Indian bowlers started the 5-match T20 series against England with a bang. In the first match of the series at Eden Gardens Stadium, Indian bowlers reduced England's innings to 132 runs in 20 overs. During this period, India's most successful bowler was mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. Big batsmen flopped against the bowling of Varun Chakraborty. But the last few years have been very difficult for Varun Chakraborty. He was constantly being ignored in Team India. But because of head coach Gautam Gambhir, he returned to the team and he was successful in taking advantage of the opportunity.

Gambhir's one decision changed Varun Chakraborty's life

Varun Chakraborty made his T20 debut for Team India in July 2021. But he could not do much in his early career. He took only 2 wickets in the first 6 matches of his international career. After this, Varun Chakraborty was dropped from the Indian team without any reason in 2021. He was not in the plans of Team India by any means. But as soon as Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India, he got Varun Chakraborty back in the T20 team. Varun Chakraborty took full advantage of the opportunity and now he is giving powerful performances one after the other.

Varun Chakraborty made a comeback to international cricket in the T20 series against Bangladesh in October last year. Varun Chakraborty also became the second Indian player to play T20 match after the longest gap. He had missed 86 T20 matches during these three years. But his comeback was quite strong. Since his return to international cricket, he has played 8 matches and has taken 20 wickets at an average of 11.70. Let us tell you, Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the last season of IPL. Varun Chakraborty was also a part of this team. He had seen Varun Chakraborty very closely and showed confidence in him. Chakraborty has proved his decision right.

Won Player of the Match award against England

Varun Chakraborty bowled 4 overs in this match against England and conceded only 23 runs at an economy of 5.75 and made 3 batsmen his victims. He showed the way to the pavilion to Jos Buttler, Harry Brook and Liam Livingston. For this strong performance he was also chosen Player of the Match.