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Who is Varun Chakravarthy? The mystery spinner who bagged Rs 8.4 Crore in IPL Auction 2019

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Who is Varun Chakravarthy? The mystery spinner who bagged Rs 8.4 Crore in IPL Auction 2019
Source: DNA India

When the name of Varun Chakravarthy was called at the Indian Premier League 2019 auction, a total of 5 teams started to compete for the Tamil Nadu leggie but in the end, it was Kings XI Punjab who got him in their side with a price of Rs 8.4 Crore! The 27-year-old’s bidding had begun with a humble Rs 20 Lakhs.

In his initial years, Chakravarthy was a wicketkeeper-batsman but he stopped playing cricket after joining the SRM University. Working for a couple of years, the architect embraced the playing the field once again. Only this time, we saw Chakravarthy, the bowler.

Playing for Tamil Nadu, he has impressed every follower of the game with his skilful bowling. In his second List-A game, he took a fifer against Services. This year he even debuted for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. In that game, he managed to take one wicket; Bowled Hyderabad’s, Akash Bhandari.

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