Team India has been waiting to lift the ODI World Cup trophy since 2011. On April 2, 15 years of that historic success of the Indian team were completed. Team India still has to wait for one and a half years to stake its claim on this trophy because the next World Cup will be played in 2027. Discussion is going on regarding the places of some players in Team India for this World Cup. Many players are in the race and some are also being eliminated. Star fast bowler Mohammed Shami's card has almost been cut and now another name seems to be added to this list - Varun Chakraborty.

Varun Chakraborty has earned name across the world for the last 2-3 years on the basis of his mystery spin. in ipl Kolkata Knight Riders He had a big role in making Kochi the champion in 2024. After this, when Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India, he returned to the team and since then he has been a part of this team. Varun has mainly been a star in the T20 format but during this time he was also given a chance in the ODI format and he impressed here too.

Was part of the team in Champions Trophy

Varun made his ODI debut only in 2025 and showed amazing performance in only 4 matches. When the Indian team won the Champions Trophy last year, Varun and Shami were the bowlers who took the highest wickets for India. Both had taken 9-9 wickets. While Shami is out of the team due to fitness and other reasons and his return is now almost impossible, Varun is still a part of the team. Although, in view of the T20 World Cup, he was not played in any ODI match after the Champions Trophy, but the expectation was that he would now play regularly in this format also with a view to next year's World Cup.

But now Varun is getting beaten continuously

But the decline in Varun's performance in the last 5 weeks has raised concerns and now it seems difficult for him to return to the team. Varun had performed strongly in the group stage of the T20 World Cup but since the Super-8 round, he has been continuously beaten. Not only this, he is failing miserably in the first two matches of IPL 2026. In the first match against Mumbai Indians, this right-arm spinner gave away 48 runs in 4 overs, while against Sunrisers Hyderabad he gave away 31 runs in just 2 overs. After this he did not get bowling again.

Overall, in the last 7 T20 matches, Varun Chakraborty has bowled 25 overs, in which he has given away 304 runs. That means his economy rate has been more than 12. During this period he has got only 5 wickets. These figures are enough to show that Varun has failed on both the fronts. Neither are they able to stop the runs nor are they successful in taking wickets. Although there is still a long season left, but if the performance does not improve in the coming days, then he may be out of KKR's playing-11 before Team India.