Match-winner Varun Chakravarthy opens up about his secret sauce for success

Following a remarkable comeback matchwinning spell on his return to international cricket in three years Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy revealed the secret of his recent success which led to him being called up to the national side once againPlaying his first international match since 2021s ICC T20 World Cup Chakravarthy took a matchwinning threewicket haul as the young Indian team marched towards an easy eightwicket win in IND vs BAN 1st T20I at Gwalior on SundaySpeaking on his success over recent years the 33yearold said that shifting from sidespin bowling to overspin bowling helped him achieve more successI used to be a sidespin bowler but right now I have completely shifted to being an overspin bowler Varun explained during the postmatch press conferenceThe spinner said that he worked on this type of bowling for more than two years starting with some testing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League TNPL and the Indian Premier League IPLIt is a minute technical aspect of spin bowling but it took me more than two years I gradually tested it in TNPL and IPL While the mental aspect also had to be worked on the major chunk of effort I put in was on my technical side he further addedDuring his time away from the Indian team he became one of Kolkata Knight Riders KKR hey bowlers in the IPL working closely with spin legend Sunil Narine a West Indies T20 superstar After a poor 2022 season in which he took just six wickets in 11 matches he made a comeback with massive 2023 and 2024 seasons taking 20 and 21 wickets respectively In the 2024 IPL his partnership with Narine in spin bowling and average of 1914 played a crucial role in the franchises first IPL win in 10 years and overall third titleAlso ReadAge is just a number for Dahisar SCrsquos Gogri 74 who picks 321Coming to the IND vs BAN 1st T20I match India won the toss and opted to bowl first Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto 27 runs from 25 balls 1 four and 1 six and Mehidy Hasan Miraz 35 runs from 32 balls 3 fours were the top scorers for the visitors injecting a small bit of life in an otherwise struggling innings Bangladesh was bundled out for 127 runs in 195 oversArshdeep 314 was the pick of the bowlers for India Varun Chakravarthy bagged three wickets for 31 runs on his return to the side after 2021 Pace sensation Mayank Yadav Washington Sundar and Hardik got a scalp eachDuring the chase of 128 runs Abhishek Sharma 16 in seven balls was run out due to a miscommunication However Sanju Samson 29 in 19 balls with six fours and skipper Suryakumar Yadav 29 in 14 balls with two fours and three sixes stitched a 40wicket stand for the second wicket Then it was Hardik who sealed the win for India putting up a 52run stand for the fourth wicket with debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy 16 in 15 balls with a sixBangladesh failed to rise with the ball in the second inning and could only pick up two wickets Mustafizur Rahman and Mehidy were the only wickettakers for the visitorsArshdeep was named the Player of the Match for his fine spell which also included key wicket of Litton Das India is up 10 in the threematch series