Wife Neha Khedkar and Varun, who both have a strong passion for animals and photography, dated for a while before getting married in a private ceremony in 2020
In their last 2025 Champions Trophy Group A match against New Zealand, Varun Chakravarthy was the highlight of the show as he took 5 for 42 to give India the victory.
With this effort, India won the match by 44 runs, completing the mystery spinner’s redemption in Dubai. After the victory, Harbhajan told India Today that teams still don’t understand Varun’s abilities and make the error of attempting to read him based only on his bowling length.
Who is Neha Khedkar, wife of Indian cricketer Varun Chakravarthy, biography, age, family, children, mother tongue, net worth and Instagram
Varun Chakravarthy was born in Bidar, Karnataka, on August 29, 1991. He is 1.75m tall. His mother Malini is Kannadiga, and his father Vinod Chakravarthy, an ITS officer for BSNL, is half Tamil and half Malayali. He grew up in Chennai’s Adyar. Varun married his longtime partner Neha Khedekar in a private ceremony in Chennai on December 11, 2020.
He attended Kendriya Vidyalaya CLRI in Chennai and St. Patrick’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, where he played cricket and kept wickets before giving up the game to concentrate on his studies. He graduated from SRM University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. He quit his work as an architect at the age of 25 to become a professional cricket player.
He began his career as a fast bowler but switched to spin bowling after suffering a knee injury in early 2017 that kept him out of play for six months. Neha Khedekar is the wife of Varun Chakravarthy.
The wife of Varun Chakravarthy was born on January 4, 1995. As of 2025, she is 30 years old.
On 11 December 2020, Varun married his longtime girlfriend Neha Khedekar in a closed ceremony in Chennai. He and his wife Neha Khedekar, who prefers keeping her life private have a son named Aathman and while Neha’s net worth isn’t known, her husband Varun is worth Rs.40 crore. Neha was the reason behind Varun leaving his architecture job and pursuing his career as a cricketer.
Neha Khedekar, the wife of Varun Chakravarthy, hails from a middle-class Marathi Hindu household in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and enjoys taking photos, traveling, and posting them on social media. She has named her cat “Astra” and is a huge fan of both dogs and cats. She frequently attends games at the stadium to watch Varun Chakravarthy play. Neha frequently shares content on her Twitter account regarding the reality show Bigg Boss, which she also loves. She has set her Instagram profile to private.
Neha has two siblings: Manali Khedekar, and Kyran Khedekar.
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Varun Chakravarthy career
On September 20, 2018, Tamil Nadu made its Vijay Hazare Trophy debut for the 2018–19 season with Varun Chakravarthy.
With twenty-two dismissals in nine games, he was Tamil Nadu’s top wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
He was purchased by the Kings XI Punjab in December 2018 for 8.4 crores during the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction.
On March 27, 2019, he made his Twenty20 team debut. He claimed five wickets for 20 runs on October 24, 2020, against the Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi, his first five-wicket haul in the IPL.