However, Varun Chakravarthy wasn't even a part of India's preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy. But he was suddenly included in the squad ahead of the deadline. India's captain Rohit Sharma has finally opened up on the decision to include Chakravarthy in the squad.
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The Indian skipper revealed that if India needed an extra batter, Jaiswal could be included quickly as he is already in the reserves. Rohit hailed Varun's capabilities and knew that he could play even without an injury.
"And you don't make team thinking the worst, which is someone getting injured. If somebody is injured, you can always call them upon. But with Varun, we knew that there is a chance that he might play without any injury in the team. I know there are four spinners and all of that, but we played four spinners today,” he explained.
Rishabh Pant's presence enabled India to go for Varun Chakravarthy - Rohit Sharma
“So, looking at the surfaces here, hearing about what has happened in Dubai in the past two months. There's a lot of cricket that has been played. So, we somehow kind of knew that the surfaces are going to be slow. We were watching ILT20, which was played here. And we thought the slower bowlers will be a lot more helpful," Rohit observed.
Varun Chakravarthy's match-winning performance
Varun Chakravarthy finished with superb figures of 5-42 in 10 overs in the final group stage match against New Zealand in Dubai. The mystery spinner proved to be the difference between the two teams and helped India win the match.
He came into the Playing XI after the team management decided to rest Harshit Rana. However, he will be hard to drop after such an impressive performance and is likely to feature in the semi-final against Australia as well.
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