Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly in the pre-quarterfinals of Vijay Hazare Trophy and restricted Rajasthan's innings to just 267 runs. At one time the Rajasthan team was moving towards a big score but the team faltered badly in front of Chakraborty's mystery spin. Varun Chakraborty single-handedly eliminated half of the Rajasthan team. This right-arm spinner took 5 wickets for just 52 runs. Varun has staked his claim to play the Champions Trophy with his excellent bowling.

Varun's 'Chakravarthy' performance

Varun Chakraborty dismissed Haryana's Abhijeet Tomar, Mahipal Lomror, Deepak Hooda. Apart from this, he also took the wicket of Ajay Singh. He completed his five wickets by taking the wicket of Khalil Ahmed.

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A strong comeback from Varun Chakaravarthy to dismiss Mahipal Lomror after being hit for a 6 off the previous ball. #VijayHazareTrophy , @IDFCFIRSTBank

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Haryana team captain Mahipal Lomror and opener Abhijeet Tomar had once made a century partnership but after this Varun Chakraborty broke this partnership. After this, he managed to dispose of Deepak Hooda for 7 runs and centurion Abhijeet Tomar was also disposed of by Varun Chakraborty.

Stake claim for Champions Trophy

These five wickets can prove to be very important for Varun Chakraborty because there are reports that this player can be selected in the Champions Trophy team. A meeting of the Indian team selectors and Gambhir-Rohit is going to be held on January 11, in which the team for the ODI, T20 series against England and the Champions Trophy can be selected. Varun Chakraborty can be selected in this. Kuldeep Yadav is not completely fit yet. Varun Chakraborty's form is also excellent, till now he has taken maximum 18 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Now it remains to be seen whether the selectors take a gamble on him or not.

Varun Chakraborty's career

Varun Chakraborty has taken 19 wickets in 13 T20 matches for Team India but he has not made his ODI debut yet. This right-arm mystery spinner can do wonders in this format also. Chakraborty has taken 59 wickets in 23 List A matches so far, in which he has taken five wickets in four matches. It is clear that this performance of Varun strengthens his claim in the Champions Trophy.