"Glenn Maxwell shakes in his boots" - Kris Srikkanth hails star Indian bowler after AUS vs IND 2025 4th T20I

Former Indian opener Kris Srikkanth hailed veteran spinner Varun Chakaravarthy for another brilliant spell of bowling in the fourth T20I against Australia in Carrara on November 6. The 1983 World Cup winner specifically pointed to Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell shaking in his boots at the thought of facing Varun.

The wily leg-spinner dismissed Maxwell for a fifth time in T20s in just 33 deliveries. The Aussie right-hander gave himself room, only to see his stumps rattled by Varun off the final delivery of his spell.

Talking about Varun Chakaravarthy's consistent bowling on his YouTube channel, Srikkanth said (6:30):

"Glenn Maxwell shakes in his boots whenever Varun Chakaravarthy comes on to bowl. Varun picks up certain batters like a rabbit. Especially when he sees Maxwell, he gobbles him up like a piece of cake."

Meanwhile, Srikkanth expressed his displeasure at skipper Suryakumar Yadav constantly changing his batting position.

"The T20 World Cup is around the corner. So he doesn't have much time. He has to regain his form and get used to the No. 3 position. You cannot keep on shifting and rotating the order. There has to be a set order with the limited time before the World Cup. They escaped today and the trial and error philosophy is fine for now. But at some point there has to be a conclusion. Maybe from the South Africa series as it's in India," he said.

Despite battling a prolonged lean run with the bat, Surya came out to bat at No. 4 behind Shivam Dube. The skipper looked in excellent touch but fell for only 20 off 10 deliveries.

"He is a spinner who can bat and not a batter who bowls spin" - Kris Srikkanth on Washington Sundar

Kris Srikkanth slammed India's tactics of under-bowling Washington Sundar in the last two T20Is against Australia. The Tamil Nadu off-spinner did not bowl a single over in the third T20I and was brought into the attack in only the 17th over of the fourth T20I.

Yet, he delivered the goods with three wickets in his 1.2 overs of bowling, helping India complete a thumping 48-run win.

"What I don't understand is he is playing as a spin-bowling all-rounder. He is a spinner who can bat and not a batter that bowls spin. He first came into the Indian side for his spin-bowling only with his opening spells for Pune in the IPL. That's how Washington Sundar came into prominence," said Srikkanth (via the aforementioned source).

He added:

"Yes, he has scored a lot of runs and is basically an opening batter. But he'll get his confidence only if he's given the ball regularly. Last match he didn't bowl at all and this match it was hardly an over. Through this plan, India are indirectly saying he'll not be in the 11 for the T20 World Cup because Kuldeep Yadav will be back on Indian pitches. This feels like a signal to that."

Sundar did not play in the opening two T20Is after featuring in all three ODIs of the ongoing Australian tour.

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Edited by Venkatesh Ravichandran