In T20 cricket, Varun Chakravarthy has become the latest to finish 50 wickets and for next year’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026 on home soil he will be focusing to lock in his spot.
Leg-spinner of Indian Cricket Team Varun Chakravarthy, whose cricket career was approximately over two years ago, has added another plume to his cap. The World No.1 T20I bowler of India has become the second fastest Indian bowler to register 50 wickets in the shortest format of Cricket.
During the third T20I of the 5-T20I series versus South Africa at the Dharamsala Stadium in Himachal Pradesh, Varun Chakravarthy entered the history books. The leg-spinner was on focus as Varun Chakravarthy beheaded figures of 2/34 as Team India took the lead for the second time in this tour.
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In the third T20I match of the 5-T20I series, Captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bowling unit of India, dismantled the batting line-up of South Africa, bowling them out for just 117 runs off 20 overs.
The charge of bowling unit was mainly led by Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh, who took 2 wickets each. Varun Chakravarthy removing the dangerous Donovan Ferrera and Marco Jansen on the scores of 20 and 2. Before third T20I, Varun Chakravarthy was at 49 and after taking these two wickets in the first innings, he has gone to 51 wickets. With these two wickets, the KKR leg-spinner became the second fastest bowler to achieve 50 wickets in T20 international. Since making his debut a couple of years ago in 32 matches he has maintained a outstanding economy rate of 6.74 along with a 5-wicket haul from his 51.
Thanks to his support along with Pandya, Rana and Arshdeep, Team India were able to claim win and head into the third T20I with plenty of confidence.
In the chart, Eswatini’s Maisuria is at top, who took 222 matches to do so. Syazryl Idrus (BAN), and Michael Adair along other Ajanjtha Mejdis.
