Varun Chakravarthy's unique but embarrassing record: 5 wicket haul and defeat!

Indian team's mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy bowled brilliantly against England on Tuesday and took 5 wickets for 24 runs. However, despite his excellent performance, Team India could not stop England from reaching 171 runs and lost the match by 26 runs. This was Varun's second 5-wicket haul in his T20 International career, but with this, an unwanted record was also added to his name. He has become the only bowler in the world whose team had to face defeat despite taking 5 wickets in two different matches.

Earlier, Varun had taken 5 wickets for 17 runs against South Africa last year. Here too India had to face defeat. Varun, who is playing only one format for India, has taken 29 wickets in 16 T20 Internationals. Let us tell you that this 33-year-old bowler, who made his international debut in the year 2021, did not have a good start. He got a chance to play 6 T20I matches in the year 2021 but he was able to take only 2 wickets.

But when he got a chance to make a comeback in October 2024 last year, he did not look back. He has taken 27 wickets in the last 10 T20I matches, out of which he has also taken 5 wicket hauls twice. He is bowling at an economy rate of 6.84 in this format, which is great. But Varun will be disappointed that the Indian team had to face defeat in his 2-2 five-wicket hauls.

Although this shameful record is being added to Varun's name, he is not responsible for it both times. He created an opportunity for the team's victory by taking 5 wickets when the rest of the bowlers or batsmen of the team could not support him as per expectations. The impression of Varun's performance in this match was such that despite the team's defeat, he got the title of Player of the Match. That is, in this match, the performance of any other player from both teams was not even close to him.