Spinner Varun Chakravarthy added to India’s ODI squad for collection vs England: BCCI

The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) added spinner Varun Chakravarthy to the ODI squad for the three-match collection agianst England, beginning February 6. The announcement was made on Tuesday, February 4, hours after he was seen coaching with the Rohit Sharma-led staff on the Vidarbha Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Nagpur.

“The Males’s Choice Committee has added Varun Chakaravarthy to India’s squad for the upcoming 3-match ODI collection towards England,” the BCCI stated, confirming Varun joined the squad in Nagpur.

India will now have 5 spinners within the 16-man squad: Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Chakravarthy.

India’s up to date squad for ODI collection towards England

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Varun has not but performed ODIs for India. Nevertheless, he was a part of a white-ball squad that toured Sri Lanka in 2021.

Varun was in stellar type within the recently-concluded T20I collection towards England, which India gained 4-1. Varun took 14 wickets, together with a five-wicket haul, in 4 matches to win the Participant of the Sequence award.

Varun additionally shone within the recently-concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy for Tamil Nadu. He took 16 wickets, together with two five-wicket hauls, for Tamil Nadu within the premier 50-over home match.

Varun’s ODI choice comes a day after off-spinner R Ashwin stated he was anticipating the KKR star to be picked within the Champions Trophy squad.

Varun has had a sensational begin to his second innings with the Indian staff. He made his debut in 2021 in T20Is, however was dropped after a poor present within the T20 World Cup that yr.

After a stellar run with Kolkata Knight Riders of their victorious marketing campaign in IPL 2024, Varun returned to the T20I facet. He has appeared unstoppable since, taking 31 wickets in 12 matches.

Lately, Varun climbed 25 locations as much as No.5 within the T20I rankings after he took a five-wicket haul towards the Three Lions within the Rajkot T20I. The tweaker additionally grew to become the third Indian in Males’s T20Is after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav to assert a number of five-wicket hauls.

Varun made his T20I debut again in 2021, however misplaced his place within the staff after the Males’s T20 World Cup within the United Arab Emirates the place India crashed out after shedding to Pakistan and New Zealand within the group stage.

However Chakravarthy discovered his place again into the staff on the tour of Bangladesh final yr and hasn’t appeared again since then. Selecting wickets at common intervals for the Kolkata Knight Riders within the IPL and likewise helped him revive his worldwide profession.