India, March 3 -- Varun Chakaravarthy spun his web against New Zealand and claimed a maiden five-wicket haul to set up the foundation of India's 44-run win. Varun lived up to the hype and remained a mystery for the Kiwi batters. After proving his mettle in the T20Is, all eyes were on Varun to showcase his mastery in the 50-over format as India made a last-minute change to get him included in the Champions Trophy squad.

Rohit Sharma was asked about Varun's bowling ahead of India's tournament opener versus Bangladesh and the skipper revealed that the KKR spinner doesn't "bowl a lot of variations" in the nets to the Indian batters. The swashbuckling opener said Chakravarthy "bowls only one kind of variety" to them.

However, the Indian spin...