IPL 2019 Auctions: Architect-turned mystery spinner becomes the joint highest-paid cricketer

After a terrific Tamil Nadu Premier League, in just three years, Varun was on the radar of some IPL teams as he earned a name for himself as a mystery spinner

Tamil Nadu’s Varun Chakravarthy emerged as the winner in Round 3 of IPL Auction. Varun is all set to make his debut in the IPL, playing for Kings Xi Punjab after the franchise bought him for INR 8.4 Crores.

After a terrific Tamil Nadu Premier League, in just three years, Varun was on the radar of some IPL teams as he earned a name for himself as a mystery spinner.

He started playing cricket in school but strugled to make it to the big level. He quit cricket in Class XII, to do a five-year Architecture course, and worked in a firm for around two years. At 25, he decided to follow his dreams.

“I don't know, I just built up so much pressure inside me and it blasted... I just quit. I walked in and right away said I want to stop working and I came back,” he narrates his journey to Cricketnext. “I told my parents that my mind was not there, I just wasn't able to do it. They understood and supported me, although I didn't know what I was going to do next. I dusted off my old kit bag which I hadn't used for six years. I didn't know anything else. I had to take up cricket again.," he told Cricnext.