No senior India Test debut is recorded by the review date.
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Tilak Varma: Biography, Career Stats and Records
Batting all-rounder
Tilak Varma is a left-handed India middle-order batter from Hyderabad who also offers right-arm off-spin. He made both white-ball international debuts in 2023 and developed into a high-volume T20I run-scorer by the 2026 data snapshot.
Official squad snapshotSelected in the 1 September 2026 BCCI squad announcement.This records selection status, not a guaranteed playing XI place.
- Full name
- Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma
- Born
- Birthplace
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Batting
- Left-handed
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Record reviewed
- 7 Sep 2026
Career overview
How the India career developed.
This overview connects role, debuts and format context using the dated records listed below.
Tilak Varma moved from Hyderabad and India’s age-group pathway into the senior T20I side in August 2023. His ODI debut followed six weeks later, while his international batting role remained concentrated in the middle order.
Consecutive unbeaten T20I hundreds in South Africa in November 2024 established the most distinctive statistical marker in his profile. Those innings sit beside, rather than replace, the broader career totals.
The BCCI’s September 2026 announcement named him vice-captain for one Afghanistan series squad. The wording is event-specific and does not claim a permanent office.
Career timeline
Debuts and defining checkpoints.
Dates identify source-supported debuts and selected milestones. The list is not a claim to cover every match or domestic season.
T20I debut
Made his India debut against West Indies at Tarouba.
ODI debut
Entered ODI cricket against Bangladesh at Colombo.
First T20I hundred
Scored an unbeaten 107 against South Africa at Centurion.
Consecutive T20I hundreds
Followed with an unbeaten 120 against South Africa at Johannesburg.
Afghanistan T20I vice-captain
Named vice-captain in the BCCI squad announcement.
Format lens
Read each format on its own terms.
Short context cards explain what the dated figures do—and do not—show.
The ODI sample remains limited to five matches in the reviewed record.
T20Is contain both listed international hundreds and the bulk of his international runs.
International statistics
Tests, ODIs and T20Is separated.
Career totals use the latest match date shown by the checked player record. Formats may have different snapshot dates.
| Format | Matches | Runs | 100s | 50s | Wickets | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | No senior India debut in this format as of 7 Sep 2026. | 7 Sep 2026 | ||||
| ODIs | 5 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 Sep 2026 |
| T20Is | 49 | 1,390 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 Sep 2026 |
These are format-specific snapshots, not one combined career number. A format without a debut is stated plainly instead of displaying a misleading zero-match career.
Selected milestones
Context behind the record.
Each item was retained only when the checked player records or event sources supported it. This is a focused list, not an exhaustive record book.
- 01
Became the first player to score centuries in three consecutive men’s T20 innings, including two T20Is in South Africa.
- 02
Made unbeaten T20I scores of 107 and 120 in consecutive matches against South Africa in November 2024.
- 03
Named vice-captain for India’s September 2026 T20I squad against Afghanistan.
Cricket learning desk
Read the numbers and match events.
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Career details and format totals are based on the player records listed below. The squad callout references the BCCI announcement dated 1 September 2026.
Photo credit
Tilak Varma portrait
Photo: Buchi Babu Sana / YouTube. Wikimedia Commons file. CC BY 4.0. square crop and WebP conversion.
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