Star player from Shah Rukh Khan's KKR worked in movies for only Rs 600, his IPL salary is Rs... in IPL, name is...
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is owner of Kolkata Knight Riders franchise in IPL. KKR have won the IPL title three times.
Varun Chakravarthy was retained for Rs 12 crore by Shah Rukh Khan's KKR ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Varun Chakravarthy has claimed 100 wickets in IPL in 83 matches till dates. Varun claimed 17 wickets in 13 matches in the IPL 2025 season. Image credit: Source: Instagram
Varun Chakravarthy is a qualified architect. He eventually left the profession in pursuit of music, only to return to architecture later by launching his own firm. Unfortunately, he lost all his savings when Cyclone Vardha hit. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Varun Chakravarthy worked as a background artist in movies for Rs 600. "Some of my friends were part of the film industry, and I started seeing a lot of movies and accompanying them to shoots to observe what was happening. I started talking to the guys, and I came to know that they are shooting for a movie called Jeeva in many cricket grounds. I went there with the intention of becoming an Assistant Director, but that didn't work out. I couldn't even make a proper pitch. Then one of the ADs asked me if I played cricket. I said, 'Only tennis-ball cricket.' So then I got to act in this movie, where I was signed as a junior artist with a salary of INR 600 per day. And that was pretty helpful at that time," Varun told R Ashwin on a podcast.
Varun Chakravarthy has been part of KKR since IPL 2020 season. Before that he played one season for Punjab Kings in 2019 but turned out in only 1 match.
Varun Chakravarthy has claimed 33 wickets in T20Is for Team India in just 18 matches at an amazing average of 14.57. He has also claimed 10 wickets in 4 ODI matches.
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