India's World Cup-winning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also congratulated the Men in Blue, calling Varun's spell a "game-changer."

The cricketing fraternity hailed Team India and its mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy following their 44-run win over New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy final league stage game, helping India end their campaign on a perfect note with three wins in three.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy made an impressive ICC Champions Trophy debut with a five-wicket haul, leading India to a 44-run victory over New Zealand. This performance marked the best-ever bowling figures by an Indian debutant in the tournament.

India's win-loss record in the knockout matches against Australia at ICC ODI events (World Cups and Champions Trophies). Australia have lost only five of their 22 knockouts against all other teams. India boasts a 3-0 record against Australia in Champions Trophy knockout games.

In an interaction with India Today, Kapil Dev called Virat Kohli 'the greatest of the greats'. Kapil praised Kohli's temperament to win matches, and even placed him ahead of the great MS Dhoni. This was after chase master Kohli scored yet another match-winning knock of 84 runs in the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final against Australia.

Varun Chakravarthy created history with this five-wicket haul. He took it in his second ODI appearance. He now becomes the fastest Indian player to take a five-wicket haul, in terms of matches. He breaks the record of Stuart Binny,

A place in the Champions Trophy final will be at stake as India face Australia in a crucial match in Dubai. Both teams share a very intense rivalry on the ground and an exciting clash is on the cards it seems.

Virat Kohli has become the second player in history after Sachin Tendulkar to score more than 8000 runs in run-chases in ODI history. He thus becomes the first player ever to score 8000 runs in ODI chases with an average of more than 60.

Dubai was once where Varun Chakravarthy's international career hit its lowest point. Nearly four years later, he returned to the same ground, taking a five-wicket haul in the Champions Trophy, thereby engineering the downfall of New Zealand on Sunday,