When making a comeback, it’s important to bury the past and start afresh. Varun Chakravarthy’s comeback to India has been nothing short of an extraordinary turnaround from the time he was a part of the 2021 T20 World Cup, with a fifer against South Africa serving as the pinnacle of his performance.
Winning the toss and asking India to bat first under overcast conditions bore sweet fruits for the Proteas unit, courtesy of a good start with the ball from the pacers. The spinners added to the visitors’ woes with Hardik Pandya’s 39* and Axar Patel’s 27 steering them to 124 runs. What seemed like a chasable total took a wayward turn for the hosts as fell like a pack of cards against Varun Chakravarthi. The mystery spinner removed Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in a single over to claim a memorable fifer.
Having cleaned up Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, and Marco Jansen in his first three overs, Chakravarthy turned his attention to Klaasen in the 13th over. The batter was lured by a fuller one outside the stumps leading to a simple Rinku Singh catch at long off on the first over of the 13th over. The very next ball, Miller played the wrong line off a length delivery and saw his off stump get shattered. The right-arm spinner bowled the wrong’un, pitched at the middle stump line that turned away enough to whisker past the outside edge of the southpaw and knock the off stump. Being able to showcase his potential on the International stage and turn the game on its head, the Twitterverse showered praise for the Tamil Nadu craftsman.
— Pandit Pranoob (@pranoob76889) November 10, 2024
Hitting the stumps for fun! 😉
Varun Chakaravarthy’s wizardry continues to dent the Proteas! 🙌
Watch the exciting 2nd #SAvIND T20I LIVE on #JioCinema, #Sports18 & #ColorsCineplex 👈#JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/loMGqcsPTA— JioCinema (@JioCinema) November 10, 2024
Pretty good delivery
Smart
Varun outsmarts Markram 🤩
Watch the exciting 2nd #SAvIND T20I LIVE on #JioCinema, #Sports18 & #ColorsCineplex 👈#JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/i3VcTpAq2a— JioCinema (@JioCinema) November 10, 2024
VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY the Magician 🪄
Maiden 5-fer for Chakaravarthy in T20Is!🫡
4-0-17-5 Waoo
He Bowled Top 4 T20I players in the world
Markram
Hendricks
Jansen
Klaasen
Miller#INDvsSAT20#ChampionsTrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/PHme5slRzJ— Shruti Singh (@Shruti_Singh143) November 10, 2024
Well played
All hail
4 overs.
17 runs.
5 wickets.
TAKE A BOW VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY….🌟🇮🇳#INDvSA #INDvsSAT20 pic.twitter.com/vLdWwE3Iwi— Pratyush Halder (@pratyush_no7) November 10, 2024
“Dread it. Run from it.
Destiny arrives all the same”
Varun Chakravarthy you beauty🔥#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/ZJnVfbVFhf— kxshl (@kxshl_) November 10, 2024
Sad
Sad to know that Varun Chakravarthy is 33 years old. I thought he would be around 28 at most.
Single handedly, he has turned around this low scoring match. Out of 6 wickets, he picked up 5, taking down the top-order batsmen.
Maiden fifer, congratulation! What a bowler he is.— Rehan (@RRehaannn) November 10, 2024
Superb
Superb spell Varun Chakravarthy #SAvIND
— John Wright (@johnwright15) November 10, 2024
