Varun Chakraborty: When the ball came into the hands of Varun Chakraborty in the 28th match of IPL 2026 at Eden Gardens, a very special record was made. The mystery spinner created history by blasting in his very first over and sending dangerous batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi to the pavilion.
Varun Chakraborty reached a big milestone
Rajasthan Royals started the innings against Kolkata in a brilliant manner. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal together targeted the Kolkata bowlers from the very first over. In 8 overs, both of them together put 79 runs on the scoreboard. After this, Varun Chakraborty came to bowl in the 9th over and gave the first success to Kolkata Knight Riders by showing Vaibhav Suryavanshi the way to the pavilion. With this wicket, he became the fastest Indian spinner to take 200 wickets in T20 cricket. Not only this, Varun has now also become the second fastest player among all Indian bowlers to reach this milestone.
Let us tell you, as an Indian bowler, Arshdeep Singh holds the record for taking the fastest 200 T20 wickets. Chakravarthy is the 20th bowler from India to achieve this feat, while he is at 10th position among spinners.
Indian bowler who took fastest 200 wickets in T20
- Arshdeep Singh – 151 matches
- Varun Chakraborty – 155 matches
- Kuldeep Yadav – 160 matches
- Jaydev Unadkat – 162 matches
- Mohammed Shami – 165 matches
This is how Vaibhav got trapped in Varun’s trap.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s wicket was also no less than a film scene. Chakravarthy bowled the ball with full length and excellent flight, which the 15-year-old young batsman looked to play for a big shot down the leg side. But the flight of the ball completely baffled him. The ball rose high in the air and Ramandeep Singh, standing at deep midwicket, took a brilliant catch while running. Chakraborty did not stop here. He took 3 wickets giving just 14 runs in his four over spell. During this period, he also made big batsmen like Riyan Parag and Yashasvi Jaiswal his victims.
Before this match in IPL 2026, Varun’s performance was not anything special. He could not take a single wicket in his first 3 matches. However, in the fourth match, he made a comeback and dismissed 2 batsmen for 34 runs against Gujarat.
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