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Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy

India | Bowler

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Full Name Varun Chakravarthy Vinod
Born August 29, 1991, Bidar, Karnataka
Age
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Batting Style Right hand Bat
Bowling Style Legbreak Googly
Playing Role Bowler
Jersey Number 29
Debut July 25, 2021
Retirement -

Family

Father - CV Vinod, Mother - Malini Chakravarthy, Sister - Vanditha Chakravarthy, Spouse - Neha Khedekar

Varun Chakravarthy Player Profile

Varun Chakravarthy is a leg-spinner who bowls the googly, one of the trickiest deliveries in cricket. He was born in Bidar, Karnataka, and is currently 34 years old. Varun is not your typical cricketer. He started as a wicketkeeper-batter, then became a bowler, and before all that, he even worked as an architect. He made it big in the IPL after impressing in Tamil Nadu domestic cricket and the TNPL. Kings XI Punjab bought him first, but his real success came with Kolkata Knight Riders. Since joining KKR in 2020, Varun has been their top wicket-taker in multiple seasons. He was key to their IPL title win in 2024, taking 21 wickets. He has now been retained by KKR for big money ahead of the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Varun also made his debut for the Indian cricket team.

Teams

India
Kolkata Knight Riders
Tamil Nadu
Dindigul Dragons
Karaikudi Kaalai
Kings XI Punjab
Siechem Madurai Panthers

Varun Chakravarthy Career Stats

Bowling
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
ODIs 4 4 240 190 10 5/42 5/42 19.00 4.75 24.0 0 1 0
T20Is 29 27 615 706 45 5/17 5/17 15.68 6.88 13.6 0 2 0
FC 1 1 234 105 1 1/105 1/105 105.00 2.69 234.0 0 0 0
List A 27 27 1409 1024 69 5/9 5/9 14.84 4.36 20.4 0 5 0
T20s 130 127 2875 3527 167 5/17 5/17 21.11 7.36 17.2 1 3 0
Batting & Fielding
Format Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct
ODIs 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
T20Is 29 5 3 2 1* 1.00 8 25.00 0 0 0 0 7
FC 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
List A 27 13 3 115 32 11.50 154 74.67 0 0 9 4 8
T20s 130 26 14 77 24 6.41 105 73.33 0 0 7 3 25
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Debut / Last Matches

Test Matches
Debut February 09, 2025
T20I Matches
Debut July 25, 2021
FC Matches
Debut November 12 - 15, 2018
List A Matches
Debut September 20, 2018
T20 Matches
Debut March 27, 2019

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FAQs

Varun is a leg-break bowler who specializes in bowling the googly. That means the ball turns the opposite way to what the batsman expects. It is very hard to pick.

He plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders, also known as KKR. He joined them in 2020 and has been one of their most important players ever since.

He had a fantastic season. Varun took 21 wickets, which was the second highest in the tournament. He helped KKR win the IPL title after ten long years.

He made his debut for the Indian national team in July 2021.

Before becoming a full-time cricketer, Varun worked as an architect. He also started his cricket journey as a wicketkeeper-batter before switching to bowling.

He was born on August 29, 1991, which makes him 34 years old.