India, March 8 -- Varun Chakravarthy is classed as a leg-spin/googly bowler, though he isn't a leg-spinner in the strictest sense. He relies primarily on the ball that skids through or the one which breaks into the right-hander, bowling the conventional leg-spinner somewhat sparingly.

At the ICC Academy ground on Friday night, in the 'net' closest to the viewing area, Chakravarthy was at work. Up against him was Virat Kohli, fresh off knocks of 100 not out and 84 in two of his last three innings in the Champions Trophy.

Kohli has fallen to leg-spin 23 times in One-Day Internationals; leg-spin has accounted for 9.43% of his 244 dismissals. As head coach Gautam Gambhir pointed out, when you play for as long as Kohli has, you will get out ...