IPL 2022: Varun Chakravarthy looks to up his game with new variation

The 30-year-old leg-spinner was the highest wicket taker for KKR last season with 18 wickets from 17 matches and this season, he has got just four wickets from five games. "It is bound to happen, people will have plans against me. Last year in the Indian leg, I had six to seven wickets in seven matches.

Later on, I picked up more wickets, so you cannot predict how many wickets you are going to get," Chakravarthy said. "I am working on a new variation which I am looking forward to bowl more. If it starts clicking well it will definitely add a new dimension to my game," he said ahead of KKR's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday.

Asked further about the new variation, he said, "I am working on a leg-spin. I have been working for it in the last two years. I have bowled in a few matches and I have got a wicket out of that also.

"I need to be a little more confident (bowling the new variation) and start bowling it more." An injury-prone Chakravarthy returned to competitive cricket in the IPL after featuring in the T20 World Cup last year when he failed to pick a wicket before being sidelined due to a calf injury. "I was at the NCA for the treatment of my injury. Now it is resolved very well.

I could take the field without any pain killer. So, I am feeling fitter and that has helped me to bowl a lot better." Asked what kind of adjustments he used to make on wickets which favour batsmen, he said, "Stick to your basic plan, stick to your strength rather then focussing on the batsmen. So, to change the mental set-up." He considers Afghanistan star and Gujarat Titans player Rashid Khan as the best spinner currently in world cricket.