Varun Chakravarthy made his ODI debut for India at the age of 33, becoming the second oldest One-Day cricketer for India in the last 50 years. The Tamil Nadu spinner was presented his cap by Ravindra Jadeja and marked the occasion by dismissing Phil Salt in his second over.

Varun Chakaravarthy made his ODI debut at the age of 33 years in the second ODI match against England at Cuttack’s Baramati Stadium.

After the toss, Rohit Sharma declared that he had made three changes in the India playing XI. He mentioned that he had to unfortunately drop Varun Chakravarthy has he pulled up on the morning of the match with a tight calf.

India have got three finger spinners -- two left-armers ( Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel) and one right-arm off-spinner in Washington Sundar. Kuldeep Yadav, who is returning to the Indian team after undergoing a sports hernia surgery in October 2024, is the lone wrist spinner in the squad.

At 33 years and 164 days old, Varun became India's second-oldest ODI debutant after Farokh Engineer (36y 138d) in 1974.

As per Cricbuzz, Chakravarthy has become the second-oldest debutant for India in ODI cricket, at 33 years and 164 days. He is only behind Farookh Engineer (36y 138d), who made his debut in 1974 against England in Leeds.

Overall, it is Farokh Engineer, who holds the No. 1 spot in the list of oldest ODI debutants for India. He had had made his debut in 1974 at the age of 36 years and 138 days.