IPL 2026: BCCI seems unhappy as Chakravarthy bowls despite nursing fracture

KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy. Pic/IPL

The Country versus Club debate has resurfaced once again after Varun Chakravarthy bowled his full quota of overs for Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Titans on Saturday despite India's top T20 spinner carrying a hairline fracture.

Watching Chakravarthy hobble in pain and continue bowling has not gone down well with people connected with the Indian team, particularly with the country scheduled to play as many as seven T20Is in Ireland and across England next month.

"I know for a fact that KKR physio is in touch with Team India physio [Kamlesh Jain]. There has been a communication from KKR to BCCI that in a previous match, Varun injured his left foot while saving a boundary. It is understood that he has a hairline fracture. I believe as a centrally contracted player of the BCCI, his fitness is paramount and the BCCI medical team could intervene. Jain might be asked as to what was the input from the KKR medical team," a BCCI official told PTI.

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