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.
MDS
166/7
MPS
171/5
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HS
176/8
PAL
82/10
Hindukush Strikers beat Pamir Legends by 94 runs
MDS
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PAL
–
HS
–
MPS
–
SL
–
BAN
–
SOST
148/5
BSAS
100/8
Sofia Stars beat BSCU All Stars by 48 runs
Sofia Stars beat BSCU All Stars by 48 runs
MAR
119/6
BSAS
118/5
MUS Akademik Ravens beat BSCU All Stars by 1 runs
MAR
82/10
SOST
116/6
Sofia Stars beat MUS Akademik Ravens by 34 runs
BSAS
86/10
BMP
87/1
BSCU – MU Plovdiv beat BSCU All Stars by 9 wickets
BMP
88/8
SOST
132/3
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BSP
–
CCYMT
–
MAR
–
SOST
–
CCYMT
–
SOST
–
CCYMT
–
MAR
–
SOST
–
BSP
–
ENGU19
–
INDU19
–
ENG-W
157/7
IND-W
181/4
India Women beat England Women by 24 runs
ENG
–
IND
–
SIN-W
–
INA-W
–
NWW
186/7
MUR
129/10
North West Warriors beat Munster Reds by 57 runs
NK
123/10
LLG
127/1
Leinster Lightning beat Northern Knights (Ireland) by 9 wickets
MUR
–
NK
–
NWW
–
LLG
–
GUC
145/10
PCR
174/6
Phoenix Cricketers won by 29 runs
PCR
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THUB
–
SFU
–
SOR
–
TSKS
–
WAF
–
CAO
75/3
IRSCC
73/10
Cricket Association Of Tathangchen beat Irises Cricket Club by 7 wickets
CBG
77/7
AMW
83/2
Amazonian Warriors beat Calabash Giants by 8 wickets
IYH
9/2
BMB
1/2
Iyanola Heritage beat Bamboo Blasters by 8 runs
PTS
–
CBG
–
WTS
–
AMW
–
CSG
123/10
IDTT
202/5
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans beat Chepauk Super Gillies by 79 runs
DID
–
TGC
–
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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