India’s thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy has opened up concerning the fascinating insights that he noticed throughout his interactions with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni throughout his look on Breakfast with Champions with Gaurav Kapur.
Chakravarthy shared how three of India’s biggest cricketing minds’ phrases of knowledge helped him in his journey again to the Indian cricket staff. He described Rohit Sharma because the “tactician,” all the time targeted on match consciousness and technique.
Varun Chakravarthy reveals classes from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni
The Indian spinner mentioned that Rohit’s recommendation usually revolved round discovering small edges, like utilizing the older ball to create drift or various the tempo well to entice batters. Varun shared, “He’s extraordinarily detailed and tactical. Speaking to him seems like sitting with a grasp strategist.”
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Speaking about Virat Kohli, Chakravarthy known as the previous Indian captain the “motivator,” saying his fiery character lifts everybody round him. He mentioned that Kohli’s vitality brings out the fighter within the staff, and he makes gamers imagine in turning round any state of affairs, regardless of how unattainable it appears.
Varun Chakravarthy hails Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni
He added, “Virat simply motivates you to the core and considerably brings that Spartan vitality inside. Nonetheless unattainable the state of affairs appears to be like, simply go for the kill. He brings that vitality.”
MS Dhoni, as anticipated, provided one thing fully completely different. The Chennai-born bowler mentioned that the legendary Dhoni’s knowledge lies in specializing in the fundamentals even within the hardest moments.
Chakravarthy added, “Dhoni, all he mentioned to me was simply do the fundamentals proper. Everybody beneath stress appears to be like to do one thing completely different, one thing out of the blue, however simply take into consideration doing the fundamentals, and you’re going to get by it. Yeah. And largely you can be profitable.”
Varun Chakravarthy calls Jasprit Bumrah the ‘Magnus Carlsen of Bowling’
Moreover, Varun Chakravarthy has expressed his admiration for Jasprit Bumrah in a novel manner, drawing a comparability between the Indian quick bowler and chess legends D. Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen. Utilizing his chess analogy, he defined that simply as D Gukesh may be the present world champion however Magnus Carlsen stays the best, Bumrah will all the time be the true primary in his eyes.
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He signed off by saying, “I observe chess now. When Gukesh received the championship, he advised me I may be the World Champion proper now, however everybody is aware of Magnus Carlsen is the primary participant. So, I may be ranked primary, however the primary is all the time Jasprit Bumrah. There are Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan. I’m doing nicely, however there may be nonetheless a while to go earlier than I can attain that stage.”
Varun Chakravarthy’s stellar run with the ball
Notably, the 33-year-old spinner has up to now taken 40 wickets in 24 T20Is at a shocking common of 15.60, together with two five-wicket hauls and greatest figures of 5/17. In ODIs, he has 10 wickets in 4 matches at a mean of 19.00. He was a part of India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and Asia Cup 2025 triumphs.
Within the IPL, Varun has been a key participant for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), claiming 100 wickets in 84 matches with a mean of 23.85. His influence was instrumental in KKR’s IPL 2024 title triumph, the place he scalped 21 wickets at 19.14.
