Varun Chakravarthy bewilders Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone with stunning performance in first T20I

Indian national cricket team spinner Varun Chakravarthy put his team on top in the first T20I against the England national cricket team. The first match of the five-match series between the two teams will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

It didn't take long for Varun Chakravarthy to make an impact in the ongoing match. The enigmatic spinner did most of the damage in the second over as he removed two big wickets of Harry Brooke and Liam Livingstone to give the Indian national cricket team the lead .

Varun Chakravarthy first got rid of Harry Brooke with a peach. He bowled a nice ball and the batsman tried to run it down but ended up getting the inside edge. The ball bounced off his pads and rolled back onto the stumps, surprising the batsman.

If that wasn't enough, Varun Chakravarthy came up with another magic ball to remove Liam Livingstone. The batsman made room and exposed his stump as he was beaten by Google. The batsman hopes to hit the ball offside. He was beaten and his leg pole was uprooted.

Varun Chakravarthy removes Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone with two brilliant balls

Here is the video:

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Varun Chakaravarthy takes two! 👏👏

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Varun Chakravarthy seems unable to make an impact in the ongoing matches, leaving England reeling at 65/4

Chakravarthy seems unable to make an impact in the ongoing game. The England national cricket team batsman cannot read his Google feed. With his two knocks in the innings, he had his opponents reeling at 65/4.

Chakravarthy recently returned to the Indian team and he has been making sure that his return is memorable. He got off to a great start in the England series after two stunning performances in the series against Bangladesh and South Africa.

Arshdeep Singh got India off to a good start and picked up two quick wickets

Earlier in the match, Indian national cricket team captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bat first. Arshdeep Singh set the stage for his team to get off to a flying start by demolishing two wickets with the new ball.

The Indian national cricket team took control of the game from then on. They picked wickets regularly. Apart from Ardeep Singh and Varun Chakravarty, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel also added their names to the wicket column.

For the England national cricket team, Jos Buttler is a key figure in the team. The captain has scored a brilliant half-century and ensured that he guided the team to a competitive finals.

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