Tilak Varma
Tilak Varma is an Indian left-handed batter for India and Mumbai Indians, sharing a cricket journey that began with tennis-ball games in Hyderabad.
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IndiaOverview
- Born
- 8 November 2002
- Home cricket
- Hyderabad
- Role
- Left-handed batter; off-break bowler
- Breakout
- Mumbai Indians, IPL 2022
- India breakthrough
- T20I debut against West Indies in 2023
Mini bio
How it started.
Tilak began with tennis-ball cricket in Hyderabad, waiting for turns with older players. Coach Salam Bayash spotted his talent, persuaded his parents to support formal training and helped him get a cricket kit when money was tight.
The first big stage.
He progressed through Hyderabad’s age-group teams and represented India at the 2020 Under-19 World Cup, where the side finished runners-up. Mumbai Indians signed him in 2022, and he scored 397 runs in 14 matches in his first IPL season.
Finding his place for India.
His India T20I debut came against West Indies in 2023. Consecutive hundreds in South Africa in 2024 and an unbeaten 69 in the 2025 Asia Cup final made his ability to build an innings under pressure especially clear to fans. He was also part of India’s winning 2026 T20 World Cup campaign.
Creditschronological, newest first
International cricket
- 2026ICC Men’s T20 World CupIndia batter, winning squad
- 2025Men’s Asia CupIndia batter, unbeaten 69 in the final
- 2024India tour of South AfricaBatter, consecutive T20I centuries
- 2020ICC Under-19 World CupIndia squad member, runners-up
Club and domestic cricket
- 2025Hampshire County Championship stintOverseas batter signed for four matches
- 2022Mumbai Indians IPL debut seasonBatter, 397 runs in 14 games
Awards
- Player of the Match, New Zealand v India24 October 2026 · Unbeaten 51 in the second T20I in Christchurch.
- Player of the Series, South Africa v IndiaNovember 2024 · Recognition after consecutive centuries in India’s 3-1 T20I series win.
- BCCI Raj Singh Dungarpur award2016-17 · Highest run-scorer at Under-16 level.
Quotes
I am still the same back home.Tilak Varma, Mumbai Indians
In a 2022 feature about his rise, Tilak reflected on staying himself around his parents as his career grew.
Trivia
- He grew up admiring Suresh Raina, another left-handed India batter.
- His early tennis-ball games prized sixes so much that cautious batters could be sent down to number 11.
- He kept using a bat supplied by his coach, taping it up when it broke because a replacement was out of reach.
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