Tilak Varma-Biography, Career, Stats

Read on to know more about Indian cricketer Tilak Varma. Find out details such as his career, stats and more.

Profile Summary

Biography

Left-handed batter Tilak Varma is an Indian international cricket player who also fills in as an off-spin bowler. On August 3, 2023, he played his first international match for India against the West Indies. He is an Indian Premier League (IPL) player for the Mumbai Indians and a domestic cricket player for Hyderabad.

Age

Born on November 8, 2002, Tilak Varma is 21 years old as of 2024.

Height

Tilak Varma's height is 6 feet or 182 centimeters.

Family

In Hyderabad, Tilak Varma was born into a Telugu-speaking household. His mother Gayatri Devi is a homemaker, and his father Namboori Nagaraju was an electrician. Tarun Varma is his elder brother.

Career

Domestic Career

On December 30, 2018, he made his Hyderabad debut in the Ranji Trophy for the 2018–19 season. He amassed 215 runs at a strike average of 147.26 in seven games during the competition. On February 28, 2019, he made his Twenty20 debut for Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for 2018–19.

On September 28, 2019, he played for Hyderabad in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy, making his List A debut. He collected four wickets and scored 180 runs in five games during the competition.

He was added to India's 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad in December 2019. In the six games he participated in the competition, he scored a mere 86 runs.

In five games of the 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he amassed 180 runs and claimed four wickets.

Indian Premier League

He was acquired by the Mumbai Indians in February 2022 during the Indian Premier League 2022 auction. He was purchased by the Mumbai Indians for Rs. 1.7 crore, with a base price of Rs. 20 lakh. He hit a 33-ball-61 against the Rajasthan Royals in the league's opening game at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium.

In their opening 2023 Indian Premier League encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore in April 2023, he struck an innings of 84 off 46 balls. Against Gujarat Titans in the playoffs, he scored 43 runs off of just 14 balls.

International Career

He received his first call-up to the Indian cricket squad in July 2023 for the T20I series while on tour in the West Indies. In the opening game of the series on August 3, 2023, he made his T20I debut. With 39 runs off of just 22 deliveries, he set a new record for India and also grabbed two catches in the same game.

He reached his first fifty in an international match on August 6, 2023, during the second Twenty20 encounter against the West Indies. After Rohit Sharma, he became the second-youngest Indian to register fifty in Men's T20I. During the tour, he also scored the most runs for the squad.

In addition, he has been included in the Indian selections for the Hangzhou, China, 2022 Asian Games and the three-match T20I tour to Ireland.

On September 15, 2023, he played his first ODI match against Bangladesh during the 2023 Asia Cup.