Ahmedabad, Dec. 20 -- Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy ended a dream year with the ball as the leading wicket-taker in T20Is amongst Test-playing nations in 2025 and also as the second-highest wicket-taker for India in a calendar year in T20I cricket.

The 34-year-old mystery spinner rewrote record books during the fifth and final T20I against South Africa at Ahmedabad and cast a spell of his bamboozling spin magic on Proteas batters, with four of them surrendering to his bowling. He ended up with figures of 4/53 in four overs and ended the series as the leading wicket-taker with 10 wickets at an average of 11.20 at an economy rate of 7.46.

This year, in 20 matches and 18 innings, Varun has taken 36 wickets at an average of 13.19 and an...