Varun Chakravarthy equals Indian spinners T20I bowling record outside India

Although India lost the low-scoring Gqeberha T20I, Varun Chakravarthy stunned everyone with his unforgettable bowling performance. He recorded the joint-best bowling figures by an Indian spinner outside India.

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Sandipan Ghosh

Published Nov 11, 2024, 12:36 am IST

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Although India lost the low-scoring Gqeberha T20I, Varun Chakravarthy stunned everyone with his unforgettable bowling performance. He recorded the joint-best bowling figures by an Indian spinner outside India.

Leading the four-match away T20I series by 1-0, India scored only 124/6 in the first innings after losing the toss in the second game. In reply, South Africa were once struggling at 86/7. 

Before Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee set a stunning finish to level the series, Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy completely dominated against the Proteas batters. Starting with the wicket of captain Aiden Markram (3) in his first over, he dismissed the opener Reeza Hendricks (24) in his next over.

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Varun Chakravarthy bowled four batters

Varun changed his bowling end to start his third over. While Marco Jansen (7) was his third victim, Varun started his last over with the two most important wickets, Heinrich Klaasen (2) and David Miller (0), in back-to-back deliveries. While Klaasen was dismissed at long off, the other four batters were bowled. 

Varun finished the innings with bowling figures of 4-0-17-5. However, South Africa won the match by three wickets with six balls to spare.  

Here are some key stats on Varun Chakravarthy’s bowling performance

  • Joint third-best T20I bowling figures by a spinner in South Africa. 

Best T20I bowling figures in South Africa

Player (Team)

Bowling figures

Opposition

Venue

Date

Moazzam Baig (Malawi)

4-0-9-6

Rwanda

Benoni

16 December 2023

Umar Gul (Pakistan)

2.2-0-6-5

South Africa

Centurion

3 March 2013

Kuldeep Yadav (India) 

2.5-0-17-5

South Africa

Johannesburg

14 December 2023

Varun Chakravarthy (India)

4-0-17-5

South Africa

Gqeberha

10 November 2024

Dhruvkumar Maisuria (Botswana)

4-0-18-5

Ghana

Benoni

18 September 2022

 

  • Joint second-best T20I bowling figures against South Africa. 

Best T20I bowling figures against South Africa

Player (Team)

Bowling figures

Venue

Date

Umar Gul (Pakistan)

2.2-0-6-5

Centurion

3 March 2013

Kuldeep Yadav (India) 

2.5-0-17-5

Johannesburg

14 December 2023

Varun Chakravarthy (India)

4-0-17-5

Gqeberha

10 November 2024

Ahsan Malik (Netherlands)

4-0-19-5

Chattogram

27 March 2014

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)

4-0-24-5

Johannesburg

18 February 2018

Ashton Agar (Australia)

4-0-24-5

Johannesburg

21 February 2020

 

  • Joint fourth-best T20I bowling figures by an Indian bowler. Also, Varun delivered the joint second-best bowling figures by an Indian bowler outside India and the joint-best bowling figures by an Indian spinner outside India. 

Best T20I bowling figures by an Indian bowler

Player

Bowling figures

Opposition

Venue

Date

Deepak Chahar

3.2-0-7-6

Bangladesh

Nagpur

10 November 2019

Yuzvendra Chahal

4-0-25-6

England

Bengaluru

1 February 2017

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

4-1-4-5

Afghanistan

Dubai (DISC)

8 September 2022

Kuldeep Yadav

2.5-0-17-5

South Africa

Johannesburg

14 December 2023

Varun Chakravarthy

4-0-17-5

South Africa

Gqeberha

10 November 2024

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