T20 World Cup, Varun Chakravarthy rattles Netherlands with 3/14: Stats
18 Feb 2026

Team India spinner Varun Chakravarthy rattled Netherlands with 3/14 from three overs in Match 36 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 on Wednesday.

Chasing 194 runs to win, Netherlands fell short by 17 runs. The Dutch scored 176/7 in 20 overs.

Varun was the pick of the Indian bowlers. He once again shone with his tenacity and skills.

Here's more.

Three wickets for the in-form spinner
Fact

Introduced in the 6th over, Varun dismissed Max O'Dowd (20) with his 4th ball. In the 13th over and his 3rd, Varun picked two wickets off successive balls. He outfoxed Colin Ackermann and Aryna Dutt.

An average of 6.88 in T20 World Cup 2026
Wickets

With this spell worth 3/14, Varun has raced to a tally of 68 scalps from 40 T20I matches at an average of 14.52.

In 7 T20 World Cup matches, he has taken 9 scalps at 14.77, as per ESPNcricinfo.

All nine of his T20 World Cup scalps have come in the 2026 edition from 4 matches at 6.88.

Overall, he owns 192 T20 wickets.