The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has added Varun Chakaravarthy to India’s squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England, starting tomorrow.
Varun picked 14 wickets, which included a five-wicket haul in Rajkot in the recently concluded 5-match T20 International series against England. He was also the player of the series for his stellar bowling performance.
He has joined the Rohit Sharma-led ODI squad, which is set to play against the visitors at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur tomorrow. The match will begin at 1:30 PM.
He travelled with the squad to Nagpur, the venue for the first ODI, and trained on Tuesday ahead of the series opener on Thursday. He was the highest wicket-taker in India’s 4-1 victory in the T20I series that ended on Sunday, taking 14 wickets at an average of 9.86 with an economy of 7.66.
Varun is uncapped in ODIs and this is his first inclusion in the squad. He has played only 23 List A games and was the second highest wicket-taker in this season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy with 18 wickets in six matches for Tamil Nadu. His presence in the ODI squad strengths a spin-attack that already included Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.