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Tilak Varma

India · Mumbai Indians · South Zone · Hyderabad (India)

Tilak Varma

24India

  • Left-handed strike-rotating middle-order batter
  • Right-arm off-spin bowler
  • Occasional bowler

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T20 record

Batting

MatInnsRunsBallsAvgSRHS50s4s6sDot %
T201731654,7463,30639.20143.61203335922831.5
IPL68651,8581,28435.70144.7101111439131.4
Last 10101027216845.30161.9512191425.0

Bowling

InnsBallsRunsWktsEconAvgSRDot %
T2025217262107.2426.2021.735.0
IPL4222807.64––36.4

Batting style

Strike-rotating middle-order batter

  • PowerplayOvers 1–6

    Strike rate120Par 136
    Balls per dismissal35Par 21

  • Middle oversOvers 7–15

    Strike rate133Par 136
    Balls per dismissal31Par 21

  • DeathOvers 16–20

    Strike rate199Par 159
    Balls per dismissal21Par 12
FigurePlayerParAgainst par
Average40.925.0
Strike rate145141
Boundary %18.018.4
Dot %30.435.3
Sixes, % of boundaries3838
Strike rate v pace158147
Strike rate v spin127133
Strike rate, first 10 balls132122

2,027 balls in T20s · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026

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Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Runs per dismissal39.2 (field 24.4 across IPL, T20Is and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy)
  • Death (overs 16–20), battingSR 194 (field 159 across T20Is, IPL and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy)
  • Dot balls32% (field 36% across IPL, T20Is and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy)

By phase

Balls facedSROutBalls bowledEconWkts
Powerplay656132.317246.002
Middle overs1,992130.5651747.077
Death (overs 16–20)658194.4391910.421

Men's T20

International rank
21st
batters
Overall rank
30th
all T20 batters
Runs a match
+3.2
above an average player

Men's T20 batting, runs a match

AveragePeak +3.9 above
November 2024Now +3.2 above
2020202220242026
ICC rank
8
740 points
Last 2 yearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsBowl avgEcon
T20912,38939.8144.6416.07.53

Teams

Leagues

YearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsEcon
IPL2022–2026681,85835.70144.707.64
SMAT2019–20243094839.50137.257.73

T20 streaks

Last 10CareerNowBest
30+ score5/1042%065144284376511356
  • Tilak Varma has made 30 or more in 5 of the last 10 T20 innings.

Last 10 T20s

DateTeamOpponentGroundBatBowlResult
1 Nov 2026IndiaNew ZealandSeddon Park6 (8)–Lost by 7 wicketsL 7 wkts
30 Oct 2026IndiaNew ZealandEden Park35 (35)–Lost by 87 runsL 87 runs
27 Oct 2026IndiaNew ZealandWestpac Stadium1* (1)–Won by 6 wicketsW 6 wkts
24 Oct 2026IndiaNew ZealandHagley Oval51* (26)–Won by 4 wicketsW 4 wkts
22 Oct 2026IndiaNew ZealandHagley Oval6 (11)–Won by 4 wicketsW 4 wkts
17 Oct 2026IndiaWest IndiesM Chinnaswamy Stadium7 (6)–No resultNo result
14 Oct 2026IndiaWest IndiesRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal43 (25)–Lost by 24 runsL 24 runs
11 Oct 2026IndiaWest IndiesHolkar Cricket Stadium28 (16)–Won by 14 runsW 14 runs
9 Oct 2026IndiaWest IndiesJSCA International Stadium Complex44* (18)–Lost by 6 wicketsL 6 wkts
6 Oct 2026IndiaWest IndiesBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium––Won by 8 wicketsW 8 wkts

Records

  1. 8thHighest partnerships in T20 internationals210*

Read more

  1. Opinion · The extra demand behind Tilak Varma’s finishing tempoHis scoring rate has risen lower down the order, but the job asks him to make each late arrival count.
  2. Opinion · India's new middle order and the run chases it never got to bat inTilak Varma and Naman Dhir are being hailed as heirs to Suresh Raina. India's last two big ODI chases never needed them.
  3. Opinion · The number behind Lhuan-dre Pretorius’s 188The biggest T20 innings has put a young opener in the spotlight, but another young batter complicates the case for calling him the best.

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