I told I am making this shift,” Varun said.
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“I am going to remove my stock ball out of my bowling. I went into that IPL without my stock ball. I got smashed everywhere and got dropped for four matches. I came back and played TNPL. Right now I have four variations and I have to cut down one more,” he further revealed.
However, Varun Chakavarthy was a part of India’s 2021 T20 World Cup campaign. He played against Pakistan, where India faced a ten-wicket defeat. Talking about the game, Varun said how he was confident as KKR had played the final of the IPL 2021 season as well. However, he did not do well and felt that his skills were not good enough at that game as well.
“The Pakistan-India match (T20 WC) I was very confident. We had the finals of the IPL and I felt I had the skill to do what is required. After the match was over I understood that the skill what I possess I am good with it but it was not enough to make the batsmen doubt himself because I was bowling more of side-spin. It was not turning much in black soil. I was like I am not able to beat the edge. I understood that my skill level was not up there. I started seeing more YouTube videos after the World Cup of Adam Zampa, Rashid Khan, I have seen more than 1000 hours of their bowling. By then I was dropped from the Indian side, I was not picked anywhere,” Varun Chakaravarthy concluded.
