Varun Chakaravarthy Becomes Only The Third Bowler In Cricket History To Register Unwanted Record

IND vs SA 2nd T20I: After a phemenal show in first India vs South Africa T20I match, tables have quickly turned for Suryakumar Yav -led Team India in second match of series. South Africa defeated World T20 champions by three wickets in what promised to be a thrilling encounter. This was India's only second loss in 2024 after ir famous T20 World Cup victory in Barbos earlier this year.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both retired from shortest international format after y outplayed Proteas in T20 World Cup final. team is currently in a transitional phase with different combinations being tried under leership of India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yav. India will defend ir World T20 crown in 2026 and tournament will be hosted by India. One of brightest prospect that India has for T20 World Cup is Varun Chakaravarthy , who has been thing, but impressive so far.

Varun Chakaravarthy Registers An Unwanted Feat

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has been growing from strength to strength in T20Is. In a low scoring affair in IND vs SA 2nd T20I,  picked up his maiden five-wicket haul at St George's Park in Gqeberha. With this fifer,  also became fifth bowler for India to pick up a five-wicket haul. But, much to India's misfortunes, this was also first time when an Indian team lost a T20I game despite one of ir bowlers picking up five wickets.

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India were just defending a meagre 124 runs and  me chase extremely difficult for Proteas as he picked up five wickets by giving away just 17 runs. KKR spinner registered an unwanted record and became only third bowler to register best figures from a full-member nation in a losing cause.

Players From Full-Member Nations With Best Figures In Losing Cause

• Varun Chakaravarthy Chakaravarthy in 2024: 5/17 for India against South Africa
• Matt Short in 2024: 5/22 for Australia against England
• Mustafizur Rahman in 2016: 5/22 for Banglesh against New Zealand

IND vs SA T20I Series: An Even Contest So Far

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India are taking on South Africa in a four-match T20I series. This will be India's last white-ball series before much awaited Border-Gavaskar series. So far, two matches have been played in series and both India and South Africa have won one match each.