Varun Chakravarthy Creates HISTORY Vs New Zealand; Becomes First Indian Player To..
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India stamped their place at the top of the table in Group B of the Champions Trophy 2025 as they defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in their final group game. They will now face Australia in the semi-final. India made one change to their playing XI with Varun Chakravarthy coming in place of Harshit Rana. Playing his debut match in the Champions Trophy, Chakraerhy was he man of the moment for India as he finished with a five-wicket haul as New Zealand were bowled out for 205.
Varun Chakravarthy created history with this five-wicket haul. He took it in his second ODI appearance. He now becomes the fastest Indian player to take a five-wicket haul, in terms of matches. He breaks the record of Stuart Binny, who picked 6/4 against Bangladesh in 2014 in just his third ODI.
Varun Chakravarthy Goes Past Mohammed Shami In Elite List
Varun Chakrvarthy picked up the wickets of Will Young, Glenn Philips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry, as he finished with figures of 5/42. This is the third time that an Indian bowler has taken a five-wicket haul in the Champions Trophy. He also picked up the second-best figures by an Indian in the competition's history.
Here are the players with the best figures for India in Champions Trophy history:
5/36 Ravindra Jadeja vs West Indies (2013)
5/42 Varun Chakaravarthy vs New Zealand (2025)
5/53 Mohammed Shami vs Bangladesh (2025)
4/38 Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia (1998)
4/45 Zaheer Khan vs Zimbabwe (2002)
Chakravarthy also becomes the third bowler after Josh Hazlewood and Mohammed Shami to take a five-wicket haul on Champions Trophy debut.
'Got To Know Last Night That I Was Playing': Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy won the Player of the Match Award for his five-wicket haul. he revealed that he got to know on Saturday night that he would be playing on Sunday. He also felt nervous initially, but Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya talked to him t calm him.
"First of all I did feel nervous in the initial stages. I have not played many matches for India in the ODI format but as the game went on I felt better. Virat, Rohit, Shreyas and Hardik were talking to me and that helped,"
I found out last night (that I was playing). I was definitely expecting to play for the country but on the other side I was nervous. It was not a rank turner, but if you bowled in the right places it was giving help. The way Kuldeep, Jaddu and Axar bowled, even the pace bowlers, it was a total team effort.
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