IPL 2026: Varun Chakraborty created history, became the first Indian to do so

Sandy Verma

Tezzbuzz|18-04-2026

Sports Desk. Kolkata Knight Riders’ account of victory in IPL 2026 has not been opened. It also faced defeat in the match played against Gujarat Titans on Friday. This is KKR’s fifth defeat in 6 matches in this edition of IPL.

One match has been canceled due to rain. With this defeat, KKR is now in danger of being out of the playoff race. Even though KKR had to face defeat in the match played against Gujarat Titans on Friday, the team’s star spinner Varun Chakraborty has registered a record in his name in this match.

In the match against Gujarat Titans, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets after spending 34 runs in his quota of 4 overs. With these two wickets, he also completed his 100 wickets in IPL for KKR. He has now become the first Indian to take 100 wickets in IPL for KKR.

Jos Buttler becomes Varun Chakraborty’s 100th victim

Varun Chakraborty joined KKR in 2020. Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler became Varun Chakraborty’s 100th victim. Varun Chakravarthy completed a century of wickets in 87 matches for KKR in IPL. Earlier, Sunil Narine (196) and Andre Russell (122) have taken more than 100 wickets for KKR.

Varun Chakraborty has an average of 24.64 and economy rate of 7.66 in IPL. He has one wicket and once four wickets in his name.

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