He had scored a hundred in Hampshire's previous match against Essex.
Tilak Varma continued his brilliant form in the County Championship Division One tournament as the Hampshire batter scored a half-century against Worcestershire in Southampton on Tuesday. In the previous match against Essex in June, Tilak Varma had scored a century on his County debut.
The 22-year-old scored 56 runs from 171 balls and his knock consisted of seven fours and one six. He came in to bat at No.4 with Hampshire’s score reading 47/2. Hampshire were further restricted to 74/4.
55/0
52/4
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157/5
158/1
Malawi beat Rwanda by 9 wickets
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178/6
133/10
Romania won by 45 runs
168/9
169/6
Austria beat Hungary by 4 wickets
245/7
179/5
Austria beat Luxembourg by 66 runs
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88/10
163/4
Jinnah CC Stockholm beat Alby Zalmi by 75 runs
123/6
150/4
Marsta CC beat Rising Phoenix by 27 runs
153/9
168/4
Alby Zalmi CC beat Jinnah CC by 15 runs
166/4
78/10
Rising Phoenix beat Jinnah CC by 88 runs
100/5
99/7
Alby Zalmi CC beat Rising Phoenix by 5 wickets
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143/6
78/10
Botswana Women beat Malawi Women by 65 runs
40/10
88/9
Lesotho Women beat Eswatini Women by 48 runs
135/7
84/10
Rwanda Women beat Sierra Leone Women by 51 runs
88/8
87/8
Cameroon Women beat Mozambique Women by 2 wickets
218/6
83/7
Gujrat Cricket Club beat Super Lanka by 135 runs
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122/4
108/6
Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 14 runs
80/4
106/5
Sky Warriors Cricket Club beat JB Kings by 26 runs
78/4
80/2
Maxx Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 8 wickets
75/4
73/10
MR KB Putrajaya beat MB Malik Sports UMZ by 6 wickets
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141/5
88/10
United Arab Emirates beat Nigeria by 53 runs
126/6
123/2
Kenya beat Namibia A by 3 runs
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154/9
155/4
Boost Defenders beat Mis Ainak Knights by 6 wickets
174/4
173/6
Amo Sharks beat Speen Ghar Tigers by 6 wickets
67/5
66/9
West Indies Women U19 beat United States Of America Women U19 by 5 wickets
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Match Cancelled
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203/4
207/6
Australia Champions beat India Champions by 4 wickets
200/4
151/7
Pakistan Champions beat West Indies Champions by 49 runs
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180/5
177/6
New Zealand beat South Africa by 3 runs
288/9
191/10
Ireland Women won by 97 runs
But Tilak Varma played a calm and composed knock to take Hampshire to 221. Apart from Tilak, Tom Prest too played a fighting knock of 48. The duo of Tilak Varma and Tom Prest forged 80 runs for the sixth wicket.
Tilak Varma’s knock comes at a time when the Indian Test team is undergoing a transition following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill took over as the new India Test captain and led the team in the first Test against England.
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India, however, suffered a five-wicket loss to the hosts in the first Test in Leeds last week. Sai Sudharsan made his Test debut in that game, but managed to score just 30 runs after being dismissed for a duck in the first innings. Karun Nair, making a return to the Indian Test team, endured scores of 0 and 20 across both the innings.
Tilak Varma is yet to make his India Test debut, but he has represented the country in both limited-overs formats. He has played four ODIs, having scored 68 runs, including one fifty. The Hyderabad cricketer has represented India in 25 T20Is, scoring 749 runs from 25 matches that includes three fifties and two centuries.
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