Varun Chakravarthy With New Ball? Ravi Ashwin's STUNNING Advise to Rohit Sharma Ahead of India's CT 25 Semifinal vs Australia

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma 's Team India would take on a depleted Australian unit in the much-anticipated Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final on Tuesday at the Dubai International Cricket stadium in Dubai. Both sides are well-matched and hence a mouthwatering clash is expected. 

Ahead of the match, former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has given a suggestion to Rohit Sharma. Ashwin has asked Rohit to give the new ball to Varun Chakravarthy. Ashwin obviously knows Chakravarthy's game as they play for the same state. Chakravarthy has bowled with the new ball in T20Is, but ODIs is a different beast altogether and hence it would be interesting to see if Rohit adheres to Ashwin. 

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‘Chakravarthy with new ball might give India an edge’

“New ball and give it to Varun and ask him to bowl over the stumps to Travis Head,” Ashwin said on his Hindi Youtube channel “Ash Ki Baat.”

“Travis Head shows all his three stumps and then clears his leg and hit it over the field. Varun Chakravarthy with new ball might give India an edge. It will be a mouth watering contest,” he said.

“I would be very surprised if Travis Head will take on a back seat against Varun. He would love to go aggressive and it will high-risk option. Either he will give Australia good start or India will get him out cheaply," he concluded.

Spotlight on Chakravarthy

Chakravarthy has been in ominous form lately. He picked up his first five-wicket haul in ODIs in just his second match. Chakravarthy, playing his first game of CT 2025, rattled New Zealand and India would be hoping for the same from him today against Australia. His good show against NZ also helped him bag the Player of the Match.