Indian batter Tilak Varma is about to symbolize Hampshire within the ongoing County season. In line with a press launch shared by the Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation (HCA) on Wednesday, June 11, the 22-year-old, who has performed 4 ODIs and 25 T20Is for the Indian crew to this point, has been approached by Hampshire to play within the County Championship Division One match.
Curiously, Varma’s final look in a red-ball fixture was for Mayank Agarwal-led India A towards India C within the Duleep Trophy at Anantapur from September 19 to 22 in 2024.
“The Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation is joyful to tell that Hyderabad Worldwide participant Mr. N Thakur Tilak Varma has been approached by the crew Hampshire County to play within the UK County Championship League. The Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation needs him a terrific stint with Hampshire County,” HCA mentioned in a launch.
Varma, who was final seen in motion for Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2025, has performed 18 first-class matches to this point, aggregating 1204 runs with the assistance of 5 centuries and 4 fifties. The southpaw has a mean of fifty.16 within the red-ball format. Moreover being a gun fielder, Varma is a useful off-spinner, with eight wickets at a mean of 12.87 and strike fee of 24.10.
Hampshire have performed seven matches within the ongoing County Championship Division One and have managed to safe two wins along with taking part in three attracts and dropping a few matches. The Southampton-based crew have been handed a nine-wicket defeat by desk toppers Sussex within the final match they performed, which was at The Rose Bowl from Might 23 to 26. Ben Brown-led Hampshire’s upcoming encounter within the red-ball enviornment is towards Essex on the County Floor in Chelmsford from June 22 to 25.
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