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Varun Chakaravarthy erased his painful Dubai reminiscences with a match-winning five-wicket haul.
Champions Trophy: Varun Chakaravarthy starred in India’s win over New Zealand (AP)
Varun Chakaravarthy justified his return to the taking part in XI with a five-wicket haul as India beat New Zealand by 44 runs within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
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After the win, the Indian spinner opened up on redeeming himself after his horror outing within the T20 World Cup 2021, when the 33-year-old had figures of 4 for 33 in a 10-wicket drubbing by Pakistan throughout the 2021 T20 World Cup on the similar venue.
“In 2021, we didn’t have a – I didn’t, personally, I didn’t have an amazing match right here (India was knocked out within the Group Phases). However I do really feel that I did bowl decently. However the outcomes weren’t our means. Nevertheless it appears to be like good proper now. And Staff India is doing effectively. And the combos have set very effectively so it feels good,” he mentioned after receiving the ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
“Throughout the first spell of mine, I used to be somewhat nervous as a result of the earlier issues, the feelings and all, had been taking part in no matter occurred within the final three years earlier than on this floor. The place little bit, it was taking part in with me and I used to be attempting to maintain it down, management it. However Virat bhai, Rohit (Sharma) and even Hardik (Pandya), they had been telling relax, relax. They had been coming and speaking to me. That basically helped,” he added.
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Speaking about his strategy to bowling in ODIs with studying from the shortest format of the sport, Chakravarthy mentioned: “In T20s, my sequencing of balls as in how I assemble an over is completely totally different in comparison with the 50-over format. I used to be capable of determine it out after I performed the final two years within the Vijay Hazare Trophy (India’s main one-day home competitors, ending with 18 wickets in six matches final season).
“It actually helped me to grasp after I can bowl my incoming supply or outgoing supply or the straighter one or the highest spin. It’s fully totally different from what I do within the T20s,” he added.
When requested about going through Australia within the semifinal, Varun mentioned that no group may be taken flippantly.
“Any group that comes, now we have to provide our greatest,” he mentioned.
(With inputs from Companies)
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)