Varun Chakravarthy: ‘How I construct an over in T20I is totally different compared to the 50-over format’
India spinner Varun Chakravarthy opened up about how he bowls differently in the ODIs in comparison to T20Is and also explained the minute changes, he has made in his variations. Varun Chakravarthy registered 5 for 42 as India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the Champions Trophy to top group A.
the thing that I don’t bowl is not right, because I do bowl all my variations, but in T20 I build my over differently, the way of sequencing different balls is different and in ODI it is different, so that’s why they don’t feel that I don’t bowl all the variations, but I do bowl all the variations.
“In T20s, my sequencing of balls as in how I construct an over is totally different compared to the 50-over format. I was able to figure it out when I played the last two years in the Vijay Hazare Trophy,” he told reporters.
India’s Varun Chakravarthy celebrate the wicket of New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)
“It really helped me to understand when I can bowl my incoming delivery or outgoing delivery or the straighter one or the top spin. It is completely different from what I do in the T20s,” he said.
Chakravarthy, who replaced rested Harshit Rana in the playing eleven, differed from captain Rohit Sharma, who has said that the spinner don’t even shows his variations to the Indian batters at the nets. He said: “The thing that I don’t bowl is not right, because I do bowl all my variations, but in T20 I build my over differently, the way of sequencing different balls is different and in ODI it is different, so that’s why they don’t feel that I don’t bowl all the variations, but I do bowl all the variations.”
When coaxed about the number of variations he possessed, the 33-year-old said: “Sir, basically the ball goes inside, outside and goes straight, so you can keep it that way, but there are minute changes that you can do with that also.
“That minute changes depends on the pitch totally and as I told you, one going away, one coming in and one that goes straight, so you can have some certain variations with that, it depends on the batsmen and depends on the time of when you bowl, as in how the ball is, if it’s very old you can try certain variations, yeah, all those things.”
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India’s Varun Chakravarthy bowls a delivery during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and New Zealand, in Dubai, UAE. (AP)
The Dubai International Cricket Stadium, pitch had considerable assistance for spinners, but Chakravarthy said “It was not a rank turner which people were projecting it to be.”
“But definitely it was holding on a bit, and it was deviating a little bit just to create the doubt.
“So, basically, you had to play around it. I would also dedicate my five wickets to the other bowlers as the way they bowled helped me pick wickets,” he noted.
“It is a patience game. You just need to wait on such slow wickets as the ball doesn’t turn fast. So, you need to wait,” he said.
