India player Tilak Varma made his international debut in the recently-concluded India’s tour of West Indies. He made his debut in the T20I series and he immediately made his impact with 39 off 22 balls in the first game. However, the Men In Blue lost the game by four runs.
During the series, Varma scored 173 runs in five games and has been regarded as the find of the series. Even though the team lost the series by 3-2, the former India U19 player is being seen as the future star of Indian cricket. In this listicle, we will discuss why Hyderabad can play for India in T20I cricket for a long period.
Three reasons why Tilak Varma is in for long haul in T20I cricket
1. Can play attacking and consolidating cricket
In these games, the fans saw how the Mumbai Indians player in the IPL can adapt himself well as per the situation. On the sluggish wickets of the Caribbean venues, the 20-year-old has spinners well and attacked the pacers too.
2. List A and T20 experience
Talking about his List A and T20 experience, he has played 25 and 52 games respectively. In One Day cricket, he has 1236 runs averaging 56.18 including five tons and as many fifties. On the other hand, Tilak has 1591 runs averaging 38.80 including 11 fifties. Even though he doesn’t have the greatest of numbers (AVG of 37.35) in red-ball cricket, he can certainly improve as he has played only nine games.
3. Ability to bowl well
Fans might have taken some solace when he took his debut wicket in the form of Nicholas Pooran in the fifth game. However, Varma does bowl right-arm, a skill that the team is looking for since the departure of Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, and Yuvraj Singh. Talking about List A, T20 and First Class cricket, Varma has eight, one, and three wickets respectively averaging 21.87, 17, and nine respectively.