So far, so many Indians have taken 5 wicket hauls in T20Is, this happened only with Varun Chakraborty.
Varun Chakraborty
Varun Chakravarthy Career: South Africa defeated the Indian team by 3 wickets in the second T20 match. Batting first, India scored 124 runs. After this, with the help of Tristan Stubbs in the 19th over, Africa chased this target and also achieved parity in the series at 1-1. Even though Team India lost the match, Varun Chakraborty managed to win everyone’s hearts with his performance. He tried his best to make Team India’s comeback, but did not get support from the other bowlers and in the end Team India had to face defeat.
Varun had to lose the match even after taking 5 wickets
Varun Chakraborty gave 17 runs in four overs and took 5 wickets in the match. This is his first five-wicket haul in T20 International. He has become the 5th bowler from India to take 5 wicket haul in T20I. Before him, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Deepak Chahar have done this. The special thing is that apart from Varun, whenever all the other bowlers have taken five wicket haul in T20I, the team has won. Whereas despite Varun Chakraborty’s good performance, he has lost. He is the first Indian bowler to lose a match by taking five wickets in T20I.
Made debut in T20 International in the year 2021
Varun Chakraborty made his debut for the Indian team in T20 International in the year 2021. After this he was also selected for T20 World Cup 2021. Where he could not perform well. After this he was shown the way out of Team India. But he would have performed well in IPL. Then under the captaincy of Surya, his luck improved against Bangladesh and he entered Team India. Varun has so far taken a total of 15 wickets in 11 T20 International matches for the Indian team.
Captain Surya also praised
Even after the defeat against South Africa, captain Suryakumar Yadav has praised Varun Chakraborty. He said that taking 5 wickets in a T20 match is a big thing and in such circumstances. Varun has improved his game a lot due to his hard work, which we all are now seeing as results.
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