The T20 World Cup hype intensifies with insights from Paras Mhambrey, India’s former bowling coach, spotlighting Varun Chakravarthy as a batter’s puzzle. His accurate spin, optimal pace, and subtle tweaks have dominated since his international recall, with flawless execution keeping errors at bay.
Mhambrey elaborated: ‘Varun’s line-length is spot-on, always pressuring stumps. Batters risk everything on every ball—miss, and it’s LBW or bowled. Variations elude detection, and his speed curbs aggression.’ Primed for the tournament, he joins Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav in a spin attack suited to home conditions, capable of 12 tight overs. Washington Sundar lurks as a backup.
Enter Rinku Singh, the unflustered finisher who’s mastered crunch time. Boasting a 275 strike rate in overs 19-20, he’s clubbed 25 sixes in 17-20 overs—one per six balls—with most against seam. ‘Calm operator, superb fielder, versatile batter who places shots everywhere,’ Mhambrey noted. ‘Batting lower to close out games makes him a bowler’s dread. Even seam matchups falter against his match-winning grit.’ India’s edge sharpens with such stars.