Varun Chakravarthy baffles Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone with stunning deliveries in 1st T20I
Indian national cricket team spinner Varun Chakravarthy led his team to the top during the ongoing first T20I against England national cricket team. The first match of the five-match series between the teams is being played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
It didn’t take long for Varun Chakravarthy to make an impact with the ball in the ongoing game. The mystery spinner, in his second over, did most of the damage as he removed two big wickets in Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone to put the Indian national cricket team on top.
Varun Chakravarthy was the first to remove Harry Brook with a peach. He bowled a googly around, which the batsman looked to push down the ground, but ended up getting an inside edge. The ball hit his pads and rolled back onto the stumps leaving the batsman stunned.
If that wasn’t enough, Varun Chakravarthy came up with another magic bullet to remove Liam Livingstone. The batsman made room and exposed his stumps as the googly beat him. The batsman tried to punch this through the offside. He was beaten and his leg pole was pulled out.
Varun Chakravarthy comes up with two brilliant balls to remove Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone
Here is the video:
Wooden blows ✅
Double wicket over ✅
Varun Chakaravarthy picks up two! 👏 👏
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Varun Chakravarthy seems unplayable in the ongoing match, leaving England reeling at 65/4
Chakravarthy seemed unplayable in the ongoing game. England cricket batsmen can’t read his googlies. With his double strikes in the innings, he left the opposition reeling at 65/4.
Chakravarthy, who recently returned to the Indian team, made sure that his comeback was a memorable one. After two back-to-back stunning tries in the series against Bangladesh and South Africa, he started the England series on a high.
Arshdeep Singh gets India off to a great start with the ball, two quick goals
Earlier in the game, Indian cricket team captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to field first. Arshdeep Singh got his team off to a flying start with the ball as he took two wickets with the new ball to set the platform for his side.
The Indian national cricket team has since taken over the leadership of the game. They picked the door at regular intervals. Apart from Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel also added their name to the wickets column.
For the English cricket team, it was Jos Buttler, who holds the key to his team. The captain has bagged a magnificent half-century and is looking to take his team to a competitive total.
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