Tamil Nadu cricketer Varun Chakravarthi was sensational at the IPL auctions
Posted on: 19/Dec/2018 10:21:19 AM
Till yesterday, 18th of December 2018, many would not have known the 27 year old Varun Chakravarthi of Tamil Nadu. Now he has become highly popular all over. Do you know how this happened?
This cricketer from TN was most sought after cricketers at the IPL auctions yesterday and he was brought by the popular team ‘Kings Eleven Punjab’ for a whopping amount of Rs 8.4 crores. It must be taken into account that his base price was just Rs 20 lakhs and such was his demand that he was finally sold for Rs 8.4 crores. Varun Chakravarthi expressed his happiness regarding his selection and said he did not expect this much of money but he thought that he would be picked for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Ever since coming second in the list of highest wicket takers of the famous Vijay Hazare Trophy on his debut season, it was certain that Varun would be picked up by some IPL team.
It would be surprising to mention here that he studied architecture after completing his plus two. His passion for cricket was so high that he left his job in the year 2014. In the initial years he was a fast bowler but later shifted to bowling spin. Varun Chakravarthi has got as many as seven variations and leg spinners, googlies and cutters are his major weapons with which he gets lots of wickets. His variations have bamboozled many batsmen who have played against him. Varun spoke about how he would prepare himself to bowl to a batsman. He spoke about how before he bowls he would stop and visualise how to bowl. He then spoke about following this religiously for each and every ball.
It must not be forgotten that in the TNPL 2018 Varun made many heads turn with his exceptional variations and control. He took loads of wickets and helped his team Madurai Panthers to win the title. The commentators of TNPL heaped praises on Varun and his stakes skyrocketed since then.
The sensational piece of information is Varun would be sharing dressing room with none other than India’s and Tamil Nadu’s pride R. Ashwin in the IPL 2019. Best wishes to Varun!!
