Champions Trophy 2025: Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy's five-for helps Team India seal semi-finals berth
Updated On: 03 March, 2025 01:39 PM IST | Dubai | R Kaushik
Spinner Chakravarthy (5-42) has NZ batters in knots as Rohit Sharma & Co win last league match by 44 runs to finish on top of their pool and set up first semi-final v Australia on Tuesday; Shreyas Iyer impresses with 79
India spinner Varun Chakravarthy (right) during his 5-42 against NZ in Dubai yesterday. Pic/PTI
Varun Chakravarthy was a late addition to the Indian squad for the Champions Trophy, sneaking in as the fifth spinner in the 15 at the expense of reserve opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Kept in cotton wool for the first two games, the Tamil Nadu leg-break/googly bowler was finally given a go at the Champions Trophy on Sunday against New Zealand and responded in style with a splendid fifer in only his second One-Day International.
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