Varun Aaron’s bowling numbers (18 Test wickets at 52.61; 11 ODI scalps at 38.09) certainly suggests that he hasn’t been able to do justice to his talent at the highest level yet.

However, the India speedster has often exhibited a glimpse of his brilliance in the domestic circuit, especially in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Aaron, who has claimed 42 wickets from 47 IPL games, has produced quite a few magical spells and deliveries in the T20 tournament and his personal favourite is the dismissal of legendary Adam Gilchrist on IPL debut.

“My favourite memory would be my first IPL wicket, Adam Gilchrist. I got him bowled and it was the middle-stump. I was 19 or 20 back then and to see the whole stadium go up suddenly was a massive high. I had never felt that before,” Aaron told Sportstar.

Thanks to his performance in IPL 2014 – 16 wickets from 10 matches – Aaron returned to the Indian Test side for the tour of England. He played two Tests in England picked up five wickets. While the numbers may not be staggering, his ferocious bouncer to Stuart Broad kept him in the headlines that season.  

His last international appearance was against South Africa in a Test a match at Bangalore in 2015.

Nonetheless, Aaron continued to ply his trade in the IPL despite faltering performance. Playing for Rajasthan Royals, he grabbed four wickets in five games last season.

“I had a good moment last year too. I have been practising the knuckleball for a year-and-a-half or two. I had practised swing with the new ball. I came back in a match where Rajasthan Royals had to win against the Kolkata Knight Riders,” he said.

“Chris Lynn and Shubman Gill had opened the batting for KKR. I got Lynn bowled and I felt Gill might be suspect to a slower knuckleball of mine. It was perfect. It landed exactly where I wanted it to, it did exactly how much I wanted it to. It was just a great ball.”