India, Nov. 7 -- Varun Chakravarthy has enjoyed another strong series while touring Australia, using all the tricks up his sleeves to lead the wickets chart for India with one match left in the series. He only picked up one wicket at the Carrara Oval as India established a 2-1 series lead with a comfortable 48-run victory, but it was a big one: he completely deceived and bowled Glenn Maxwell to all but determine the outcome of the game.

Chakravarthy's record continued to improve against Maxwell, who is typically an excellent player against spin but continues to struggle with the mystery that the Indian spinner employs. In his first match back after an injury-enforced absence, the dangerous batter's dismissal was an awkward one as he made...