Varun Chakaravarthy has joined the India ODI squad in Nagpur for the brief camp forward of the three fixtures in opposition to England from February 6. Rohit Sharma & Co. arrived right here for a brief camp earlier than the sequence will get underway and Varun, who loved a variety of success within the T20Is vs the identical opposition, is an attention-grabbing addition.
The spinner picked 14 wickets within the 5 T20Is vs England and dominated the opposition in all of the video games. He even picked up a 5 wicket haul within the third T20I vs England in Rajkot. There is no such thing as a official phrase on him becoming a member of the camp in Nagpur and it stays to be seen whether or not it is only for nets or he’ll characteristic within the ODIs.
The 33-year-old is but to make his ODI debut however has performed 23 Checklist A video games for his state Tamil Nadu within the home circuit. His final look was throughout the Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier this 12 months and he bagged a fifer vs Rajasthan within the preliminary quarter-final conflict in Vadodara.
Former India off-spinner R Ashwin, who introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket after the Brisbane Check vs Australia, had advocated for Varun’s addition to India’s Champions Trophy squad.
“We’re all speaking about whether or not he ought to have been there (Champions Trophy squad), I’m considering there’s a likelihood he is likely to be there. I’ve a sense he may make it. There’s a likelihood as a result of all groups have named solely a provisional squad. So, he may get picked,” R Ashwin mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Ashwin had a sense that Varun may properly be added to India’s squad for England ODIs and it may properly be the case now.
“I’ve a sense that Varun may get an opportunity to play within the ODI sequence between India and England. I do not suppose it is a simple name to take him on to the Champions Trophy. He has not performed ODIs. I’ve a sense they are going to give him an opportunity within the India vs England ODI sequence,” Ashwin added.
India squad for England ODIs: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami
