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In his first-ever Champions Trophy match for Staff India on Sunday (March 2), Varun Chakaravarthy picked up 5 wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs.
Varun Chakaravarthy turns into 2nd Indian to take five-wicket haul on Champions Trophy debut. (Image Credit score: AP)
Star Indian spinner Varun Chakaravarthy joined Mohammed Shami in an elite checklist of Indian bowlers on Sunday (March 2) by changing into solely the second bowler to take a five-wicket haul on Champions Trophy debut. The 33-year-old spinner was included within the enjoying XI for Sunday’s Group A match in opposition to New Zealand rather than Harshit Rana, and he completed the match with figures of 5 for 42 in 10 overs.
Chakaravarthy opened his wicket account on the third ball of the twelfth over of the run chase by breaching Will Younger’s defence and shattering his stumps. Younger scored 22 runs from 35 balls. His second wicket got here within the type of Glenn Phillips, who was trapped in entrance of the wickets for 12 runs from 8 balls.
Chakaravarthy then dismissed Michael Bracewell lbw for two runs and accomplished his five-wicket haul by eradicating Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry in his final over of the match. Whereas Santner was clear bowled by Varun, Henry was caught by Virat Kohli.
Throughout India’s first match of the Champions Trophy 2025, Shami additionally picked up a five-wicket haul in opposition to Bangladesh for 53 runs in 10 overs.
Total, Chakaravarthy is the third Indian bowler after Ravindra Jadeja and Shami to take a five-wicket haul for India within the Champions Trophy.
Varun’s 5/42 is the second-best bowling determine by an Indian within the Champions Trophy, and it additionally helped the Rohit Sharma-led aspect defeat New Zealand by 44 runs to safe a 3rd win in a row within the Champions Trophy 2025.
After successful all three Group A matches within the Champions Trophy 2025, India will now face Australia within the first semifinal on Tuesday (March 4). The match between the 2 most profitable groups within the match’s historical past is scheduled to happen at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
If India beat the Steve Smith-led aspect on Tuesday, then it’s going to face the winner of the second semifinal match between South Africa and New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday (March 9); in any other case, the ultimate match shall be performed between Australia and the winner of the South Africa-New Zealand match in Lahore.
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