Varun Chakravarthy has been called up to India's ODI squad

Varun Chakravarthy, on a fine run of form in T20Is, has been squeezed into the ODI squad for the India series. Here’s a look at his List A numbers so far.

Has Varun played ODIs before?

Not yet. This is technically his maiden ODI call-up, but he was part of the extended white-ball squads sent to Sri Lanka for the ODI & T20I series in 2021. During the Covid-19 pandemic, India decided to send an expanded unit, to factor in absences due to quarantine, in case of a positive test result.

He ended up playing only the three T20Is, his debut international series, but he didn't feature in the ODI leg of the tour.

What do his List A numbers look like?

Overall, Varun’s List A numbers are spectacular. In 23 matches, he’s taken 59 wickets at 14.13, including four five-wicket hauls and twice taking a career-best 5-9.

All of those matches have come for Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy across three separate editions: 2018/19, 2023/24 and 2024/25. Between October 2018 and November 2023, he did not play a single List A game.

In the latest edition, which ended in January this year, he ended as the second-highest wicket-taker behind Arshdeep Singh, taking 18 wickets at 12.16. The economy, 4.36, was the best among the top ten wicket-takers of the season. It included his career-best 5-9 against Mizoram, one of the weaker teams in the competition. (they did not win a single game out of six).

Later, in the pre-quarter final, he took 9-0-52-5, but Rajasthan ended up winning the game.

Varun Chakravarthy against each opposition in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25

Opposition Table position Figures Result
Rajasthan (Pre-quarters) 9-0-52-5 Lost
Chhattisgarh 4th 10-2-34-3 Won
Mizoram 7th 10-0-9-5 Won
Vidarbha 1st 10-0-49-1 Lost
J&K 6th 9-0-39-2 Won
UP 3rd 6.5-0-36-2 Won

His other two five-fours came against the winless Nagaland, taking 5-3-9-5 in the 2023/24 season, as well as in 2018/19 against Services, who finished third in their group.