Varun Chakravarthy and other mystery spinners in international cricket | Ajmal, Mendis, Narine and others

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Varun Chakravarthy:

He was India's weapon at Champions Trophy 2025 with his variations. The KKR spinner fits the "mystery spinner" bill.

There are more...

Here are other bowlers who had the unorthodox variations to be labelled as a mystery spinner over the years.

Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)

A pioneer of the "carrom ball," who can forget that unthinkable 6/13 against India in the 2008 Asia Cup final!

Sunil Narine (West Indies)

A household name across T20 leagues including the IPL, Narine's variations, knuckleball and carrom ball are no short of magic.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan)

Youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in ODI and first 21st century-born player to play the format, the youngster combines off-spin with doosras, carrom balls, and sliders to trap batters.

Syed Ajmal (Pakistan)

His bowling action was controversial but his mastery over "doosra" made him hard to play.

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