Overview:
He was named the Player of the Match for his impressive innings against Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup 2025.
Tilak Varma has been ruled out of the first three matches in the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given a statement on the batter’s injury.
“India batter Tilak Varma underwent surgery for an abdominal issue in Rajkot on Wednesday, 7 January. He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday morning and is scheduled to fly back to Hyderabad on Friday. He is currently stable and progressing well.
“Tilak will resume physical training and gradually return to skill-based activities once his symptoms have fully resolved and wound healing is satisfactory.
🚨 NEWS 🚨
Tilak Varma ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand.
His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases.
Details 🔽 | #TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank…
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 8, 2026
“He is ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand. His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said.
He has been one of the consistent performers for the Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game. The southpaw has scored 1183 runs in 40 T20Is at an average of 49.29 and a strike rate of 144.09. Tilak has hit two hundreds and 6 fifties.
He was named the Player of the Match for his impressive innings against Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup 2025.
Team India squad for New Zealand series and ICC T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (VC), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (WK).
Comments are closed.