India’s mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy drew architectural comparisons for skipper Virat Kohli and mentor MS Dhoni. The 30-year-old was an architect before he gave up his job to pursue cricket professionally and is a part of the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup. 

Ahead of India’s game against Scotland on Friday, Chakravarthy, who has a bachelor’s degree in architecture, compared Virat Kohli to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. 

“Burj Khalifa? That’s the tallest building in the world. (Comparison-wise) it has to be Virat Kohli. He’s the biggest one, the captain of the side. Also because of the number of runs, he has scored,” Chakaravarthy said. 

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He further went on to compare former India skipper MS Dhoni to the iconic Burj al Arab. Located on an artificial island, the building is designed like a ship with sails. “It’s a really cool building in the sea (much like MSD).”

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Next in line was all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Chakaravarthy compared him to the iconic Atlantis hotel building. “It has to be Atlantis? very blingy, blingy hotel. Pandya wears lots of bling stuff. I’ve been with him for one tour and he likes to dress up nicely.”

Jasprit Bumrah was called the Dubai Frame, a building designed like a rectangular photo frame towering over several skyscrapers in the city.

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“The middle stump is missing, the base is intact. So, it has to be Jasprit Bumrah,” said Chakaravarthy.

The video of the mystery spinner drawing comparisons was posted by the ICC on social media. 

Chakravarthy said that wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was like the  twisty Cayan Tower. 

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“I’ll go with Rishabh for the Cayan tower because he twists himself when he plays the slog sweep? that’s how he looks playing that shot.”

Museum of Future building was compared with Suryakumar Yadav because “when he expresses himself, he’s a treat to watch”. Indian pacer Mohammed Shami was described as the Aldar Headquarters building in Abu Dhabi. It is a glazed structure completely circular in elevation and curved in all other directions. 

India defeated Scotland by eight wickets, keeping their hopes for a semifinals berth alive.