Varun Chakravarthy returned to the Indian team after three years, made a record
Varun Chakravarthy, India vs Bangladesh 1st T20: Varun Chakravarthy is returning to the Indian team after 86 international T20 matches. He played his last match three years ago in the T20 World Cup 2021.
India and Bangladesh match is going to be the first match of the three-match T20 series being played at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior. After three years, Varun Chakravarthy is returning to the Indian team and he has got a chance to play in this match. Last, he was seen playing in the T20 World Cup 2021.
Varun has been in top steam in the IPL, but after the T20 World Cup 2021, he didn't get a single chance to represent the Indian team. After a long gap, he has landed in the Indian jersey. Varun took 20 wickets in 14 IPL 2023, while in IPL 2024, he took 21 wickets in 15 matches.
With this, Varun has become the second Indian player after fast bowler Khalil Ahmed to play a T20 match after the longest gap. While Varun has come back into the Indian team after 86 T20 matches, in this case, the leading was being done by Khalil Ahmed, who this year played T20 for India after doing it last in 2019. Khalil came back into the team after 104 matches.
In this, the name of explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson also comes. Sanju returned to the Indian team in 2020 after a gap of 73 matches. At the same time, all-rounder Shivam Dubey returned to the Indian jersey in 2023 after 70 matches.
