Varun Chakravarthy opens up on maiden India call-up, says 'it all looks like some destiny'

Surprised with his India call-up, Kolkata's star spinner this season, Varun Chakravarthy hopes to replicate his IPL success as he travels to Australia with Men in Blue in vember for T20 series. architect-turned-cricketer received his maiden India call-up on Monday while he was playing in IPL 2020 against Punjab. spinner has me a huge impact in ongoing tournament, with his most impressive performance coming against Delhi last week, where he picked 5 wickets.

Speaking to BCCI after receiving call-up for Team India, Chakravarthy said, "I did t kw before, I got to kw after match was over. It is surreal. My basic goal initially was to play in team regularly and perform and contribute to wins. Hopefully, I was able to do well till w and hopefully, I'll be able to perform for Indian team." 

"I really didn't kw what is happening around me, I am t much active on social media. I just want to thank all selectors who have kept faith in me. I will talk to my parents, my fiance and share happiness with m. It all looks like some destiny but, I am really short of words. India call-up is definitely a big thing for me and I was really t expecting it," he ded. 

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BCCI anunces squ for Australia tour 

Ahe of two-month-long tour of Australia, BCCI on Monday anunced Team India squs for limited-overs and Test series. Limited-overs Vice-Captain Rohit Sharma has been excluded from squs and will miss much-anticipated tour after sustaining an injury during ongoing IPL season in UAE. Punjab skipper KL Rahul has been named Vice-captain of side for limited-overs series. Or table inclusions in T20 team include Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar and Deepak Chahar. ODI squ anunced is more or less similar to T20 squ with ditional inclusion of Shubman Gill in team. Check full squs here 

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India Tour of Australia 2020

India will be touring Australia for a four-match Test series that is expected to get underway on December 3. first Test will be played at Gabba in Brisbane.   second Test match at elaide Oval will be a Day-Night affair while last two matches will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground respectively. Team India will take part in three T20Is, three ODIs and four Test matches against Australia.

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