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- Then, after being rejected several times in age-group cricket, he ditched the game and pursued a degree in architecture at the SRM University in Chennai. After completing the five-year course, Varun worked as a freelance architect, but playing tennis-ball cricket rekindled his passion.
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He obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture from SRM University. At age 25, he gave up his job as an architect to pursue cricket professionally. [3][4] Career. He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. [5] .
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Dec 28, 2018 · An architect by profession, Chakravarthy has only visited Punjab once -- when he went to Chandigarh for an architectural project to propose for a sports complex. Several years later, he would find himself becoming the architect of a comeback in cricket, designed for success and building on his future with Kings XI Punjab.
- Born on August 29, 1991
- Quit Cricket to Focus on Academics
- An Architect by Profession
- Tennis Ball Cricket Rekindled His Love For The Game
- Quit His Job at The Age of 25
- The Variations
- TNPL Break
- Straight from Fourth-Division to Vijay Hazare and Ranji
- A Short Stint at The CSK Nets
- Training with Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav
Varun Chakravarthy is currently 27 years old. He was born in Tamil Nadu on August 29, 1991. He hadn’t played much cricket until he was 13 years old.
Varun played junior cricket for nearly four to five years till he was 17 years old. He was a wicket-keeper batsman initially. However, after several rejections in the age group, he decided to give up the sport to focus on his academics.
After parting ways with cricket, Varun completely indulged himself in his academics. He pursued a Bachelor of Architecture degree at the SRM University in Chennai which is a 5-year course. Then he worked as a freelance architect and also joined a firm later on.
While he was working, Varun also started playing tennis ball cricket. He learned numerous tricks with the ball while playing the tennis ball cricket and also took part in a few local tournaments. This helped him rediscover his lost love for the game of cricket.
Having rediscovered his passion, Varun couldn’t keep himself away from the game for quite long. He quit his job in an architecture firm to pursue a career in cricket. He then joined CromBest Cricket Club as a seam-bowling all-rounder. “I don’t know, I just built up so much pressure inside me and it blasted… I just quit. I walked in and right away s...
Varun has got quite a few variations up his sleeve. He can bowl the off-break, leg-break, googly, carrom ball, flipper, top-spinner and a slider aimed at the toes of the batsmen to york them. “When I came back from injury, I didn’t want to take up fast bowling again,” he says. “In those six months, I started bowling carrom ball and other stuff with...
Varun first attended the TNPL trails as a batsman. But looking at the immense competition, he decided to bowl the carrom ball just because he had to do something different. A video analyst called Hari was impressed, and he passed on the word to Robin Singh (Karaikudi Kaalai’s head coach). Then, the side decided to pick him. Chakravarthy picked up 9...
This mystery spinner, a fourth-division cricketer until last year, has now played the Vijay Hazare Trophy and also made his Ranji Trophy debut. He bowled 86.4 overs in the VHT this year and picked up 22 wickets at an average of 17 and economy rate of 4.23. He was also the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament. His best figures were 5/38 and...
Varun was the nets bowler to the CSK team while they were training in Chennai. He was quite happy to bowl to the superstars. However, his happiness was short-lived with the CSK matches being shifted to Pune previous season. “Net bowlers are usually from the first division or Ranji trophy level, and I was only a fourth division cricketer,” Varun say...
Later, AR Srikkanth, the video analyst of KKR helped him get an opportunity to bowl at their nets. Varun honed his skills with the guidance of Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav and Carl Crowe, Sunil Narine’s personal coach who also trained Kuldeep. “Suddenly AR Srikkanth, the video analyst of KKR called me through Dinesh Karthik. I stayed ...
Oct 15, 2020 · At 23, construction and sustainability of a cricket stadium was part of his thesis to obtain his degree. At 26, he began working at an architectural firm doing fieldwork, surveys and finalising...
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After completing the five-year course, Varun worked as a freelance architect, but playing tennis-ball cricket rekindled his passion. So he quit his job and joined CromBest Cricket Club as a...
Oct 24, 2020 · Varun Chakravarthy: Story of former architect who built Kolkata Knight Riders win with mystery spin. Varun took five wickets as KKR beat Delhi Capitals by 59 runs.
Oct 15, 2020 · While Rangarajan went on to become part of Tamil Nadu's junior cricket set-up and then made his first-class debut in 2011, Chakravarthy, who tried his hand first at fast bowling and then ...
