Have worked on more speed and revs on the ball: Varun Chakaravarthy

Varun Chakaravarthy discusses enhancing his bowling with increased speed and revs, leading to success in T20 World Cup matches.

India's mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy says he is reaping the rewards of adding more speed and revolutions on the ball.

The world's top-ranked bowler says he constantly pushes for improvement, whether it is adding a new ball or perfecting the existing variations.

"So I have definitely worked on few aspects of my bowling such as speed, speed and more revs. People do work on variations also, but I worked on perfecting my existing balls, so that helped a lot," he said after India's 93-run win over Namibia in a T20 World Cup here on Thursday (February 12, 2026).

In the past, Chakaravarthy has spoken about how shifting to over-spin from side spin contributed immensely to his stellar success. He has taken 63 wickets in 38 T20Is at an impressive average of 15.19 and frugal economy rate of 7.06.

He was too good for the Namibian batters on Thursday night, ending with three wickets in 12 balls. Such is his accuracy that he dismissed opener Louren Steenkamp with a googly off his very first ball of the match.

Chakaravarthy has also worked on his follow through that is allowing him to get more zip off the surface.