Tilak Varma

India

Personal Information
Born
Nov 08, 2002 (21 years)
Birth Place
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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89
Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Hyderabad, India U19 B, India U19, Mumbai Indians, India A, South Zone, India
The son of an electrician from Hyderabad, Tilak Varma didn’t have the best resources at his disposal but what he had was an innate talent for batting. Varma was spotted by a childhood coac...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
ODI 4 4 1 68 52 22.67 119 57.14 0 0 1 6 1
T20I 16 15 5 336 55 33.6 241 139.42 0 0 2 29 16
IPL 38 38 9 1156 84 39.86 790 146.33 0 0 6 90 58
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
ODI 4 2 42 39 0 0/18 0/18 5.57 0.0 0.0 0 0
T20I 16 3 30 26 2 1/5 1/5 5.2 13.0 15.0 0 0
IPL 38 4 22 28 0 0/6 0/6 7.64 0.0 0.0 0 0
Career Information
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The son of an electrician from Hyderabad, Tilak Varma didn’t have the best resources at his disposal but what he had was an innate talent for batting. Varma was spotted by a childhood coach playing tennis ball cricket, and the coach took him under his wings. In his early teens, the southpaw used to travel 40kms to and fro for practice at the Legala Cricket Academy, all sponsored by his childhood coach Salim Bayash.

The efforts paid dividends as Mumbai Indians came calling, picking him at the 2022 auctions. The 2022 IPL season was one to forget was MI, as they finished rock bottom but Varma’s performance was a bright spark for the franchise. He was the second highest run getter for MI, and looked like he belonged against some of the best in the world. Varma followed that up with another solid IPL season, and got his maiden T20I call-up for the series against West Indies shortly after.

Varma has been a steady eddy for India in the middle order. His ability to switch gears alongside his useful off breaks makes him a premium product in this Indian setup. Still in his early 20s, the ceiling for a player like Tilak Varma could be too high.
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