Watch: Varun Chakravarthy bamboozles Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone with stunning deliveries in 1st T20I

India National Cricket Team spinner Varun Chakravarthy has put his team at the top during the ongoing first T20I against the England National Cricket Team. The first game of the five-match series between the teams is taking place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Varun Chakravarthy didn't take long to make an impact with the ball in the ongoing game. The mystery spinner, in his second over, did the majority of damage as he removed two big wickets in Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone to put the India National Cricket Team at the top.

Varun Chakravarthy first removed Harry Brook with the peach. He bowled a googly around off, to which the batter looked to push this down the ground, but ended up getting an inside edge. The ball flicked his pads and rolled back onto the stumps to leave the batter amazed.

If this was not enough, Varun Chakravarthy then came up with another magical ball to remove Liam Livingstone. The batter made room and exposed his stumps as he got beaten by the googly. The batter looked to drive this through the off-side. He got beaten and the leg pole was uprooted.

Varun Chakravarthy comes up with two brilliant balls to remove Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone

Here's the video:

Timber strikes ✅

A double-wicket over ✅

Varun Chakaravarthy picks up two! 👏 👏

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Varun Chakravarthy has seemed unplayable in the ongoing game, leaves England tottering at 65/4

Chakravarthy has seemed unplayable in the ongoing game. The England National Cricket Team batters are unable to read his googlies. With his twin strikes in the innings, he left the opposition tottering at 65/4.

Chakravarthy, who made his return to the Indian team recently, has been making sure that he makes his comeback a memorable one. After two back-to-back staggering efforts in series against Bangladesh and South Africa, he started off the England series on high.

Arshdeep Singh takes India off to a flying start with the ball, takes two quick wickets

Earlier in the game, India National Cricket Team skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to field first. Arshdeep Singh took his team off to a flying start with the ball as he removed two wickets with the new ball to set the platform for his team.

India National Cricket Team since then has taken command of the game. They have been picking wickets at regular intervals. Apart from Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel too have added their name in the wickets column.

For England National Cricket Team, it has been Jos Buttler, who is holding the key for his team. The captain has slammed a magnificent half-century and is making sure that he takes his team to the competitive total.

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