Varun Chakraborty: 143 bowlers outpaced, long jump

Delhi: Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty has rocked international cricket with his bowling. The impact of his spectacular performance is also visible in the ICC ODI rankings, where he has made a tremendous jump.

Varun’s fire in Champions Trophy

Varun Chakraborty has taken 7 wickets in two matches so far in the Champions Trophy 2025. The special thing is that he took 5 of these wickets in a single match, due to which he has joined the list of top wicket-matters of the tournament. More wickets than that are only the names of Matt Henry of New Zealand and Mohammed Shami of India. However, both of them have played more matches than Varun.

Big jump in ICC ODI rankings

Thanks to his brilliant performance, Chakraborty made a tremendous jump of 143 places in the rankings of ICC ODI bowlers. He has made it to the top 100. He has now reached 97th position, which is a big achievement for his career.

The position of the rest of the bowlers

In the ICC ODI rankings, Sri Lanka’s Mahish Tikrita is ranked first with 680 rating points. At the same time, Keshav Maharaj of South Africa has climbed two places to second. Matt Henry of New Zealand has also moved to third place with a jump of three places.

Kuldeep Yadav is at the forefront of the Indian bowlers, who is the only Indian bowler in the top 10. However, he has slipped three places to number six. Mohammed Shami has also now reached number 11.

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