Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has shared his views on Varun Chakravarthy’s bowling after the semi-final of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, saying the spinner’s confidence drops when batters assault him early in his spell.India reached the ultimate after beating England by seven runs within the semi-final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Chakravarthy had a troublesome outing within the match whereas defending a complete of 253 runs.

The spinner conceded 64 runs and picked up one wicket. It turned the joint second-most costly bowling spell in a T20 World Cup match. He equalled the file of Sanath Jayasuriya, who had figures of 0/64 for Sri Lanka towards Pakistan in Johannesburg in 2007.“What is going on with Varun is just not that groups are attacking him or selecting him. Everybody is aware of that Adil Rashid has a googly. Groups attacking or studying a bowler is regular — it occurs to each cricketer. But when this occurs, it’s important to be tactical. You can’t miss the lengths. Line and size variations with pace variations are essential. Varun must be spoken to,” Ashwin mentioned on ‘Ash ki Baat’.“Each time he will get attacked upfront, the boldness goes down additional, as a result of he is aware of he’s catching up. I’m bored with saying this repeatedly. From the previous few video games, I’m saying this. Don’t bowl from around the wicket to the left-hander,” he added.The most costly bowling figures in a T20 World Cup match had been recorded on this version when Saurabh Netravalkar of the US returned 0/65 towards India.Chakravarthy now has the joint second-most costly bowling figures for India in all T20 internationals. Prasidh Krishna holds the file with 0/68 towards Australia in Guwahati in 2023, whereas Yuzvendra Chahal additionally had figures of 0/64 towards South Africa in Durban in 2018.India will face New Zealand within the remaining of the event on Sunday, March 8 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.The 2 groups had additionally reached the ultimate of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, and can once more meet within the remaining of an ICC event practically a 12 months later.