The Indian spinner suffered a campaign without Wickt in the 2021 T20 World Cup in EAU. India was eliminated from the Super 12 stage.
The Indian Spinner Varun Chakravarthy is currently starring in the International Cricket, after taking nine WICKETS of the tree matches in the 2025 ICC Champions trophy. This includes a five WICKET route against New Zealand in the group stage. In the final against the same opposition, he ended with 2/45 figures, which was one of the vital contributions in Team India, defeating New Zealand to ensure the title of Champions Trophy.
However, his first days in the International Cricket were not as soft as he would have wanted it to be. Varun was part of the T20 World Cup campaign forgotten in India in 2021, when they were knocked out in the Super 12 stage. Varun played three games of that tournament that took place in the EAU, but did not take a single Wickt.
He was withdrawn from the Indian team team for future series and tournaments, but returned to the International Crick in October 2024. After his 2021 T20 World Cup disappointed, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) players remembered having received threats through telephone calls.
Varun when abandoned from the Indian team
“It was a dark moment for me. I was in depression because I thought I could not do justice after being chosen for the World Cup with a lot of advertising. I regretted not taking a wickt. After that, for three years, I was not selected. So, I think the return to the team was more difficult than the road to my debut, “said Crickt Tamil Nadu player during an episode of a YouTube program presented by the presenter Gobinath.
Varun revealed that he was almost desperate in a moment, but his fortune gradually changed.
“I had to change a lot about me (after 2021). I had to change my daily routine, practice. Previously, I used to practice 50 balls in a session, I doubled. Without even knowing if the selectors would remind me, it was difficult. After the third year, I thought everything was gone. We won the IPL and then I received the call, I was very happy after that.
“I can’t believe that all good things are happening at once. I want to take it to the next level. I have faced setbacks, and I know how bad criticisms can be, ”he added.
When Varun received people’s threats
Varun recalled having received threat calls where people urged him not to return to India. “After the 2021 World Cup, I received threat calls. “Do not come to India. If you try, you can’t do it. “People arrived at my house, he tracked me, I had to hide sometimes. When I returned from the airport, a couple of people followed me on their bicycles. It happens. I can understand that fans are emotional.
“But when I look back in those things and the praise I receive now, I am happy,” he explained more. Varun said he won confidence playing in the Champions Trophy. “I think the Champions Trophy was a great reinforcement of trust because I played only four games. And when I worked well in those games, I felt that I belonged and that there was a place for me. But I didn’t expect this success, “added the 33 -year -old man.
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He said he was surprised by his call from India for the Odi series against England after the final T20i against the same opposition in Mumbai. “After playing the end of the T20i series in Mumbai, I was preparing to return to Chennai. I even got the tickets for Chennai. But the next morning, they told me that I was also on the team of a day and that they asked me to come to Nagpur, ”said Varun.
“Then, in Dubai, I did not play the first two games. I thought I wouldn’t have the opportunity and I was prepared to wear drinks. But in the third game, I played. He changed after that, ”he added. Varun will then be in action for the riders of Kolkata Knight in IPL 2025. Kolkata Knight Riders, the defense champions, will be the host of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opening of the season in Eden Gardens on March 22.
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