Dubai, March 2 -- The cricketing fraternity hailed Team India and its mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy following their 44-run win over New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy final league stage game, helping India end their campaign on a perfect note with three wins in three.

Chakravarthy's Dubai horror stories of the 2021 T20 World Cup finally met their redemption as he ripped through the Kiwi middle order to help India script a well-fought 44-run win, turning the match on its head from a position of 151/4 while defending 250 runs, bundling them out for 205 runs.

Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar hailed half-centurion Shreyas Iyer and Varun Chakravarthy for their performances.

"@ShreyasIyer15 played an important innings, a...