No other bowler in world cricket has taken more T20I wickets than Varun Chakaravarthy since his international comeback. Once ridiculed for his underwhelming 2021 T20 World Cup campaign, the Tamil Nadu spinner has turned his career around like not many could. Today, he has reached the pinnacle, becoming the No. 1 ranked T20I bowler in the world.
All worth it for Chakaravarthy
At 34, Chakaravarthy’s journey is anything but ordinary. He was trolled for his lack of bite in UAE conditions during India’s failed 2021 World Cup run. But instead of fading away, he went back to the grind, reinvented his craft, and returned sharper than ever. Now, his variations and control have made him arguably the most effective T20 spinner in world cricket.
His latest rise comes on the back of consistent spells in 2024 and this year. After bagging a second career five-wicket haul against England earlier in 2025, Chakaravarthy carried his form into the ongoing Asia Cup. In India’s opener against UAE, he choked the batters with figures of 1/4 before returning 1/24 against Pakistan. In 2024, he played 7 games and took 17 wickets at an incredible average of 12.41. According to ICC, Chakaravarthy is just the third Indian to top the ICC T20I bowling rankings after Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi.
ICC Top-ranked T20I bowlers ft. Varun Chakaravarthy
RankPlayerTeamRatingCareer Best Rating1Varun ChakaravarthyIndia733733 (vs Pakistan at Dubai, 2025)2Jacob DuffyNew Zealand717750 (vs South Africa at Harare, 2025)3Akeal HoseinWest Indies707714 (vs Bangladesh at St. Vincent, 2024)4Adam ZampaAustralia700746 (vs Sri Lanka at Sydney, 2022)5Adil RashidEngland696747 (vs West Indies at Barbados, 2022)6Nuwan ThusharaSri Lanka677689 (vs Bangladesh at Abu Dhabi, 2025)7Wanindu HasarangaSri Lanka664809 (vs West Indies at Abu Dhabi, 2021)8Ravi BishnoiIndia661707 (vs Australia at Bengaluru, 2023)9Nathan EllisAustralia658664 (vs West Indies at St Kitts, 2025)10Rashid KhanAfghanistan657828 (vs Bangladesh at Dehradun, 2018)11Sufiyan MuqeemPakistan656656 (vs India at Dubai, 2025)12Axar PatelIndia655667 (vs Afghanistan at Indore, 2024)13Jofra ArcherEngland644668 (vs India at Chennai, 2025)14Arshdeep SinghIndia640679 (vs England at Kolkata, 2025)15Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh639718 (vs Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2017)Varun Chakaravarthy becomes No. 1 T20I bowler in world, Arshdeep Singh out of top 10 Inside Sport India.
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