Even the best of the batters find Varun Chakravarthy’s unorthodox spin difficult to negotiate. No wonder then that Nagaland— the wooden spooners from Group E— batters were exposed against Varun at the Brabourne Stadium on Tuesday.
Varun (5/9) bamboozled the inexperienced Nagaland batters to register his personal best in List A cricket. More importantly, he ensured that Tamil Nadu completed the formalities of sealing a place in the knockouts, starting in Rajkot from December 9.
Riding on Varun’s five-wicket haul— and R. Sai Kishore’s support act, Tamil Nadu bundled out a hapless Nagaland for a paltry 69 in less than 20 overs. Sai Kishore and N. Jagadeesan then chased it down in the eighth over, with Sai Kishore finishing the game off with successive sixes - over long-on and mid-wicket - off Khrievitso Kense.
