DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Varun Chakravarthy of India warms up before the Asia Cup match between India and Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium on September 24, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy has opened up about his relationship with money and revealed how he struggles with the guilt of spending on luxury items. He admitted that his typical middle-class mindset made him very aware of the power of money.“I’ve had my struggles 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 have to use it to the fullest.”
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“What I feel is that rather than just changing your lifestyle with money, you can change someone else’s life – that’s more powerful.”The 34-year-old spinner shared the story of buying an expensive watch.“I feel so guilty that if I spend that much, if I have a watch worth 30 million rupees or 40 million rupees, that amount of money can actually change someone’s life for two or three generations.
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“The one watch I bought, for three million or so, in itself killed me from the inside. I know there are people who buy more expensive things.“You see, the guys I grew up with, some of them still deliver food and do all that stuff. I can’t even imagine wearing something like that and going out to meet them. I just feel like I’m disrespecting them. That’s my business; I don’t judge anybody else.”
