Arun Chakaravarthy record in ODI: England won the toss and decided to bat first in the second ODI against India on Sunday. After winning the toss, England captain Jos Buttler said that the pitch looked dry.
There are three changes in the England team. Atkinson, Wood and Overton have returned. Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that his team will perform like the last match today. Rohit praised the performance of both Iyer and Gill in Nagpur. Rohit said that this is a black soil pitch, he does not know how much speed the pitch has but as the match progresses, the pitch will slow down. There have been two changes in the Indian team. Virat Kohli, who was out in the last match, is fit and is playing today while the mysterious spinner Varun Chakraborty will make his ODI debut in this match. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kuldeep Yadav are not playing today’s match. Varun Chakraborty was given the debut cap by Ravindra Jadeja.
Unique feat in the name of Varun Chakraborty
Varun Chakravarthy has become the second oldest player to debut in ODIs for India. Varun made his ODI debut at the age of 33 years and 164 days. At the same time, the oldest player to debut in ODIs is Farooq Engineer who made his debut in 1974 at the age of 36 years and 138 days.
