Updated On: 08 October, 2025 01:24 PM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
India’s T20I specialist spinner Varun Chakaravarthy can’t quite get the fuss about being called mysterious; says he just bowls all deliveries with same grip and release point, making it difficult for batters to read

India’s Varun Chakravarthy during the match against Pakistan at the Asia Cup in Dubai last month. Pic/AFP
India’s T20I specialist spinner Varun Chakravarthy, 34, has a lot of mysterious deliveries up his sleeve, but interestingly, he refuses to call himself a mystery bowler.
“I have never called myself a mystery bowler. It’s the media that has called me that, and it’s fine. But, it’s just that I have the ability to bowl all the deliveries with the same grip and same release point. That is what is making others find it tough to pick me,” Chakravarthy said during a media interaction on the sidelines of the CEAT Cricket Rating awards at a city hotel on Tuesday.