Varun Chakravarthy has expressed admiration for young leggie Suyash Sharma, calling him an amazing talent and a “guy for the future” of Indian cricket. Suyash impressed with his performance during KKR’s IPL 2023 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), claiming 3/30 at Eden Garden and 2/30 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. He stated in a post-match conference following their win over RCB:
“Suyash Sharma has come into the team, and I could say that he’s a guy for the future of the country. He is an amazing talent. I wish he can understand the level of cricket we are playing and fast-track his way to the county’s side.”
Varun Chakravarthy
“The most senior is Sunil Narine. He’s a legend. The way he guides us, talks to us is amazing.” He further added.
Chakravarthy was named Player of the Match for his 3/27 performance on Wednesday, helping KKR restrict RCB to 179/8 in pursuit of a 201 target. In his post-match comments, he expressed gratitude to a couple of coaches and commented:
“I worked on my accuracy rather than working on different variations. Another aspect which I was working on was revolutions on the ball. I was working with AC Prathiban. He’s a spin coach back in Chennai, so it definitely worked.
“More than that, tactics, whatever Abhishek Nayar [KKR assistant coach] tells, it always works for me. They both have played a very good role in my comeback.”
“You have to be confident in every ball you bowl”: Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy claimed 4/15 in KKR’s first match against RCB in the league stage. When asked about his preparations for Wednesday’s away game, he revealed that he watched clips of his previous games against Bangalore. The Tamil Nadu cricketer said:
“We had our own plans. We made sure that we have separate meetings just to bowl on this ground [Chinnaswamy] because it’s a very challenging ground. It worked out today. You have to be confident in every ball you bowl, and even if you slip in your confidence, the effort is not going to translate in your bowling.
“I did watch videos of previous matches I played against RCB. I could see technical aspects of their batsmen. I was focusing on that.”
Varun Chakravarthy