Varun Chakravarthy 5 Wickets: In the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the last match of Group-A. With this, India secured the top position in the group with 6 points. With the result of this match, it has also been decided which team will face whom in the semi-finals. The Indian team will face Australia in the first semi-final, which will be played in Dubai on March 4. At the same time, New Zealand will face South Africa in the second semi-final on March 5 in Lahore. In the match between New Zealand and India, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy played a big role in giving Rohit and company victory by taking 5 wickets, which was his debut match in the Champions Trophy. With this performance, he also made many big records in his name.
Varun shone in the very first match
Varun got a chance in the playing-11 of this match in place of Harshit Rana, which this star grabbed with both hands. In the Champions Trophy, Varun Chakravarthy made his very first match against New Zealand memorable by showing the magic of spin. He took 5 wickets by giving only 42 runs in 10 overs. Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner became his victims. He also received the Player of the Match award for this match-winning performance.
Longest recorded name
With this performance, Varun made a big ODI record in his name. Varun has become the bowler to take 5 wickets in the least number of matches in his ODI career by any Indian bowler. Actually, this is his second ODI match. Before him, this record was in the name of Stuart Binny, who did this feat in his third ODI match. Binny had dismissed 6 batsmen for 4 runs in the match against Bangladesh in 2014.
became the third Indian bowler
Varun Chakravarthy has become the third bowler from India to take a 5-wicket haul in the Champions Trophy. Before him, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Shami have achieved this feat. Jadeja took 5 wickets against West Indies in the 2013 Champions Trophy. Shami, on the other hand, took a five-wicket haul against Bangladesh in India’s first match of the current season.
Shami and Zaheer were left behind in this matter
Varun has left behind Mohammed Shami and former legendary fast bowler Zaheer Khan in terms of best bowling figures in the Champions Trophy.
India’s top bowling figures in the Champions Trophy
5/36 – Ravindra Jadeja vs West Indies, The Oval 2013
5/42 – Varun Chakravarthy vs New Zealand, Dubai 2025
5/53 – Mohammed Shami vs Bangladesh, Dubai 2025
4/38 – Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia, Dhaka 1998
4/45 – Zaheer Khan vs Zimbabwe, Colombo 2002
Best Bowling Figures on Champions Trophy Debut
6/52 – Josh Hazlewood vs New Zealand Edgbaston 2017
5/42 – Varun Chakravarthy vs New Zealand Dubai 2025
5/53 – Mohammed Shami vs Ban Dubai 2025
This happened for the first time in Champions Trophy
Varun’s haul created another big record in this match. In fact, this is the first time in the history of Champions Trophy that two bowlers have taken 5 wickets in a single match. Before Varun, New Zealand’s Matt Henry had taken 5 wickets in the first innings. Apart from this, Indian spinners took 9 wickets in this match, which is the highest number of wickets taken in an innings of a Champions Trophy match, while Pakistan had taken 8 wickets against Kenya in Edgbaston in 2004.
