Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has described the three-year gap from international cricket as “tough,” saying he had to completely overhaul his bowling after finding that his orthodox side-spin wasn’t working at higher levels.

The 33-year-old recorded his career-best figures of 5 for 17 in Sunday’s second T20I against South Africa, though his efforts could not prevent India from losing by three wickets. “I had to go to the drawing board and check out all my videos. I figured out that I was bowling side spin and it was not working out in the higher levels,” he told Jiocinema.