‘I canâ€t wear a Rs 3 lakh watch around my friends’: Varun Chakravarthyâ€s heartfelt confession | Cricket News
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Varun Chakravarthy of India warms up ahead of the Asia Cup match between India and Bangladesh at Dubai International Stadium on September 24, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy opened up about his relationship with money, revealing how he struggles with the guilt of spending on luxury items. He admitted that his typical middle-class mindset has made him acutely aware of moneyâ€s power.”I have had my struggle with money,” he said on Breakfast with Champions.”The only investments I knew were FDs (fixed deposits). My typical middle-class mindset. I know how powerful money is. If something is very powerful, you will have to use it to its full potential.”
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“What I feel is, rather than just changing my lifestyle with money, you can change someone elseâ€s life — thatâ€s more powerful.”The 34-year-old spinner shared a story of buying an expensive watch.”I have this guilty feeling that if I spend so much, if I have a watch worth Rs 30 lakh or 40 lakh, that amount of money actually can change someoneâ€s life for two or three generations.
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“One watch I bought, which was around three lakhs or something, that itself just killed me from within. I know there are people who buy more expensive stuff.”See, the guys I have grown up with, some of them are still delivering food and doing all those things. I can’t even imagine wearing something like that and going to meet them. I just feel that I am disrespecting them. Thatâ€s my own thing; I am not judging anyone else.”
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