Ought to Varun Chakaravarthy Play Check Cricket After His Success In ODIs? Thriller Spinner Solutions

India’s thriller spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, who performed a key function in Champions Trophy 2025 title win, has expressed his curiosity for Check cricket. Chakaravarthy additionally opened up on his limitations within the longest format of the sport. 

The 33-year-old spinner picked 9 wickets in simply three matches of the Champions Trophy 2025. He was the joint second-highest wicket-taker within the match simply behind New Zealand pacer Matt Henry. 

“I do (have an curiosity in Check cricket), however my bowling fashion doesn’t go well with Check cricket. Mine is sort of like medium tempo. In Check cricket, you’ve to repeatedly bowl 20-30 overs. I can’t do this in my bowling,” Varun stated in a podcast with Gobinath on his YouTube channel. 

“Since I bowl fast, the utmost I can bowl is 10-15 overs which isn’t suited to purple ball. I’m specializing in 20 overs and 50 overs white ball cricket for now,” he added.

Varun, who performs for KKR in IPL, additionally talked about that he has no regrets leaving tempo bowling for spin. 

Notably, the Tamil Nadu participant began his cricketing profession as a wicket-keeper. Thereafter, he was a quick bowler throughout his school days however an injury-induced resolution of taking on spin bowling.

“No. That’s why I’m right here. I might’ve been caught there had I bowled tempo. There are such a lot of pacers. Additionally, it doesn’t swing in Tamil Nadu wickets. They’re spin-friendly wickets. So you may’t see many quick bowlers from Tamil Nadu. It is rather uncommon,” stated Varun. 

There may be Balaji and Natarajan however there are a lot of pacers in different states. I’m completely satisfied that I left quick bowling. Even (Ravichandran) Ashwin turned a spinner after leaving quick bowling. So I’m completely satisfied,” he added.

After producing match-winning performances for India in Champions Trophy 2025, Varun will now shift deal with IPL 2025, the place his aspect KKR look to defend their title.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lock horns with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)  within the first match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 22.