IPL 2019: 5 Uncapped players who will be on every team's radar

2. Varun Chakravarthy

Talk about taking comebacks to another level and Varun Chakravarthy will be right up there at the top. This anonymous commodity, at the age of 25, quit his job in an architecture firm to rediscover his lost love and to pursue a career in cricket. Thus far, he has taken giant strides which is quite inspirational. Varun was terrific in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) restricting the batsmen and picking regular wickets.

This mystery spinner, a fourth-division cricketer until last year, has now played the Vijay Hazare Trophy and also made his Ranji Trophy debut. He was bowling in the nets to the CSK and KKR batsmen during the 2018 season. Varun honed his skills with the guidance of Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav and Carl Crowe, Sunil Narine’s personal coach who also trained Kuldeep.

Chakravarthy picked up 9 wickets in 10 games in TNPL 2018. However, what stands out is his economy rate. He only gave away 4.70 runs per over which is one of his biggest strengths. His average of 20.88 is also decent enough. Already having attended the Mumbai Indians’ trails, he would surely be on the radar of the teams.