Varun Chakraborty made his ODI debut against England on February 9, 2025.
Varun Chakraborty's career, who played a leading role in the win of India's Champions Trophy 2025, is very upside down. He recently talked about his career in Ravichandran Ashwin's YouTube show 'Kutti Stories with Ash'.
Before success in the cricket field, Varun worked as an architect, museum, filmmaker and junior artist. That said, I too tried to be an architect, a muscular. Junior artist received Rs 600 per day.
Varun was dropped from the team after the 2021 T20 World Cup, but then the 33 -year -old player made India a champion by taking 9 wickets in the tournament in Dubai.
Varun was the Champions Trophy 2025's second highest wicket-teaker bowler.
Architecture jobs Varun said that after college, he worked as an assistant architect at an architectural company for a year and a half. Initially, the salary was ₹ 14,000, then it was ₹ 18,000. But sitting in the office was not for me.
Tried to make a career in music After leaving the architecture, the wolf tried to play the guitar and make a career in music. He said, “I could not study the guitar for more than an hour. In 6-8 months, I realized that if your only goal was to influence the other, no art would work.”
The business of interior design Varun then started the interior design and construction business. That said, everything went well for a year, but then the storm came and took away all my earnings.
Become a junior artist, got ₹ 600 per day When Varun's business did not go, he went to the film industry with his friends, where he tried to become an assistant director. There, when a director asked him, do you play cricket? Then he said, only tennis-ball cricket. After this, he was signed as a junior artist in a film. I got ₹ 600 per day, which was enough at that time.
The wolf also wrote and directed some short films, but he realized that he could catch emotions, but it was difficult to slice. He said about this, the shooting lasted 20 days, I liked it. Then I wrote some scripts, but couldn't pitch it.
In 2014, Varun worked in the Tamil film. The film was the story of a cricketer who failed completely.
Return in cricket: From tennis ball to Team India While playing tennis-ball cricket, Varun later focused on his cricket career. He was identified for his Mystery Spin in the Domestic Tournament. He was later bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. From here he got the identity.
Varun was selected for the 2021 T20 World Cup but could not do anything special for the team. He was later dropped from the team. He returned to the England series in February. In which he performed brilliantly. At the behest of Rohit Sharma, Varun was brought to the squad for the Champions Trophy. He played an important role in India's victory by taking 9 wickets in the tournament.
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