Varun Chakravarthy Vinod is a cricketer from India who was born on August 29, 1991. He is a leg spin bowler who currently plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Tamil Nadu in the domestic cricket league. It was in July of 2021 that he made his debut for the India cricket team on the international stage. During the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, which took place on September 20, 2018, he made his debut for Tamil Nadu in the List A competition.
During the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he completed twenty-two wickets in nine matches, making him the highest wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu. In the Ranji Trophy for the 2018–19 season, which took place on November 12, 2018, he made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu. During the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL), which took place in December 2018, he was purchased by the Kings XI Punjab for a total of 8.4 crores.
On the 27th of March 2019, he made his debut for the squad in the Twenty20 format. The greatest amount of runs that a bowler has ever given up in their first game in the Indian Premier League was 25 runs in his first over. Ahead of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Kings XI Punjab decided to release him. Ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League season, the Kolkata Knight Riders purchased him in the auction that took place for the Indian Premier League.
Through his performance against the Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi on October 24, 2020, he achieved his first five-wicket haul in the Indian Premier League (IPL), with stats of five wickets for twenty runs. During the 2021 Indian Premier League campaign, he secured the most wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was selected to be a member of India’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the series that they were going to play against Australia in October 2020.
Varun Chakaravarthy Biography
| Name | Varun Chakaravarthy |
| Full Name | Varun Chakravarthy Vinod |
| Date of Birth | 29 August 1991 |
| Place of Birth | Bidar |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | C.V. Vinod Chakravarthy |
| Mother’s Name | Malini Chakravarthy |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Neha Khedekar |
| Marriage Date | 11 December 2020 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break |
| ODI Debut | NA |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | Snickers Chocolate Bars |
| Favourite Actor | Vijay |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
Chakravarthy, however, was unable to participate in the squad due to an injury that he sustained on November 9th, 2020. He was selected to be a part of India’s Twenty20 International team for their series against England in February of 2021. India’s One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka were both announced to him in June of 2021.
On July 25, 2021, he made his debut in the Twenty20 International for India against Sri Lanka. He took the wicket of Dasun Shanaka during the match. In September of 2021, Chakravarthy was selected to be a member of India’s team that will compete in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup. Additionally, Chakravarthy appeared in a cameo capacity as a club cricketer in the Indian Tamil-language sports drama film Jeeva, which was released in 2014.
He tied the knot with his longtime love Neha Khedekar in a private ceremony that took place in Chennai on the 11th of December, 2020. Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier, both members of the Kolkata Knight Riders, both tested positive for COVID-19 on May 3, 2021. Also testing positive was Chakravarthy. On account of this, the match that was scheduled to take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders was canceled. After the day, the event did not continue.
There was a widespread expectation that Varun Chakravarthy would get a wild card for Team India in the Twenty20 World Cup in 2021. After two outstanding seasons in a row for Kolkata Knight Riders, during which he took 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.84 in 2020 and 18 wickets at 6.58 runs per over in 2021, when the team had reached the final, the mystery spinner secured a spot in the Indian team in advance of the Twenty20 World Cup taking place in the United Arab Emirates in that year.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 59 | 8 | 25 | 10* | 6.25 | 46 | 54.35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 9 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 10* | – | 18 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 2.00 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 7* | 5.00 | 15 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 59 | 1348 | 1708 | 66 | 5/20 | 25.88 | 7.60 | 20.42 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 60 | 108 | 4 | 3/33 | 27.00 | 10.80 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 316 | 429 | 20 | 4/15 | 21.45 | 8.15 | 15.80 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 234 | 332 | 6 | 1/22 | 55.33 | 8.51 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | 408 | 448 | 18 | 3/13 | 24.88 | 6.58 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 312 | 356 | 17 | 5/20 | 20.94 | 6.84 | 18.35 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 1/35 | 35.00 | 11.66 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
However, following the tournament, he was promptly removed from consideration, and ever since then, he has not been brought back into consideration. Chakravarthy made a surprising accusation when he spoke up about what transpired after the Twenty20 World Cup. He said that a group of people distributed false information about his injuries to keep him from playing for the Indian team.
The visit to Sri Lanka in July 2021 by a second-string Indian team was the occasion on which Chakravarthy made his debut on the international stage. Although he played in three matches before being selected for the World Cup team, he only managed to take one wicket during that time. In the three matches that he participated in at that ICC tournament, he did not take a wicket, including a total of 0/33 against Pakistan which he achieved.
Chopra said that Anukul Roy allows KKR to have a fourth spin-bowling option available to them. He went on to say that the two-time winners have a formidable spin bowling department and that their spinners have the potential to be a part of their offensive strategy. On the other hand, he admitted that it would be a little bit challenging to find a spot in the playing eleven for the Australian leg-spinner.
Even though Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, and Trent Boult are almost an absolute certainty, he said that the franchise paid ₹7.40 crore to buy Rovman Powell at the auction. In addition, the India opener who was not in favor had to go back to the dressing room for the very next delivery. As Prithvi Shaw attempted to hit a shot towards mid-on against a ball that arrived at the very last second, he made a mistake.
At first glance, it seemed as if the ball would land quite close to where Varun Chakravarthy was standing. The KKR spinner, on the other hand, made a perfectly timed dive and managed to catch the ball just a few inches above the surface. The departure of Prithvi Shaw occurred after he had scored ten runs off of seven balls. In the first two games of the season, the right-handed batter did not have an opportunity to participate in the starting eleven. After Losing both of those games, the Washington Nationals decided to bring him back into the lineup.
