DC vs KKR: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav vs Varun Chakravarthy — India’s spin trio faces battle within
Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders clash featuring three top Indian T20 spinners. Varun Chakravarthy is finding form after injury. Kuldeep Yadav struggles this IPL season.
Axar Patel leads Delhi in wickets but faces captaincy scrutiny. The match highlights the spinners' recent journeys.
NEW DELHI: The contest between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday night offers an interesting subplot. On view will be three of India’s frontline spin options in the T20 setup — Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Though they were part of the high of India’s T20 World Cup title defence in March, the trio has endured its share of struggles since.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! For KKR’s Varun, problems began to crop up during the course of that successful T20 World Cup campaign.
Though he emerged as the joint-highest wicket-taker alongside Jasprit Bumrah with 14 wickets, rivals seemed to get a better read on his mystery spin from the Super-8 stage. He claimed just five wickets in the last five World Cup matches and his tournament economy climbed past nine. His lean patch continued in the initial stages of the IPL as Varun went wicketless in the first two matches before being sidelined by a hand injury.