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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Gaurav Gupta | TNN

Mystery vs History: Selection curve ball pits Kuldeep Yadav against Varun Chakravarthy for spinner's spot in India's playing XI

MUMBAI: While naming the spinners for the Champions Trophy, India's national selec-tors, led by Ajit Agarkar, surprised many by replacing opener Yashasvi Jaiswal with mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy.

The surprise didn't end there. Varun was added to the squad despite the presence of four spinners who were already in the mix — Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel — both left-arm spinning allrounders — Washington Sundar, an off-spinning allrounder and Kuldeep Yadav, a wrist spinner.

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